A few weeks ago, John and I were eating lunch at a fine Gainesville establishment when a guy walked in to place a takeout order. He chatted up the waitress for good measure, and this conversation ensued: Waitress: So, um, where do you work? Guy: [Indicating the homebrew shop across the street] I work at [...]
There’s nothing like a midnight phone call alerting you to a nearby attacker to make you sleep like a baby, let me tell you. Wait, you didn’t get one of those? Last night around 10:00, John and I heard the sheriff’s helicopter overhead. We didn’t think much of it, honestly, because that happens a lot. [...]
I wanted to send a brief note out to all the families who suffered losses last night. I know that many grandmothers died, and many families experienced terrible pain, because your sons and daughters– my students– have let me know that these tragedies account for them not being able to turn in their term papers. [...]