Stories of some people finishing the marathon and going directly to donating blood.
I get it, but that seems like a really bad idea.
I get confused. I remember everything. I remember too much, and... some of it's made up, and... some of it can't be quantified, and... there's secrets.
River ,'Safe'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
brenda m - Apr 15, 2013 1:28:16 pm PDT #18919 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Jesse - Apr 15, 2013 1:28:35 pm PDT #18920 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Let's say it was their friends/family who were donating.
SuziQ - Apr 15, 2013 1:59:54 pm PDT #18921 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I hope the fact that it's Jackie Robinson Day is a coincidence.
And the game here has been postponed due to snow. It is rescheduled for tomorrow - which will also likely get snowed out.
After the Aurora shooting, the blood banks really encouraged people to donate starting a week or so after the tragedy to replenish supplies moreso than immediately.
Jesse - Apr 15, 2013 2:04:45 pm PDT #18922 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
...and somehow it was the email from my massage therapist (a block from the finish line) that made me tear up??
Juliebird - Apr 15, 2013 2:19:04 pm PDT #18923 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
My mother called me today to tell be about the bombs in Boston. Holy crap. I went to look up news clips and came across video titles like "Amazing Visuals!" for amateur videos. Dude, gross.
Laga - Apr 15, 2013 2:24:15 pm PDT #18924 of 30001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
ew. I'm getting all my news from the BBC.
DavidS - Apr 15, 2013 2:32:38 pm PDT #18925 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Guh. This bomb was designed to maim.
Roupen Bastajian, a 35-year-old state trooper from Smithfield, R.I., had just finished the race when they put the heat blanket wrap on him and he heard the blasts.
"I started running toward the blast. And there were people all over the floor," he said. "We started grabbing tourniquets and started tying legs. A lot of people amputated. ... At least 25 to 30 people have at least one leg missing, or an ankle missing, or two legs missing."
Burrell - Apr 15, 2013 2:47:20 pm PDT #18926 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ah, it's so awful!
So my kids are home and they know nothing of what happened in Boston, and I'm not planning on turning on the tv to any of it. One of those hard parenting decisions given their ages, tell them what happened or not? The part of the decision that isn't hard, however, is deciding they don't need to see any of it.
Cass - Apr 15, 2013 2:56:52 pm PDT #18927 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
The part of the decision that isn't hard, however, is deciding they don't need to see any of it.
No, they don't. The people that revel in the torture porn-ishness of all this are just creepy.
msbelle - Apr 15, 2013 3:00:53 pm PDT #18928 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
So my kids are home and they know nothing of what happened in Boston, and I'm not planning on turning on the tv to any of it. One of those hard parenting decisions given their ages, tell them what happened or not? The part of the decision that isn't hard, however, is deciding they don't need to see any of it.
yep, same here. It would send E to a bad place to even mention it. I am so thankful that we have two living space for just this reason. I can tear up and get myself back together in this room and he can watch Avenger cartoons in the other. Happily oblivious.