I think what we have here is a communication problem.

In case you are stumbling upon my blog for the first time, I just want to let you know that Moodswinging Mommy does read.  I present some evidence here, there, and way yonder. 

I am really not a small town kind of gal even though I am stuck in the 'burbs with two kids.   As far as I'm concerned, small towns do have some things going for them.  One of them is the free local newspaper.   Each week when a new edition comes out, I gleefully snap one up. Does this make me a concerned and informed citizen?  Well, I'm a taxpayer, so at some level it does.  Then again, I can't vote, so I'm kind of in a gray area.

The reason I love the local paper so much?  Two words:  Police Log

Don't get me wrong.  It's not out of some kind of schadenfreude that I enjoy the police log so much, it's just that they report on every event, from the most trivial to the most ridiculous.

How does this one strike you?

1945phone.  Assist citizen, services rendered.  Location/address: 123 Main Street (Yes, they give the entire address!) Walk-in party reports that his girlfriend and child have been missing since Wednesday.  Made contact with girlfriend, she and the child are okay.  She left him.  See N665's report.

Now, it is not my business why she left or whom she left.  Maybe the guy was a complete douche-bag or even worse. (I'm betting on the latter.)  However, since I don't know the details, I can't help feeling a little bad for the guy.  

Now I've heard of breakup via answering machine, breakup through text message, but breakup via the police and local newspaper?  And to give his address to boot?  What's next, breakup by sky writing? 

Two days until the next paper comes out. I can't wait!

Comments

[Heidi]

Cracks me up! They used to have something like that in our college newspaper. Man, I miss laughing my head off at those articles.

[Amber_2]

Wow, our police logs are not that interesting. And they don't give addresses. Course our 'burb is a bit on the big side, so that might be why :)

Love your blog, just started following you on Twitter, too (agauth79). I'm also a stay-at-home mom with 2 kids,(mine are both girls). I have a 5yr old in kindergarten, and a 2 yr old. Its nice to find other REAL moms out there vs Stepford Wife Mom types ;)

[Suburban Mum]

I wish they did that in UK newspapers!

[Erica]

LMAO! Now I want to go read our police log. Think mine's as cool as yours?