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To Catch A Thief

Ever since I could read or even just imagine things I loved mysteries and crime stories!  From the Hardy Boys to Encyclopedia Brown, from Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch A Thief to the WB's Veronica Mars , from the classic Sherlock Holmes to Law and Order episodes.  I love them all.  My grandmother once got me a book of "Whodunnits," which was essentially a book of crimes and mysteries you needed to solve, and I would sit for hours on end going through mysteries.  Putting together the puzzle pieces and pinpointing the culprit of a crime is like a high for me.  The rush of quickly putting together clues.  The brainteaser of taking note of everything around you.  The constant search for motives and methods.  I delight in it! However, last week I found myself experiencing this first hand.  On Thursday afternoon, my laptop was stolen from a Starbucks near my apartment in Cambridge.  I had spent most of the day there writing my Newsletter and...