Two explosions at Boston marathon finish line

[justdrew]

Julian, Loren Coleman is loosely tying it to you kids and significance to the streets, city and history with that old Masonic twist. Any thoughts on this?

http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2013/04/boylston.html

I couldn't discern a single fucking point in that article.
Is that what that blog usually offers? Jack shit?

I sure didn't need to see that last pic from his yesterday post. He's just cashing ad-views at this point. gotta make a living. I guess cryptozoology just didn't pan out.

no one mentions that Patriot Day IS 9/11. too obvious? Anyway and apostrophe and an S don't make much difference.

Again, not defending him. Just saying that it is/was out there and I happened to read it and wondered what Julian might have to say, as a Mason.

it's cool, Coleman is a great old one and respectable. I just don't personally see any significance in his recounting of masonic related history. It's an old city (by american standards) and the marathon ends there. THAT is the reason the site was picked. Now if he wants to quibble about why the marathon ends there, fine.

heck it's a Marathon. A heathen PAGAN tradition. Why can't they run a biblical holy distance instead!

[FourthBase]

Julian, Loren Coleman is loosely tying it to you kids and significance to the streets, city and history with that old Masonic twist. Any thoughts on this?

http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2013/04/boylston.html

I couldn't discern a single fucking point in that article.
Is that what that blog usually offers? Jack shit?

So the fuck what if you couldn't get it. I couldn't either and that's why I asked because what isn't to be gotten is sometimes something to get. Whatever, man. It's a fucking website and dude that many reputable people link to all across our sliver of the web. To name one, is Boingboing. Here at home elfismiles frequently links to him as well. He does a lot of what I do, namely making connections where there are none -- yet something to think about.

Dude. There was nothing to get. I'm all about tossing shit at the wall. ("Some things can't be found unless you're strange enough to think of looking for them." - Me) This guy just farted on the wall. The blog post was completely insubstantial. There were no useful connections even intimated. Oh, there were Freemasons who used to meet in that broad vicinity hundreds of years ago? Yeah, no shit. They're everywhere, especially old cities. So? This is coming from someone with an avowed hostility toward and suspicion of Freemasonry. There was nothing there to think about. I would be very interested in noting substantial connections and speculative intimations, as long as they're based on something. The last several maps he posted were utterly useless. So were the first few images. The old-timey maps were from the late 18th century. The one with the Masonic Temple did not note that the building is located, let's see, six long blocks away from the first explosion. It features the Boston Public Library at the time basically kiddie corner to the Temple, but fails to note that the library now exists five long blocks away. It almost seems like deliberate deception, in order to suggest the Temple is closer to the scene than it actually is. Meanwhile, above, I noted that the Grandmaster of the Massachusetts Lodge, which is maybe the most powerful lodge in the country (Julian can correct me if I'm wrong, and I'll be free to not trust Julian's assertions), normally works for Ropes & Gray at the top floor of the city's tallest skyscraper only about a block from the second explosion, with probably a pristine view of both explosions (which were both on the opposite, visible-to-the-Pru's-top side of Boylston) depending on which side of the top floor you're standing, if he was there yesterday, given that yesterday was a state holiday. Now that is an intimation. That is a little shit thrown at the wall with at least a minimum of substance related to something within the last 200 years. Coleman offered nothing but gas.

It's a topic/topics the dude covers and thinks about. And as of yet, I have never seen any axe to grind on his part and also his shit isn't "jack shit", it's what he does. You are free to your opinions. I am not going to defend his speculative nature for anyone. I have my own nature to deal with. But dude's just a dude that freeforms ideas and little items of note with a view to nomenclature and history.

Based on that blog entry, it's "items of little note", more like.
That thing was pure nothing. I'll assume he usually has better shit to throw.

[justdrew]

somewhat iconic. and there's the damn m&ms. wtf
(i think this is from up the street where they blew the 3rd device.)

[Julian the Apostate]

Julian, Loren Coleman is loosely tying it to you kids and significance to the streets, city and history with that old Masonic twist. Any thoughts on this?

http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2013/04/boylston.html

I couldn't discern a single fucking point in that article.
Is that what that blog usually offers? Jack shit?

So the fuck what if you couldn't get it. I couldn't either and that's why I asked because what isn't to be gotten is sometimes something to get. Whatever, man. It's a fucking website and dude that many reputable people link to all across our sliver of the web. To name one, is Boingboing. Here at home elfismiles frequently links to him as well. He does a lot of what I do, namely making connections where there are none -- yet something to think about.

