The Atticus pinch

Somebody stole Gregory Peck's star from the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Impressive feat. The damn thing weighs 300 pounds, and the thieves had to set up a fake construction zone in order to cut through the concrete — in full view of all the traffic on Hollywood Boulevard.

I find it hard to believe that the “street value” of the item is really worth all that planning and effort and risk. But I salute the thieves' if only for their daring, and their selectiveness — after all, they chose a star with some real weight to it. Huzzah.