We all know that I used to live in Maryland during my last co-op job, so I have sentimental attachment there. Plus, my greatest of friends Brian lives there so any critical news in maryland is as much my problem as it is his.
So of course, after I heard about the sniper killing off 5 people. I shruged and let it go. And then he did it again. And again. I finally saw the map, and he seemed like he was moving more north and east toward where Brian lives. So then, naturally I called him.
The conversation went something like this.
Me: "Hi brian, did the sniper shoot you?"
Brian: "..."
Me: "Well, did he?"
Brian: "Your talking to me on the phone aren't you?"
Me: "Yea? But he shot like 7 people."
Brian: "Where have YOU been? It's been all over the news."
Me: "I read it on the front page today, he just shot a little kid."
Brian: "He didn't just shoot him."
Me: "Yes he did! I'm reading it right now!"
Brian: "That was last night, Mr. I read the newspaper."
Me: "Oh."
Me: "Well, remember to bunny jump and buy a bullet proof vest."
Brian: *obvoiusly ignoring my CS reference* Yea. ok.
Me: "You think he has an AWP?"
Brian: "No."
Me: "I'm serious, maybe he's a counterstrike player gone crazy or something... that would make him like..asian.. cuz only the asian CS players buy GayWPs."
Brian: "... No."
Alright, it's funnier in person, but the reason I brought this up was because Howard Stern did a funny blurb this morning about the sniper:
Five Things We Know About the DC Sniper by Time Magazine
Here is a summary so you see how funny this article really is:
1) "This killer is terrorizing a community and a nation, and so he is, by definition a terrorist."
2) "The high velocity rounds found in some of the victims can be used in many different kinds of guns, including hunting rifles and military weapons."
3) "If you pinpoint the place each shooting occurred, you can deduce a "center" for the criminal's activity, and that often ends up being the perpetrator's home. "
4) "[The shootings] certainly appear to be — but they're probably not. Most likely, there is some pattern at work here, just one that investigators haven't been able to pinpoint yet.)
5) "Either when the police find the killer(s) or when the shooter loses interest — and that, sadly, may not be for quite a while. "
Let me put this in such a way that you can understand that Time Magazine is stupid and hasn't told us anything a normal person could figure out.
1) The killer is a terrorist because he terrorizes people..
2) The bullets that they found in the victims were fired from a gun.
3) The killer lives close to where he's killing everyone.
4) The killer isn't really random cuz every victim is different from his last.
5) The killer will be stopped when he's bored or caught.
Wow. I can't believe they told us so much. The only one that might be remotely enlightening is the fact that he's not really random... just sort of trying to be random.
But Howard Stern deserves the credit for this find. Too bad I can't give him E-props.
Chillah Bee of iLLadeLphia... signin out.