My wife forgot her keys yesterday morning and I had to drive out to Manassas to open her car. I noticed the yellow tape and police all around the Sunoco, the parking lot of the motel behind it, and the Bob Evans across the street; and people all over the place with cameras and miscellaneous other paraphernalia.

I asked my wife if I couldn't just wait till noon and have lunch with her (I doubt we done it more than once in 15 years of marriage), but she refused - and asked me not to go anywhere in public, except straight back to work. Even though the chances of anyone in particular getting whacked are pretty slim, some people are very concerned in these parts.

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