Things I learned tonight, or "I wouldn't hold out much hope for the tape deck."

1. There is crime and drug addiction even in the rural riverside nowheresville of Gardiner, Maine.
2. Park and rides are not exempt from vehicle burglary.
3. People who steal shit from cars don’t discriminate based on the car’s age or body type. Even a 97 Hyundai Sonata with multiple hailstorm dents can be a victim.
4. My taste in music is too obscure to merit thievery.
5. My car stereo, however, is not too old to avoid such a fate. It was apparently an expensive top of the line unit 7 years ago. Now, it’s likely being sold for $20 to score someone some meth.
6. The police in Gardiner are much more responsive and invested in situations like this than, say, the police in The Big Lebowski.
7. Duct tape does not stick well to either plastic trash bags or car window frames in below-freezing temperatures.

Let’s see…2006 sucked. 2007 is already kicking my ass. Is it too early to start reserving an amazing 2008?

Pointless Addendum: Apparently, the Firefox Performancing plugin I originally used to post this is now inserting an annoying “powered by Performancing” tagline at the end of the post that needs to be manually edited out in WordPress. Nice.