true patriot love

my friend chet just posted a really freaky story about an explosion that happened outside his work today in new york. turns it was just a steam pipe, but he (and probably everyone else in hearing distance) understandably assumed it was a terrorist attack. there a lot of reasons why i'm jealous of his life in nyc, but fear of dying in a politically motivated bombing isn't one of them. i don't think i'm naive about how dangerous the world can be, but i think we all feel relatively safe in toronto and i'm totally grateful for that.