Year: 2011

“I have a suicide”

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In Colorado Springs yesterday, an elderly man called police to report his own suicide: At about 8:15 a.m. the 74-year-old man called 911 to report “he had a suicide,” according to the police report.  When a dispatcher asked for more information, he replied, “Hold your ears,” then the dispatcher heard a gun discharge, according to the … Read more

Historical tweets

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Scott Johnson at Extralife imagines what might have happened if Twitter had always been around: I love this idea. I also love the fact that they’re all “tweeting” on whatever communication device might have been available at the time. It made me immediately start to imagine tweets that could have been made by famous historical … Read more