07:55 – All we can do now is wait for the FBI to determine who committed this outrage. If there’s one thing the FBI is good at, it’s accumulating and sorting through huge amounts of data, which is what they’re doing right now. FBI analysts are going through thousands of business surveillance and cell-phone videos and photographs frame by frame, looking for images of the person or people who placed the bombs. Eventually, they’ll have recognizable images of the perpetrator or perpetrators, and at that point things will begin to unravel quickly for the terrorist or terrorists. Someone will recognize and identify one or more of the people in the images, and a massive manhunt will be underway. Let’s hope the criminals aren’t taken alive.
Meanwhile, for most of us, life goes on. UPS showed up yesterday with the 2,000 beakers I was waiting for, along with some other stuff I had on backorder. Over the next few days, I’ll be doing final assembly on a few dozen more science kits. I’ll also be checking out Barbara’s sister’s desktop Linux box, which needs to be repaired or replaced. Fortunately, Frances does most of her computing on her pad and her husband uses a notebook, so they’re not in a big rush to get this system back. I can take my time and get it right.