When Officer Rickey Terrell arrived a moment later -- about 45 minutes after the chase began -- he, too, searched the Walgreens garage. He found Nelson crouched behind a car smoking a cigarette in front of an emergency exit.

Criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot.

I did research on identity theft for one of my grad classes. It's actually one of the forms of crime that people aren't hysterical about (unlike murder or rape, where the incidents of reporting in the media are disproportionately high).

I guess that for one to become fully outraged about a case of identity theft, one would have to read a detailed story. For murder and rape, one might only have to read a headline.

I have nothing on identity theft, though IME family members commit it a lot.

Mr. Jane got those videos up. Here is my favorite. Baby Mr. Jane is adorkable (he's the guy in suspenders at the beginning). Skip to about 3/4 through to see our friend M, put his own special stamp on the evening (Mr. Jane forgot to mention that M also had to borrow that jacket in addition to the shoes and socks). [link]

a big woman, about 5 feet 10, maybe 150 pounds

Um, Big? Tall, maybe.

a big woman, about 5 feet 10, maybe 150 pounds

Um, Big? Tall, maybe.

yeah, if I weighed that, I'd be a stick. Tyra weighed about that when she was modeling, if that tells you anything.

At my skinniest, I was 6' 3" and 130#. (This was when I was in high school.)

Um, Big? Tall, maybe.

By comparison. The victim was 5' 2" and 110 lbs, right?

By comparison. The victim was 5' 2" and 110 lbs, right?

Well, using the standard 5lbs per inch, that means that their proportions were the same, Nelson was just taller. I agree she would be intimidating, but I still wouldn't say big.

That extra third-again of one's body mass could be pretty significant if a fight occurs, particularly with the opponent being a career criminal.