Happy New Year!

Hello everyone! Happy New Year! Okay, I’m a little late. But it is still January, right?

So, I know I haven’t been around much. But I’m going to try to change that. No – I am GOING to change that. Really.  Hold me to it. [Oh wow, I just realized that my last post was in November. Bad Cat! Okay – I slapped myself on the wrist. Moving on…]

2011 is off to a great start! I am now a married blogger. Yup, the Knight and I tied the knot on 1/11/11. It was wonderful and just exactly what we wanted. A nice, simple wedding in Vegas, followed by five wonderful days in Kauai. J 

So happy together....

Our ceremony was in a gondola

I wish you could see that these are purple snakeskin. So fun! 

 

On a totally unrelated and more serious note, I want to share this post from the Unsuck metro blog. Scary stuff! I don't mean to be an alarmist. I realize that these kinds of crimes can happen anywhere at any time and that this does not make metro inherently unsafe.  But wow! This seems like something that should be publicized. Don’t you think?

Gunmen Storm Orange Line Train, Beat and Rob Passengers

The following was witnessed by a minor who wishes to remain anonymous and does not want to talk to the press. The witness related the details below to their parents who passed them to Unsuck DC Metro. Metro confirms the incident took place, but would provide no details other than saying they'd taken two juveniles into custody.

On Dec. 23, 2010, between 6 and 6:30 p.m., six masked, armed men boarded a New Carrollton bound Orange Line at Stadium Armory and proceeded to rob--at gunpoint--passengers of their wallets, cell phones, iPods, shoes and other valuables.

Three of the men entered through the front door of the car, and the other three entered through the last door of the same car.

Some of the male passengers were ordered to the ground, and some of the robbers kicked them repeatedly. Some were kicked to the point that they were bleeding from their wounds, primarily head wounds.

One woman tried pushing the emergency button several times, but never got a response from any Metro employee.

The car was pretty crowded, and even had children on board. The witness said some people didn't even seem aware of what was happening. The witness said there was a couple with children who where letting the kids play in the aisle. They had yet to notice the robbery taking place. The witness quietly told the mother what was happening and said she needed to get her children to come over to her and keep them quiet. The mother did so, and that family was not harassed by the robbers.

The witness managed to clandestinely call 911 while they were still on board, but hung up on the 911 personnel because they wanted to call someone to let them know where they were because they felt like they were going to die on the train.

The men jumped off at the next station and ran.

Many of the passengers got off at that station, too, but the witness stayed on the train, thinking they didn't want to go where the perps had just gone.

Metro police did not get in touch with with the witness. After they spoke with the 911 operator, the witness never heard from anyone.