So...I started this particular blog because for years my wife and I have marveled at how many crime stories in the news include some variation of the phrase "unlocked door" in them. Since starting it, I have been even more aware of this preventable syndrome. And that awareness comes from all sorts of sources.

Right now, we're in San Francisco (see my film blog, iwakeupscreening) at a film festival. We didn't fly into the city, we took the train. On the way here, our train passed by the backsides of a lot of buildings, of all sorts. But one particular building in a railroad depot caught my eye as we passed. There was a door on the backside of this building. Said door was marked, in block letters two or three inches tall, KEEP DOOR CLOSED.

The door was ajar.