I've talked with some other people who found themselves in the same situation as me. In other words some one stole from them. One co-worker told me someone broke into his house and took his computer. Two other people who work at the company told me they had their cars broken into.  While on the phone with a Sony customer service guy yesterday he told me he'd actually gone on vacation and when he got back home someone had broken into his apartment and they took everything except some chairs. I recall years ago a good friend of mine had his car stolen. And it was an old rustbucket! Crazy as that was the car was soon recovered. An ex was in a car with some other guys and they were robbed at gunpoint. He was even in another situation where a guy took his stuff then at gunpoint told him to run away and to not look back. The guy I stayed with when I went to Detroit last month had his house (which I thought to be impregnable) broken into. Maybe like a year or two ago I remember one of my nephews had posted on facebook that someone broke into his truck. One night years ago someone broke into the center and stole a bunch of computers. Someone even snatched a chain from around my mother's neck many years ago in the big apple. After hearing all these stories it really helps me put things in a different perspective. I mean as fucked up as it is they took my shit I really got off lucky. At least theres a chance I might get reimbursed for damages. But a part of me feels like this was no random event. I think I might have actually been set up and thats what makes this all the more disturbing. Maybe one day I will find out and perhaps I will get awarded damages for my trouble. The only thing that really matters is I have to recover from this setback and move on with my life. I just have to be more careful from here on out. As Duncan Macleod once so eloquently put it "No more tears".