Brr.

I saw a map of the murder sites in Silver Spring this morning in the WaPo, and it occurred to me that I lived across the street from one of the killing grounds for a year in 1995 (Shoppers Food Warehouse on Randolph at Georgia; I think this might be in what was the Hechinger’s when I was living there), and I used to shop near two of the others (Aspen Hill and White Flint) and get pizza at the Pizza Hut across the street from a fourth (the Shell station in Kensington). I’m not exactly sure where the Michael’s is because it post-dates when I lived in the area. However, I know the area quite well. I’ve probably bought gas at both the Mobil and the Shell stations involved, and I used to spend a lot of time in the White Flint area (gigantic Borders Books there, also the only CompUSA I know of on that side of town). And in Aspen Hill was the only big-box department store (a K-Mart) for miles around. (I assume this has changed. It was also one of the ugliest, dirtiest, and most disgusting K-Marts I’ve ever seen.)
Makes me glad I telecommute from 600 miles away.