I got robbed!

Hello all,

I got robbed Monday in San Francisco.I parked on Franklin at Post - note to all
there has been a rash of robberies in the civic center area. So careful when you go
to SFPL main!

When I came back to my car - my passenger window was smashed in as well as a few other cars on the same street....and two of my bags were gone.

I found one bag as it was thrown away down the block...i found two police and they were really nice -- maybe

because i was a cry-baby, and they called some other officers - and an officer 10 blocks away

found a guy looking through the bag i described.

This is where things got really crazy...I had to follow them to the other policemen and identify

my bag --with the guy who stole it! They arrested him cuffs and all...i had to verify that I didn't know him, or

ever give him permission to take anything of mine...they took a lot of photographs and i had to let them keep

my bag and a few non-essentials as evidence. It was awkward for the two of us to look at each other - what
can one say - so we just glanced and avoided eye contact. He was not ethnic, just a 50ish year old addict with
a lot of needles in his possession and well...other stuff going on.

Anyway, everyone who parks in the city, hide all your belongings!

What a pisser.

ida

"O-tanjobi Omedeto Gozaimasu"

"O-tanjobi Omedeto Gozaimasu" I received this on a Japanese birthday card. I wanted to write it down so I don't forget how to give a formal birthday greeting. Daijobu?

Just heard that I won the election!

I just heard from CLA that I won the position of Vice President/President Elect for ACTSS ! Although my name is spelled wrong on the official announcement.

I'm looking forward to this position and I hope to see a lot of you at the CLA Conference
in Long Beach Oct 26-29th.

Ida