Two nights ago, we had a bomb scare in our building. Someone called 911 earlier in the day and said that, around 8 pm, a “bomb may go off in Liberty Towers.” Police were here, and the bomb squad, and everyone else in the neighborhood with a badge.

And so–making the bizarre assumption that if the bomber was serious, he was also very punctual–my wife, unborn child, and I trundled out of the building at 7:50 pm. We carried the following:
1) cash and jewelry
2) our dog Gaius
3) a hard drive

Behind us we left the usual household items such as computers, pictures, stereo equipment, cameras, TV and, oh yeah, two cats.

Does that make us bad parents, or very efficient parents?