Dude. There was nothing to get. I'm all about tossing shit at the wall. ("Some things can't be found unless you're strange enough to think of looking for them." - Me) This guy just farted on the wall. The blog post was completely insubstantial. There were no useful connections even intimated. Oh, there were Freemasons who used to meet in that broad vicinity hundreds of years ago? Yeah, no shit. They're everywhere, especially old cities. So? This is coming from someone with an avowed hostility toward and suspicion of Freemasonry. There was nothing there to think about. I would be very interested in noting substantial connections and speculative intimations, as long as they're based on something. The last several maps he posted were utterly useless. So were the first few images. The old-timey maps were from the late 18th century. The one with the Masonic Temple did not note that the building is located, let's see, six long blocks away from the first explosion. It features the Boston Public Library at the time basically kiddie corner to the Temple, but fails to note that the library now exists five long blocks away. It almost seems like deliberate deception, in order to suggest the Temple is closer to the scene than it actually is. Meanwhile, above, I noted that the Grandmaster of the Massachusetts Lodge, which is maybe the most powerful lodge in the country (Julian can correct me if I'm wrong, and I'll be free to not trust Julian's assertions), normally works for Ropes & Gray at the top floor of the city's tallest skyscraper only about a block from the second explosion, with probably a pristine view of both explosions (which were both on the opposite, visible-to-the-Pru's-top side of Boylston) depending on which side of the top floor you're standing, if he was there yesterday, given that yesterday was a state holiday. Now that is an intimation. That is a little shit thrown at the wall with at least a minimum of substance related to something within the last 200 years. Coleman offered nothing but gas.

It's a topic/topics the dude covers and thinks about. And as of yet, I have never seen any axe to grind on his part and also his shit isn't "jack shit", it's what he does. You are free to your opinions. I am not going to defend his speculative nature for anyone. I have my own nature to deal with. But dude's just a dude that freeforms ideas and little items of note with a view to nomenclature and history.

Based on that blog entry, it's "items of little note", more like.
That thing was pure nothing. I'll assume he usually has better shit to throw.

To both 4B and 82_28......I had about the same reaction as 4B to that article. Waste of time, IMO. Apart from some cool pictures and maps and masonic history, it is really stretching things to find some masonic connection to the bombings. You don't have to work hard to find areas of masonic significance in Boston. I have a very nice framed picture of the old grand lodge which he posted, wish we still had that building.

Also, as far as I know 4B, MW Richard James Stewart has no connection to Ropes and Gray, in his personal life he was the owner of Charles P. Lauman Co in Westboro, a company that makes cargo equipment.

Nothing wrong with speculation, but it doesn't stand up to even minor rigor.

[FourthBase]

Woops, my bad Julian. Director, not Grandmaster. Can you expound on the differences?

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kevin-j-willis/b/632/7a7

Kevin J. Willis's Overview

Director
Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts
December 2011 – Present (1 year 5 months) Boston

Governing body of the oldest Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in the western hemisphere, established in 1733.
Trusts and Estates Lawyer
Ropes & Gray LLP
Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Law Practice industry
1995 – Present (18 years)

Estate planning, estate settlement, trust administration, conservatorship and guardianship, probate litigation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Lodg ... sachusetts

(I wonder if he does any of the firm's work for Romney. Glad I'll never know.)

[8bitagent]

Been watching local news all day. I saw that roommate interviewed by about three reporters at once. He seemed to be on drugs. English wasn't so good. Barely passable. But it was his attitude. Smirking, combative, blase, shifty. Do not imagine when reading his words in an article that he is saying this shit with even a trace of solemnity or angst. He was acting like he didn't care one fucking bit. Like he knew someone or something had his back, that he had nothing to fear by being so flippant and nonchalant to a small pool of reporters. #firstimpressions

Still, the idea that a young kid in full blown traditional Saudi male headdress and robes would be dropping off the bombs seems like the invention of the typical American viewer who doesn't even know the difference between Shiite and Sunni. After the Sandy Hook "video detectives" I've learned to not imbue anything from video interviews. Tho, I also realize people can be just callous or out of touch with reality too.

