If you've never read the Arcata California police blotter before, you should. Where else but in a small town newspaper would you find entries like:

Saturday, October 8 1:21 p.m.
A shaven-head, bleating blith-id
With etiquette skills of a squid
Disrupted the square
And didn't quite care
Though others there certainly did.

Still doesn't make me miss small town life, but it definitely reminds me of it.