Thick as Thieves
Many of you lovely lurkers who have been reading this blog for a while will have observed my 
mythological fondness for thieves. I don’t mean that I like thieves, I just mean that…well, two of my favorite game characters and several of my favorite literary characters fall into this Trickster-ish category. Something about the Reynards and the Garretts of the edutainment world is extremely satisfying and delightful. Even the erstwhile reality show It Takes A Thief had some of that same charm, albeit with a dash of admonitory security learnin’.
Real stories of actual thieves, however? Maybe it’s just because the dumb ones are the ones that get caught–is that it? Maybe the era of Dillingers and Robin Hoods is gone. This article (mentioned by stellar blog mental_floss: thanks!) is one example of this sad fact. ~Jenn
IRONY ALERT: I hope you lovely lurkers realize that I’m not really mourning the demise of the excellent (often violent) thief in our world. That wasn’t serious. The world is a better place without criminals like Dillinger. You know I know that. C’mon. ~Jenn