Doubtful he would've been in that garb yesterday. Right? Also, pretty sure there are pics of 9/11 hijackers in such garb. Correct? I'm not imbuing anything, man. Just giving my first impressions. Seemed like the kid was drunk or stoned. And yeah, he might just be callous or out of touch. He wouldn't be the only person in the world like that. (I wouldn't suspect any armchair wannabe Alex Joneses of being involved, just because of their grotesque callousness and overeagerness to be parapolitical Nostradamuses.) Still, he gave me the willies. I've learned to respect my willies.

Man I gotta see this clip. Is it embedded on a local station site?

Oh it appears to me the kid was indeed in his traditional dress tho, its hard to see but it looks like it?

[undead]

Been watching local news all day. I saw that roommate interviewed by about three reporters at once. He seemed to be on drugs. English wasn't so good. Barely passable. But it was his attitude. Smirking, combative, blase, shifty. Do not imagine when reading his words in an article that he is saying this shit with even a trace of solemnity or angst. He was acting like he didn't care one fucking bit. Like he knew someone or something had his back, that he had nothing to fear by being so flippant and nonchalant to a small pool of reporters. #firstimpressions

Well look at it this way: even though he is a Saudi princeling, this kind of thing happens practically every day in the part of the world where he comes from, and is often much worse than this. Also, his roommate who was *a victim* of the attack was tackled, arrested, thoroughly humiliated because of the total ignorance and bigotry of this nation and nothing else, for no other reason. Of course he's not going to care. Probably he is thinking - good, maybe if these stupid American fucks get to experience what we experience, they will be less likely to export that shit around the world.

I mean check the American exceptionalism - what, all of 3 people died? Pffft! Puhleeze! Shit happens. That shit happens automatically with robots in other countries and nobody's blinking for that.

Anyway that isn't how I feel but I imagine probably a lot of people will feel that way when the USA reacts to this.

[8bitagent]

Here's how I see it. If it's a Saudi or Saudi cell, they could still have been taking orders from an obscure neo-Nazi taskmaster and Quebecois arms-dealing paymaster, who themselves could be taking orders from some NSC spook or Bilderberger/Grover. The problem here is that as soon as one suspect is identified, the aperture of people's imaginations will start to close, unnecessarily. It behooves everyone to keep entertaining the cliche of "strange bedfellows", a cliche that was most famously on display in the Oklahoma bombing. It's a much more meaningful cliche than "jihadists" or "supremacists", it's a deep cliche that somehow gets ditched quicker than the words "Authorities have identified..." can be finished. Let's keep the various balls up in the air longer than the authorities and media will inevitably want us to. Cultivate uncertainty. Sounds like a creepy admonition, kind of like a way to keep you interminably guessing. But, it beats the fuck out of being certainly way the fuck off, barking up a very wrong tree. Bark up trees, plural. For the time being, and then a little afterward.

I agree. And then sometimes, we never know if stories are real or what they mean. "White vans of Israelis in New York City and Jersey, as well as on the Brooklyn Bridge planting a bomb". "Dancing Israelis". "Jersey moving vans". What does it mean?

Strange bedfellows indeed.

Melvin Lattimore AKA Mujahid Menepta had his credit card used to purchase some of the materials in the WTC 1993 plot. He later was seen by several eyewitnesses with Timothy Mcveigh and an unknown accomplice,
and was seen routinely loitering at the same small Dreamland Motel Timothy Mcveigh stayed at. http://www.laweekly.com/2002-08-01/news ... ist-motel/
Lattimore/Menepta of course would end up being roomies with the "20th hijacker" Zacharius Mousoui, who took Mohamed Atta to the same Dreamland Motel in Oklahoma months before 9/11.

At first it was like "oh of course people thought Muslims were to blame, then it turned out to be a white militant nutjob...but wait, could some Muslims have been involved at some level, along with neo Nazi informants? But how does that work?" It's all a brain teaser. Like Hopsicker and his Wolfgang Boehringer stories.

[FourthBase]

Been watching local news all day. I saw that roommate interviewed by about three reporters at once. He seemed to be on drugs. English wasn't so good. Barely passable. But it was his attitude. Smirking, combative, blase, shifty. Do not imagine when reading his words in an article that he is saying this shit with even a trace of solemnity or angst. He was acting like he didn't care one fucking bit. Like he knew someone or something had his back, that he had nothing to fear by being so flippant and nonchalant to a small pool of reporters. #firstimpressions

Still, the idea that a young kid in full blown traditional Saudi male headdress and robes would be dropping off the bombs seems like the invention of the typical American viewer who doesn't even know the difference between Shiite and Sunni. After the Sandy Hook "video detectives" I've learned to not imbue anything from video interviews. Tho, I also realize people can be just callous or out of touch with reality too.

