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Unflushed…inflated. Any correlation?

A Springfield man early this morning apparently came out of a bathroom in a strip club and started firing shots. From Boston.com (link to article):

A State Police community action team was on patrol near Club 418 on Worthington Street when troopers saw people streaming out of the building in panic.
Nearby, they encountered Marcus J. Blanton of Springfield, who allegedly tossed away a handgun as troopers approached him and placed him under arrest, said Springfield Police Lieutenant John Bobianski.

Mr. Blanton is accused of killing one person and injuring a few others, among other charges. Why do people do these things? According to what’s in the report at the time of posting, there’s no description of motive or anything of that sort. I want to be able to believe that someone won’t just come and shoot me for no apparent reason, but every time I see stories like this, it chips away at that faith a little. I hope to hear more about this soon, because I am very interested in what his reasoning was for doing such a thing. There are some statements of “alleged” actions, here, so it’s not necessarily the case that Mr. Blanton did it, but it does look a little weird to toss a handgun away when troopers are coming at you.

Does this club pat people down before they enter? It’s such a crowded area and even more a dangerous situation if someone has a weapon or if a fire starts. Also, was it possible for someone such as Blanton to receive things from someone through the bathroom window? If so, the police also need to look for the person who gave him the gun. Also, Club 418 may very well want to look into that after a situation such as this and based on other problems that have reached the press (these are spoken of at the end of the report at the time of posting).

I hope the victims that didn’t die at the scene make a full recovery, and God bless all the families involved.

Because I honestly want to start from the Central Avenue in California.

This is a response that popped up when I typed in “Central Avenue Station” into the MBTA’s Trip Planner. For the record, Central Avenue is a trolley stop on the Red Line. If you don’t type “Central Ave” and instead type “Central Avenue”, however, you get this. I can see that this is just Google Maps working its mojo, but entries it returns to you should only be limited to the state of Massachusetts and within the T’s reach.

While searching for “using DLC on another wii” in the Rockband forums, I came across this message (click to zoom):

A silly advertisement I found on Facebook:

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