It has been a long time since I was hooked on a TV show.  The last time I watched as religiously was Hill Street Blues, a long time ago.  Now, 30 years later, it is Game of Thrones.  

Kiplinger magazine compiled the 10 cheapest places to live in the US and guess what? None of them were in the Northeast! It's no surprise that they are all in the South and South west. Here they are...

Last Friday Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick took the unprecedented decision to shut down all of Boston and its near environs. The shut down was coined "Shelter in place" and intended to facilitate the massive manhunt for the "White Hat" bomber. However, as the hours ticked by and there was no capture, the political and practical pressure must have become intolerable. Obviously, a major city of millions just can not be required to stay cooped up forever.

 

Last night I took my son to see 42, the Jackie Robinson story.  I was a very good movie that, save some graphic language (that was necessary to the story yet difficult to sit through) had the feel of the type of feel good movie you might have watched in school.  

I know my fellow bloggers have all written about what occurred in Boston this week. But I couldn’t let the opportunity to go by without adding my thoughts. My cousin Josh’s speech to his son at his son’s bar mitzvah this past weekend inspired me to write about the heroes in Boston.

The fallout from Boston this past week included among other things whether we are entering an era of Big Brother, and if so, is that such a bad thing.  Without the cameras, how long would it have taken law enforcement to figure out who was responsible for the bombing?  They could have left the country by the time they were identified.