Dave SmithMore from Dave SmithPatrolStings, Stabs, and BitesNothing focuses the mind during a search warrant like discovering a diamondback rattlesnake in a dresser drawer.September 15, 2010PatrolThe Bureaucratic TouchWe put high sensation-seeking folks like you in a highly structured bureaucracy and are shocked when it stresses the heck out of you.August 9, 2010PatrolThe DawnKids, lawnmowers, dogs, court, phone calls, worry, sunlight, spouses, chores, side jobs, storms. Everything seems to conspire to deny us our rest.July 28, 2010PatrolNot Getting 'Burned'You can always tell the veterans because they don't wear hats or fake mustaches anymore.June 6, 2010PatrolA Weighty IssueCrime fighters have a unique problem. Our meals are part of our socialization, our warrior bread-breaking ritual.May 19, 2010PatrolDeadly RoutineRoutine doesn't just make us comfortable, it actually "detrains" us, robs us of our edge, and can even steal our lives.April 21, 2010PatrolCognitive DissonanceI focused on several likely hiding places: a container of Comet cleanser, filled with just cleanser; a PVC piece of pipe—only a bomb; a box of "SOS" pads....wait a minute!March 10, 2010PatrolNot Your Average DrunkSomething wasn't right. The apparent drunk hadn't felt right, smelled right, or acted right.January 4, 2010PatrolThe Stupid FactorI especially love the folks who are not only stupid but self-righteously stupid, which ought to have its own special term like "extremepidity."December 9, 2009PatrolA Vision of the ApocalypseI was driving into town to get ready for a late swing shift and found myself admiring the massive towering anvil-headed clouds bearing down.November 29, 2009Previous PagePage 16 of 21Next Page
