The van is back!

This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on May 3, 2001). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.

This just rocks — my parents van, which was stolen about two weeks ago, will be back in their hands sometime today! Here’s what dad just e-mailed me about it:

I was driving down Muldoon Road yesterday at 4:30 PM and I saw Berta’s car right in front of me. I had my cell phone, so I called the police. They had me follow the car at a distance. When it got “lost” in a housing development, they sent out several cars to search, and the car was recovered about 6 PM. They took it to the station to do forensics (fingerprints, etc.) and we get it back today. It looks perfect on the outside; they did not want me to disturb the inside until the forensics were done.

Very, very cool…most of the time, if you don’t recover a stolen car within 24 hours, you’re not going to recover it. This is a great little turn of events.

So far the day hasn’t been going too badly…on a nice sugar high at the moment from the cake that was brought into the office by my co-workers. Woohoo!