Back in the early 80's when I used to look like this
I stayed for a time with my sweet grandma Gerda in the Mesa house she lived in during the winter months. It was a fun time in my life, working full time at a job I loved, taking a few college classes and dating, especially this guy. I have always had an attraction to men who are equipped with a pen in their pocket.
Grandma's neighborhood was full of other grandmas, great grandmas and a few great greats. Next door lived Cora who was as thin as the singular crutch she used to get around. I loved chatting with Cora. She had a sardonic wit under soft white curls. She spoke with an Arizona drawl as she told me her strategy to deal with burglars. "You see, I keep ma iron right ta the side of my bed. When I hear a burglar I'll plug it in right quick. Then I'll pretend I'm asleep and when he gets close I'll whack him right upside the head!"
I have made a lot of fun of Cora and her self defense strategy over the years, but last week she must have been chortling in heaven as she saw me read this article in the Arizona Republic.
Phoenix resident kills intruder with clothes iron
A suspected burglar was killed early Friday morning after breaking into a Phoenix apartment when the tenant inside hit him in the head with a clothes iron.
Moses Taylor, 20, broke into a window of an apartment in the 2500 block of West Ocotillo Road about 2:53 a.m. Friday morning and woke up a 29-year-old man inside, Phoenix Police Department spokesman Sgt. Tommy Thompson said.
During a struggle, the resident struck Taylor in the head with a clothes iron. Taylor was taken to the hospital but died of his injuries on arrival. Police believe Taylor, who was only wearing a shirt and boxers at the time of the attempted burglary, may have been under the influence of drugs and alcohol, Thompson said. Police are investigating the incident as a homicide but believe the apartment resident was acting in self-defense, Thompson said.
Moses Taylor, 20, broke into a window of an apartment in the 2500 block of West Ocotillo Road about 2:53 a.m. Friday morning and woke up a 29-year-old man inside, Phoenix Police Department spokesman Sgt. Tommy Thompson said.
During a struggle, the resident struck Taylor in the head with a clothes iron. Taylor was taken to the hospital but died of his injuries on arrival. Police believe Taylor, who was only wearing a shirt and boxers at the time of the attempted burglary, may have been under the influence of drugs and alcohol, Thompson said. Police are investigating the incident as a homicide but believe the apartment resident was acting in self-defense, Thompson said.
I think its time for Larainy to develop a new self defense system...I'm going to call it
Tae Kwon Cora: With or Without Steam
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