This story has been loitering in the local news the past few days.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/story\/24253303\/family-marco-kauffmans<\/a><\/p>\n In Charlotte, we still publish the photos of people charged with a crime.<\/p>\n My tingly senses fired off today for the first time. I walked to the nearby deli (the shopping center has a pizza place, a deli, an Asian restaurant and a Starbucks, in addition to the prepared food options from Harris Teeter). <\/p>\n As I was walking home by myself along the edge of the parking lot, two guys who looked somewhat out of place – walking outbound but not carrying any packages and headed toward where there were few cars – set off my street smarts warning system. I altered my trajectory just enough that if they were about to approach me, they were going to have to make that intent obvious and commit – and deal with my reaction.<\/p>\n I had just come from the DMV and license plate places – in retrospect I’ve realized I should have driven a few miles further to a better part of town – the area of town I went to is largely where the people who no hablan ingles are congregating. A lot of sketchy people loitering in the parking lot and the employees dealing with people constantly trying to “get over” on the system.<\/p>\n In any case, I got my temporary driver license – only to learn that I can’t switch the registration and plates until my real driver’s license arrives in the mail (confirming my mailing address is real)… So I get to spend another day finishing this up. The good news is the license is good for 8 years at which point I’ll be 66 or dead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This story has been loitering in the local news the past few days. http:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/story\/24253303\/family-marco-kauffmans In Charlotte, we still publish the photos of people charged with a crime. My tingly senses fired off today for the first time. I walked to … Continue reading