I've done a few crime scene investigations (rubber necking) and started a neighborhood watch.
And by that I mean I've started watching my neighbors closely and trying to decide what constitutes "tattooed". Mostly they just yell at their kids for swearing or not wearing their bicycle helmets (and as an aside I think I live across from the "cool house", you know where EVERY kid within a 4 mile radius hangs out because the parents are lax).
Seriously, I have learned that dad's script.
"GET BACK IN THE HOUSE!"
"...why?!"
"You're not wearing your helmet! And you didn't even ask if you could be on that bike!"
"What did you just call her?!"
"She's a stupid WHORE!"
"GET BACK IN THE HOUSE!"
What was I talking about?... Oh yeah. Crime, right here in Haverhill-city. Trouble with a capital "T" and that rhymes with "D" and that stands for "drugs". Yes, I know the police don't have the bad guys yet so they aren't saying the motive, but I'mma take a leap here.
Although the last murder 'round these parts was a murder/suicide husband/wife deal. You know, marriage could be one of the leading causes of murder.
Could someone go work some statistics for me and make that happen? Thanks.
Now this could be odd to state under the pretense of this post, but I love this city. It has all the charm and strange architectural excess of the 1880s, a castle, farms and it's "small" enough that the news paper still reads like a local gossip rag, yet still has the feel of a working class city and even a good coffee shop, farmers market and brewery.
Haverhill, we were made for each other, I feel you really GET me.
