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I can envision the thieves getting all excited about their heist, hastily plugging in the speakers to their (stolen) Sony ampli fi er while loading the (stolen) CD carousel with my jackrolled collection of Speed Metal Hits of the 80s: Interpreted by Church Organ . Then, anxiously awaiting the delivery of crystal-perfect sound (that’s the reason I bought the speakers anyway), popping a couple Bud longnecks, and then a loud pop, and pfffffftttt ; smoke rising from the amp, a bottle of Bud heaved through the (stolen) television, a child crying in the back bedroom, a litany of obscenities shouted; a neighbor banging on the thin, Section-8 wall, screaming back epithets and commands to quiet down; the landlord slipping a pink slip under the door at the exact moment when the estranged wife leaves a message on the answering machine that the thief can’t quite make out over the piercing screams of the child in the bedroom, but he’s pretty sure he just heard the words “my lawyers” and “custody.” Yes, indeed, I would gladly part with some more of my possessions just to see that. It pleases me to no end to think that some of my stolen property could be the fuse that ignites the bomb . Greg can be reached via e-mail: greg@arcadianews.com. 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