Stolen Laptops and Thanksgiving

This isn't a video blog entry because the laptop with which I record my logs has been stolen. I've never had anything stolen from me (that I know of) within recent memory. The closest thing was a bike was stolen from me when I was 7 years old. The laptop was sitting in my office building at Saint Joseph's College in Rensselaer Indiana (you'd think it would be safe there) and someone who has keys to the building walked upstairs and snatched my laptop. They also accidentally destroyed some power adapters when they tripped over them to get to my laptop. It's a really weird feeling I have right now. Remember that peace I talked about in my sermon. Well, I think I have it. I don't care that my laptop was stolen. I don't feel enraged. I don't feel scared. I don't feel violated. I don't feel any of the things that one would think I should feel in a situation like this. I actually feel guilty for not feeling angry. "So this is what it's like to love your enemy," I've been saying to myself as well. I've really been trying hard to detach myself from my "things" as I am hoping to sell them all. I guess it's working.

If I'm really honest I need to give credit to part of this peace being due to the to the full system (everything on the machine) backup that was done by the new Mac OS X - Leopard that I had installed the day it came out. So, I can recover everything up to Monday at 9am. In that time I generated only 3 new documents which I can recreate. The Jasper Co. Sheriff is conducting interviews and the number of people that had access to the machine is very limited. I know of only 6 people it could have been plus any janitorial staff (but I don't think janitorial was involved).

On this thanksgiving day, I am thankful that I don't give a shit about my stolen laptop!