Doubtful he would've been in that garb yesterday. Right? Also, pretty sure there are pics of 9/11 hijackers in such garb. Correct? I'm not imbuing anything, man. Just giving my first impressions. Seemed like the kid was drunk or stoned. And yeah, he might just be callous or out of touch. He wouldn't be the only person in the world like that. (I wouldn't suspect any armchair wannabe Alex Joneses of being involved, just because of their grotesque callousness and overeagerness to be parapolitical Nostradamuses.) Still, he gave me the willies. I've learned to respect my willies.

Man I gotta see this clip. Is it embedded on a local station site?

Oh it appears to me the kid was indeed in his traditional dress tho, its hard to see but it looks like it?

Hmmm...I don't know. Like I said, I could be wrong. But, just the headdress alone wouldn't necessarily be traditional. I mean, for him, maybe. But, quite a few runners wear a similar getup, a towel (no offense) affixed around the head with a rope or cord. So, who knows. It'd be the 1 in 365 days of the year here when a traditional headdress might not draw extra attention.

http://www1.whdh.com/video/player/?clip ... ?autoStart#?autoStart

Hopefully that link works.

[FourthBase]

Been watching local news all day. I saw that roommate interviewed by about three reporters at once. He seemed to be on drugs. English wasn't so good. Barely passable. But it was his attitude. Smirking, combative, blase, shifty. Do not imagine when reading his words in an article that he is saying this shit with even a trace of solemnity or angst. He was acting like he didn't care one fucking bit. Like he knew someone or something had his back, that he had nothing to fear by being so flippant and nonchalant to a small pool of reporters. #firstimpressions

Well look at it this way: even though he is a Saudi princeling, this kind of thing happens practically every day in the part of the world where he comes from, and is often much worse than this. Also, his roommate who was *a victim* of the attack was tackled, arrested, thoroughly humiliated because of the total ignorance and bigotry of this nation and nothing else, for no other reason. Of course he's not going to care. Probably he is thinking - good, maybe if these stupid American fucks get to experience what we experience, they will be less likely to export that shit around the world.

I mean check the American exceptionalism - what, all of 3 people died? Pffft! Puhleeze! Shit happens. That shit happens automatically with robots in other countries and nobody's blinking for that.

Anyway that isn't how I feel but I imagine probably a lot of people will feel that way when the USA reacts to this.

Could be just that. It's possible. Still, when pressed, he was shifty. Figuratively, literally.

[8bitagent]

Been watching local news all day. I saw that roommate interviewed by about three reporters at once. He seemed to be on drugs. English wasn't so good. Barely passable. But it was his attitude. Smirking, combative, blase, shifty. Do not imagine when reading his words in an article that he is saying this shit with even a trace of solemnity or angst. He was acting like he didn't care one fucking bit. Like he knew someone or something had his back, that he had nothing to fear by being so flippant and nonchalant to a small pool of reporters. #firstimpressions

Well look at it this way: even though he is a Saudi princeling, this kind of thing happens practically every day in the part of the world where he comes from, and is often much worse than this. Also, his roommate who was *a victim* of the attack was tackled, arrested, thoroughly humiliated because of the total ignorance and bigotry of this nation and nothing else, for no other reason. Of course he's not going to care. Probably he is thinking - good, maybe if these stupid American fucks get to experience what we experience, they will be less likely to export that shit around the world.

I mean check the American exceptionalism - what, all of 3 people died? Pffft! Puhleeze! Shit happens. That shit happens automatically with robots in other countries and nobody's blinking for that.

Anyway that isn't how I feel but I imagine probably a lot of people will feel that way when the USA reacts to this.

"Anytime a bomb is used to target civilians, it is an act of terror" - President Obama. April 15 2013

[justdrew]

[Twyla LaSarc]

JΞSTΞR™ ‏@th3j35t3r 4m
Soooo, who's been chatting about Pressure Cooker Bombs around the world in the last 3 years? Here's who:
https://recordedfuture.com/live/sc/h0DGee4MOZgl #boston

Can't post the map, but Boston had 16 mentions in 3 years, almost three times more than either afghanistan or pakistan.

