Cambridge, Massachusetts Gets Back to Business

    Perhaps a sign of the relief at beginning the return to normalcy, the following message was posted on the website of the City of Cambridge less than a half hour after Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured by police in nearby Waterton where he was hiding in a boat:

A good ending to a terrible situation. Still we keep in mind the lives that were lost or severely impacted due to these horrible acts of violence. We thank our law enforcement officials for their outstanding work during this unbelieveable event. We are Cambridge and Boston strong and proud. Rubbish and recycling for those who have a Thursday & Friday collection will take place Saturday, April 20.The Apr. 20 Recycling drop center will be open normal hours. Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day is cancelled. Some other city programs that were previously cancelled may resume. Please check with specific agency. MBTA service is resuming. Keep watching local media for latest updates.

     The announcement about "rubbish and recycling" without even a paragraph break is at once poignant and funny.  This town is ready for something as pedestrian as when the trash will be picked up.  Let us all pray that God grants the Boston area a restful stretch of boredom in the coming days and weeks.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Twitter Account: 'Probably the Only Chechen Dude You Know'

    A website that places a "value" on Twitter accounts has increased the estimated value of suspected Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's from $37 to more than $62,000 as of late Friday night due to the tens of thousands of new curious followers.  Multiple news organizations reported the existence of the account Friday afternoon even as the manhunt continued.  While Tsarnaev's current Twitter icon is a picture of a roaring lion, a cached version of the site shows his previous icon was a photo of himself (right.)
    The cached version of the Account-Market site also shows that Tsarnaev's bio used to read "lazy but i get **** done" instead of the current "Salam aleikum," which means "peace be upon you" in Arabic.  An even earlier version of his bio read "probably the only Chechen dude you know."


Note: A version of this article first appeared at The Weekly Standard.