A few minutes ago, the receptionist at my office came back here to say there was
something BIG going on out on Hegenberger Rd. We went to the window to see the
CHP had blocked off the intersections between I-880 and our building.

"Are they chasing a suspect? With all those CHPs (Look! More are coming by!)
they must be. We should lock the door!"

"Yeah, and here we are standing at the window, just the perfect spot to have a
bullet put in our heads!" (You might have guessed that this was my rather
cynical observation.)

"Oooh, wow! MORE CHP are coming by..."

"Oh wait! I heard Laura Bush is in town today. Visiting some school in Hayward."

Just then more motorcycle cops and a platoon of SUVs whiz by.

"Must be Laura."

We found it funny--in that ironic sort of way--how if our office was in San
Francisco and we saw all those patrol cars, we'd say, "Oh, it must be someone
important." But here in Oakland, along Hegenberger Road, we lock the
door.