[Joe Hillshoist]

[FourthBase]

So tonight we here in Boston were treated to a series of pictures taken of a supposedly suspicious man who was captured on film doing the unthinkable: Running away from an explosion so powerful it shredded his clothing! I mean, who does that? Oh, everyone? Well, but he was first! He's suspect! Well, no, there were other people who can be seen running just a second after he does. Again, this guy was basically depantsed by a bomb that ripped limbs off of people right in front of him. So, naturally, he should be viewed with suspicion for doing the totally fucking natural thing of running for his fucking life, right? He should have his blurry face ominously freeze-framed to imply maximum culpability? Oh, no? That would be totally fucking cruel, because he was almost certainly just some dude who was traumatized like everyone else? You don't say. Well, who in the fuck would ever pimp this series of photos as some kind of potential evidence of a criminal fleeing? Meet the photographer:

http://www1.whdh.com/video/player/?clip ... ?autoStart#?autoStart

His name is Ben Thorndike. Hello, Ben Thorndike! And who, praytell, are you?

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ben-thorndike/1/5b6/678

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1. Twenty years of experience with large, public security asset management firms (Scudder, State Street Research and Wellington), with a high degree of success across a broad range of responsibilities

2. Eight years of experience representing best-in-class alternatives firms (Bain Capital, Huntsman Gay Global Capital and Feingold O'Keeffe Capital), providing me with the relatively unique background of having deep expertise in both traditional and alternative asset classes

3. A strong record of both senior leadership and as an individual contributor; for me it is about working well with people and getting the job done no matter how my role is defined and what is required to exceed objectives

4. Demonstrated track record of success in gathering assets throughout my career

5. Deep experience as an investor and an asset allocation specialist, positioning me to be a trusted, informed representative for clients of the firms that have employed me

6. Huge network, both local and global, with extensive experience building relationships around the world including the Middle East (10 trips to the region over my career)

7. Business style that is likable and additive; my focus is on making the day better for everyone around me no matter how senior or junior

8. Deeply imbedded personal values, as demonstrated by my commitment to chair the Board of a non-profit focused on working with children with severe emotional challenges

Just to be sure this isn't some pussy liberal who just happens to be associated with Bain like Steve Pagliuca...who may be more than meets the eye, but as a Celtics honcho he gets a lazy, convenient pass from me because I'd prefer not to think of my sports teams being shady...

http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/ ... p?cycle=08

THORNDIKE, BENJAMIN W MR.
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02030 BAIN CAPITAL/DIRECTOR INVESTOR RELA $2,300 03/06/2007 P ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT INC. - Republican

And one more for good measure...

http://www.prleap.com/pr/114958/

Saudi Minister Meets US Business Leaders - SAGIA Meets with Massachusetts State Treasurer, hosted by Atlantic Financial Inc.
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Boston, Massachusetts February 24, 2008 Business News
(PRLEAP.COM) The Governor of the Saudi Arabia General Investment Authority (SAGIA) His Excellency Amr Al Dabbagh was joined in Boston this week by Massachusetts State Treasurer Tim Cahill and a dozen academic and business leaders to discuss cooperation and business opportunities between Saudi Arabia and the US. The meeting was hosted by Bruce Fenton, President of Atlantic Financial Inc., an investment company that focuses on the Middle East region.

Governor Dabbagh highlighted SAGIA’s construction of six economic super cities and discussed the many economic incentives available to US based companies who might be interested in business opportunities in Saudi Arabia. The economic super cities are King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), Knowledge Economic City (KEC), Prince Abdulaziz bin Mousaed Economic City (PABMEC), Jizan Economic City (JEC) and two more economic cities are expected one each in Tabouk and Dammam. Total infrastructure investment in Saudi Arabia is projected to exceed both the US and China. Governor Dabbagh highlighted the desire for Saudi corporations to draw on the expertise of US firms and the ways in which Saudi Arabia can benefit US companies as consumers and as a source of consumption, capital and a gateway to the region.

“The economic growth and social change in this region is astounding,” said Fenton. “It’s really one of the largest stories in the world today. People in the US need to know more about Saudi Arabia’s amazing accomplishments. We need a much greater level of understanding between our countries so it's great that these business and academic leaders were able to hear more about the region’s latest developments.” Fenton’s firm provides US investors with access to the region, “Although business opportunity is extraordinary, what is even more important is bridging the cultural gap, no place in the world is more misunderstood by Americans than Saudi Arabia.”

