Authorities say suspect carrying suspicious package near Pentagon is Marine Corps reservist; FBI says substance inside backpack was ‘inert.’
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They meant to say that the suspect is in the custody of the Marine Corps reservist. However, in the 140 character shuffle they batched it up and made it sound like the suspect is actually IN the Marine Corp…OOF!
I do not enjoy these long gaps between my postings, but there’s nothing I can really do.
There’s really no updates I have, I haven’t been following the news closely because I’m always working or studying.
I’m getting the Blackberry Tour this weekend so hopefully it will simplify my workload.
Maybe this weekend I’ll have time to post a few good lengthy pieces. Otherwise you can totally check out the blogs I’ve been posting for the website I work for. Nice to see my name under them!
Amidst helping to plan a bridal shower, completing online course work for a summer course, and now officially 2 jobs (Patch and the interview I went on last week called yesterday and asked me to join their team, starting today) I’ll be having a busy, busy rest of the week.
I’m going to try to get some quality posts in, but will probably only pop in with an article that I find interesting.
Wish me luck!
Image by Beverly & Pack via Flickr
Logging on to the WWW this morning, I expected to see the usual Memorial Day headlines that contain the keywords ‘BBQ,’ ‘beach,’ and ‘sun.’
Of course I saw those, but I was happy to see a lot of headlines calling for people to actually remember what Memorial Day is.
The article I wrote on Memorial Day focuses more on the meaning than the actual pageantry the holiday has become over the last few years. We see commercials for ‘Memorial Day Sales!’ and American flags line the streets up and down, but rarely do we ever stop to think about what our great servicemen and women have sacrificed.
So while you’re chowing down on your all-American hamburger and fries and enjoying the weather (if it’s nice where you are) take a moment to discuss with your loved ones what it would be like if we did not have the freedom we do. While it is certainly not a perfect freedom, it is one that our country has fought hard for.
Enjoy your day!
Here are some of my favorite articles on the coverage of the death of terrorist Osama bin Laden:
reflectionalism 
http://swampland.time.com/2011/05/02/inside-the-situation-room-weve-idd-geronimo/ The picture is really the story here.
http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2011/05/video-stewart-o.php The best of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert on Monday night.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/02/us-binladen-body-idUSTRE7417FY20110502 I think this is my favorite article out of the bunch. It covers the mysterious Osama burial
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/54162.html John Brennan has been saying a little too much, perhaps?
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/20tAVE/www.good.is/post/how-close-was-the-guy-who-tried-to-kill-osama-with-a-sword-last-year/?utm_source=supr I had never heard of this story last year, but it’s pretty funny. Something out of a comic book almost.