Therapy Bits

I interviewed a former president of the Kansas Sheriff’s Association when I was in college. He told me that of all the different criminals, the best to catch, from a political standpoint, was a burglar.

He said a person who does burglaries on a regular basis could easily do a hundred or more burglaries, in a years time. If he arrests a burglar he makes over a hundred victims happy. And since Kansas Sheriff’s are elected to four year terms, that was something to keep in mind.

Many years later……

It was noon on a Tuesday and I was eating lunch in the local Pizza Hut. I was working for the sheriff’s department and was enjoying the noon buffet with my boss, the Sheriff.

The Pizza Hut was a popular local eating spot at noon, for many folks. We were sitting there talking and saying “Hi” or waving at everyother…