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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.
My dad just emailed to say that the bomber's house is about 10 blocks from the building he and my mom lived in when they met. (She had just moved to Boston and rented a room in his apartment.)
Fortunately it's nowhere near where my brother lives now, or my aunt.
OMG, monday morning quarterbacks make me crazy. There's speculation and then there is Making Up Theories To Make U Luk SMRT.
It just makes me think you're a dumbass.
The bombers live on the same street as my friend Bob and they've played basketball in his driveway. He and his husband have been evacuated by the FBI.
I am paralyzed with shock and grief. I called out of work today. Should put the computer down and watch some Community or Friends or classic HIMYM.
Jesus, Nora.
A friend of a friend posted pictures on FB of the SWAT team in his yard.
{{{{Nora}}}}
Boy, what the fuck a thing to wake up to. I turned on the Today Show, and they had a live report from a guy who was prostrate on the ground, after the cops told them all to get down, get down!
This is surreal.
Holy shit.
I don't have anything much to add, just. Holy shit. I just want this to be over, with everyone safe and the suspect in custody.
I have so many people in Boston: friends, relatives, Buffistas, former classmates, M's friends, way too many people to check on individually, but Jesus, I wish I could. This is fucking terrifying.
God, I have to go get dressed and get to work, but I don't want to leave the computer. While I'm here, even if I'm just reading and not posting, I feel like I'm still *with* you, but if I get up and go, even for the few minutes it'll take to get up and out and log in at work, I'm turning my back on everyone and some new bad thing will happen while my back is turned.
{{{Nora, Tom, Kate, Jesse, JonB, Kate, Theo, all Somervillains past and present}}}
Oh my lord, Nora. And ~ma to all our Bostonians.