Day: April 19, 2013

About that manhunt in the Boston area, the public and private sectors are pulling out all the stops to assure our men in blue get what they need to finish the job.  This passage from an article in Boston.com says it all (H.T. Kelly):

Law enforcement asked [Dunkin’ Donuts] to keep some restaurants open in locked-down communities to provide hot coffee and food to police and other emergency workers, including in Watertown, the focus of the search for the bombing suspect. Dunkin’ is providing its products to them for free.

“At the direction of authorities, select Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants in the Boston area are open to take care of needs of law enforcement and first responders,” spokeswoman Lindsay Harrington explained via email. 

Day 606 of 1000

All the big events surrounding the bombing at the Boston Marathon has three out of four of the Chapman household (Christian has somehow figured out how to stay focused) glued to news feeds on the computer.  Kelly has big tests, papers, and other assignments next week.  Every minute is precious at this point in the semester, but it is really hard not to listen to the police scanner as the police in Boston chase two bad actors with big weapons and a willingness to kill people–maybe even themselves.  While this was going on there was a big explosion that killed a bunch of people in Texas and a good sized earthquake in Japan.  It gets on to thinking about what is happening in this world.  I am off to lunch with my Russian buddy Igor.