Last night I was peacefully reading on my couch when I heard booming noises outside. It sounded like thunder, or fireworks, or maybe something scarier, but I was absorbed enough in my book to ignore it for several minutes. When it didn’t show any signs of stopping, I went on Twitter, typed in Brooklyn, and found out that it was fireworks on the Hudson, in honor of the Super Bowl. I should probably confess that this is one of my main uses for Twitter: finding out what the sirens or shouting or whatever outside my window is all about.

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