finders, losers

i'm developing a theory about how if you find something on the ground, and take it, you'll lose something else. and i've got reason to believe the thing you lose is approximately the same value as the thing you find.

it's happened a few times now: a while back i found an ipod shuffle that had been out in the rain. i took it. maybe as quickly as a week later i lost my cell phone.

more recently i found a beanie on the ground when walking our dog. it was muddy and wet and stretched-out. so i took it. this morning i realized i lost my cycling sunglasses on my ride home last night.

i don't think it happens with finding a dollar, and i can't be sure if you lose something, you'll find something else. but that's my theory anyway. it's karma, i guess. beware.