We were at Charlie's Kitchen a few hours ago when news finally came in that the last known living suspect had been apprehended.  I was happily, tipsily drunk since the lockdown had lifted and cheerily read the closed captioning from far, far away from the TV.  As soon as everyone there knew, there was a collective cheer and a bunch of applause ( Read more... )

So, there was a shootout and an MIT Campus Police officer was shot and killed last night.  Two perpetrators were chased to Watertown:  one died and the other remains at large.  These are the people who are suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon.  We're currently on lockdown.  Our public transit service is suspended and all public events and areas ( Read more... )