On its front page today, the Post writes about the increase of iPod thefts from apartments and cars and how it can be a real bummer for one’s playlist to be instantly gone. We can surely understand this trauma. But nowhere in the article was there word of what happens when an iPod is forcibly taken from one’s person. Unless we’re missing something (Update, we did miss something, see comments), the Post seemed to neglect to report Friday’s shocking news where a man was stabbed from behind while walking on Macomb Street in Cleveland Park around 1 a.m. According to the AP, via WTOP, the two to three masked perpetrators were after the victim’s “mp3 player.” (Whether it was an iPod is unclear …)

Although the Metropolitan Police have canvassed the neighborhood, Rock Creek Rambler is suggesting that the Cleveland Park Men’s Club “round up a posse and go vigilante-style on the perp’s ass.” (Traditional chivalry, as professed by the CPMC, extends to the neighborhood level, and not just the personal level, right? Able-bodied knights, your homeland is under attack! Go defend it!)

While it is pretty safe to use your iPod on public transportation (unless you’re in New York of course), we advise you to be aware that walking around at night with an iPod can only attract attention to yourself and make you a pretty easy target. What are your iPod personal safety rules?