As some of you may have already heard from various social channels, our van was broken into Monday night (12/26) and several items were stolen from outside my place here in Chicago.  I feel like this kind of thing is happening all the time (more and more as of late) to so many great bands and great friends that it's become the 'norm'.  Not a week passes where I don't see that someone we know had their stuff jacked from what is their home on the road.  It's an awful feeling.  You feel helpless, violated, sad, and ultimately incredibly pissed.  It never really hits home until it happens to you....