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Purposefully finishing my lunch quickly enabled me to
my suspected prank. I offered him a genuine handshake

walk around and “work the room,” meeting and greeting
and a smile and in complete surrender as only good
attendees, answering any questions and asking for their
friends can do and said to him, “Hey, good trick...ya really
advice and guidance. This was always both valuable and
got me. Now, gimme back my !@#$% computer.”
rewarding and helped steer the afternoon’s focus and
approach.
“OOPS, SORRY, RANDY”
Being ex-military (meaning; “if you don’t arrive early, you’re
late”), I returned to the conference room early and waited
vacant stare, I knew immediately that he was innocent
for Security to unlock the doors. When he arrived, I was
of the prank I had wrongly suspected him of. (”Oops, my

the first one to enter the room after the uniformed securi- My long-time friend took and shook my hand, but by his
mistake. Sorry, Randy.”)
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ty guard. As I approached the elevated stage, I immediate-
ly noticed that my laptop was no longer on the podium.
I immediately returned to my own conference room which
Upon closer examination, there was only the disconnect-
was rapidly filling back up with attendees for the after-

ed power cord and mouse remaining.
noon session. In the meantime, someone had called Navy
Pier Security and what followed could only be called...
A LIKELY SUSPECT
MASS CONFUSION
I was initially alarmed, of course, but I didn’t panic,
because instead of thinking of something bad or sinister,
I took it instead as it being a prank and I quickly had a
entire electronic presentation was gone and was pro-
likely suspect in mind. A long-time friend, personal
cessing “Now what do I do?,” Navy Pier Security and the
confidant, EDM expert, an EDM Today writer, a skilled At the same time I was trying to comprehend that my

speaker and fellow wise guy and prankster, Randy Chicago Police were pressing to interview me about my
stolen computer. While I knew my cooperation was key to
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their investigation, I also knew that over 600 people who
paid extra money to hear me speak were waiting for me
Randy was giving an EDM presentation for his own com-
to resume my presentation. Again, being ex-military, this
pany in the adjacent conference room and, knowing him
resulted in my execution of “Plan B.”
well, it was not beyond him to swipe my computer in order
to give me a brief scare and is why he was suspect.
Entering his room, he waved from the stage when he saw
me, displaying no visible guilt or knowing countenance of
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