Happy Hump Day!

Here's a story to put a smile on your face and a spring in your step on this hump day, courtesy of reader Stretch:

Intruders gunned down in 2 Alexandria-area home invasions, police report

Two Alexandria-area men fended off would-be burglars Monday morning with gunfire, killing one and putting two more in the hospital in two unrelated cases, police report.

Ah. Gotta love an addition to the Dead Goblin Count first thing in the morning. Here are the details:

Armed men entered a home around 4:25 a.m. in the 4900 block of Willow Glen Street in Alexandria, city police officials said. Resident Roy Harris Jr., his wife and two young children awoke during the break-in.While his wife and children hid, Harris grabbed a gun and began firing at the intruders, police said. Harris shot and killed Darwin Johnson, 24, of the 2700 block of Ninth St., Alexandria, authorities said.

1. How ironic is it that the deceased's name is Darwin?
2. This is every father's worst nightmare come true, and Mr. Harris acquitted himself perfectly. He had multiple armed assailants break into his home while he and his family slept - that right there is one of my most virulent nightmares. It sounds like they had a plan in place for an intrusion, something we've done at Casa G. as well - everybody hunkers down in their rooms, with Mrs. G. calling 911 on the cell phone and me getting the Mossberg...

Here's the best part of the whole article:

No charges have been filed against Harris or Baggett.

[Pause to let cheers fill the room]

Dead Goblin Count: 55

That is all.