{"id":17981,"date":"2013-04-16T08:23:21","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T15:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/?p=17981"},"modified":"2013-04-16T08:26:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T15:26:47","slug":"a-quick-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/a-quick-note\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quick Note"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bcu2-shared.onlinebootycall.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/boston.jpg\"\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Man, yesterday was rough, huh? The <a href=\"http:\/\/gawker.com\/5994749\/everything-we-know-about-the-boston-marathon-bombing\" target=_blank>bombing at the Boston Marathon<\/a> has surely shaken us over here. Doesn&#8217;t it seem like people can&#8217;t do anything or go anywhere these days without someone trying to off them? I mean of all things, a MARATHON? An event that does nothing but bring people of different races, social classes, and backgrounds together for a day of celebration of the strength of the human body? WHAT ABOUT THAT DESERVES A BOMBING? <i>(Note: obviously it was the large concentration of people in a small area. But still)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Also, the internet and social media, while being indispensable in times of tragedy for helping connect family and friends, does a really good job of showing you things <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/ryanhatesthis\/first-photos-from-the-scene-of-the-boston-marathon-explosion\" target=_blank>YOU NEVER WANTED TO SEE<\/a> (seriously &#8211; don&#8217;t click that link unless you have a REALLY strong stomach. Ugh.).<\/p>\n<p>We at OBC and BCU want to extend our heartfelt condolences to anyone and everyone affected by the senseless act at the Boston Marathon, and give a virtual handshake and hug to all the heroic people who risked their lives to help those who were so horrifically maimed by the explosions. <\/p>\n<p>If you feel moved by the tragedy, please locate your nearest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcross.org\/\" target=_blank>Red Cross<\/a> to donate blood. And whatever you do, DO NOT donate to any Facebook &#8220;causes.&#8221; They are not real. I REPEAT. THEY ARE NOT REAL. THEY ARE SCAMS.<\/p>\n<p>With hope and pride in our hearts, let&#8217;s start the day. Shall we?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/global.fncstatic.com\/static\/managed\/img\/fn-latino\/news\/660\/371\/Boston%20Marathon%20Explosions%207.jpg?ve=1\" target=_blank>Image source<\/a><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-17981\" data-postid=\"17981\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-17981 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man, yesterday was rough, huh? The bombing at the Boston Marathon has surely shaken us over here. Doesn&#8217;t it seem like people can&#8217;t do anything or go anywhere these days without someone trying to off them? I mean of all things, a MARATHON? An event that does nothing but bring people of different races, social [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2756],"tags":[10092,10091,10093,1024,2404],"class_list":["post-17981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dating-news","tag-boston-bombing","tag-boston-marathon-bombing","tag-marathon-bombing","tag-news","tag-wtf","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17981"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17987,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17981\/revisions\/17987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}