“It’s important to build communication and understanding between our nations,” said Treasurer Cahill. “Governor Dabbagh outlined the many exciting reforms and changes Saudi Arabia is going through, and discussed ways in which Saudi Arabian economic growth can benefit Massachusetts companies and institutions.” Treasurer Cahill is responsible for economic growth of the $350 billion Massachusetts economy as well as the management of $60 billion in state government pension assets.

Governor Dabbagh’s group is the driving force behind the 10 by 10 strategy a goal set by Saudi Arabia to be ranked as a top-10 global economy by 2010. Fenton pointed out the hundreds of developments that were made already to bring Saudi Arabia from the triple digit rankings to the current rankings which surpass many other developed economies. Attendees at the private meeting represented some of the largest and most innovative companies and academic institutions in America.

In addition to Governor Al Dabbagh, Treasurer Tim Cahill and Bruce Fenton, the meeting was attended by Desh Deshpande, Chairman of Sycamore Networks, a publicly traded tech company, Stephen Pagliuca, Managing Director of Bain Capital, one of the world’s largest private equity firms and owner of over $70 billion worth of large corporations including Dominoes Pizza, Dunkin Donuts and 3Com, David Wajsgras Chief Financial Officer of Raytheon, a 72,000 employee defence contractor, Ben Thorndike Director of Investor Relations at Bain Capital, James Freeman of Cantella & Company a Boston based investment broker dealer, Tom Kennedy of The Kennedy Group communications consulting, Jane Nelson of the Kennedy School of Government, Anne Habiby, Consultant and expert on developing economies, Norman Strate, President of medical device company TBS Technologies, Rodney LaBrecque of Wilbraham & Monson Academy, a Massachusetts private high school that offers a global entrepreneurial study program and other business and academic leaders.

Well, isn't that special? You're quite special, Ben Thorndike!
Now, how will it feel, when your family googles you and sees this thread?
Where I will come right out and say it, for your google alert to see: You're suspect!
You remind me of the thief who says, "Officers, he went that way! And I have pics!"
Doesn't feel so good, being vaguely accused of having a hand in terrorism, eh?

(I'm the last person these people want watching the local news, I think. When that whole Qaddafi liberating-Libya thing happened, and WCVB interviewed none other than Emadeddin Muntasser (his lovely family in the background) for, you know, the common Libyan immigrant's perspective, without even a hint of awareness of Muntasser's recent history, I single-handedly alerted the station via Facebook and they deleted that interview from the rest of the morning re-broadcasts real quick. It's funny what kind of creeps the news knowingly or unknowingly passes off as fine, normal, unremarkable citizens.)

So, now we have two intimations. No, wait...
Make that three speculative intimations (plus probably more I'm forgetting)
- The Director of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, big shot at the Bain-BFF Pru-top Ropes & Gray
- The accidental photographer who made the news, once a Bain big shot, tight with Saudis
- The Fens fire 11 days ago, which seems to occur with regularity, like a mini-Cremation

(p.s. In today's Globe there was a story about businesses deciding what to do Monday afternoon and whether to have work Tuesday. The Pru in general was fully-operational Monday, it seems. Can't say for sure about individual tenants, except the Top of the Hub restaurant and Partners Healthcare in the middle floors. Over at the Hancock, the one tenant reached for comment was seemingly in full swing on Monday but decided to have all its employees work from home Tuesday. Guess which company? If you said Bain Capital, you win an emoticon of your choice.)

Plus, the literally and figuratively shifty Saudi roommate who likes his liquor.

Plus, the incendiary device mechanical failure at the JFK library at 3pm*, "near" archives.
(Which is up to 6 posts in one weak thread on the JFK Education Forum. Good job, there! Not.)
*Globe article today actually said "shortly before 3pm", described small fire that whooshed.

Plus, my premonition. Which can be confirmed by two people. A third, maybe.
(But which doesn't seem to have met anyone's standard of noteworthiness?)

Why bother with arid farts like Loren Coleman or Alex Jones?
Do I have to start a blog and grow a cult following to get people's attention?
Throwing bits of shit against the wall here, and it's not necessarily insubstantial!
Or would everyone prefer if I posted a link to something bad in Iraq or Pakistan?
Or maybe I should indulge in the laziest, most cynical defeatism I can muster?