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There's been a Columbine-style threat at my sister's high school for tomorrow, November 1. There is, supposedly, a list of names (i.e., targets) floating around, and a rumor of gang involvement from elsewhere on the Island. My sister, her friends, a whole bunch of other students, and an even larger bunch of parents are (understandably) freaked out, but the school and the district - while taking appropriate steps to protect themselves and students - are playing things down.

I can't help but wonder whether the whole thing is a hoax blown out of proportion, a practical joke or a dare intended to freak out a few other students that went a step too far. My gut tells me that's all it is, and there's no need to worry. Still, I'll be holding my breath every time I check the news tomorrow.

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Okay, so that wasn't a splash of a post, given my month-long silence. I want to blog again, really I do, but the right topics never hit me at the right times. So maybe I need to just make a twice-a-week commitment and stick with it, even if I have nothign to say but, "My, aren't the leaves beautiful today!" (And, really, if you're in the greater Boston area, check out your local leaves, because we're already past the peak for most trees and in a few short weeks all we'll have is scraggly branches with a few dried-up hangers-on. Perfect for decorating with little white lights, huh?)

I think I need another blog redesign. Maybe having a flashy title bar (and nesting code that actually works properly) will energize me to write again. It's also probably high time I overhaul my sidebar to highlight different posts and include a more up-to-date list of blogs I actually read. Or, at least, to purge the ones that don't really exist anymore. And then maybe I could redo the categories, because pretty much nobody ever got the joke there, and even I'm not sure what goes into what category anymore. And then...

...well, first I have to run to the store for some milk.