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"New acronym -- vehicle borne explosive device (VBED). A suicide car bomber
targeting a convoy of personnel armored vehicles (humvees) succeeded in his
quest for 20 virgins. I was at the CAF (Compound from Across the Embassy)
meeting with some people trying to figure out how to provide a scholarship in
development communications when
there was a loud BOOM. We were immediately rushed to the bunkers (I lost one
slipper and forgot my bag) where a taped message repeated ad nauseum "Duck
and cover, stay away from windows and doors". Over an hour we were being
driven BONKERS. There was a young cultural affairs officer who arrived in
country yesterday so I talked her through it. "Where was you last post?"
"Zambia." " Did you ever go bungee jumping? My daughter did. But before she
did I told her not to let me know before she did."

Then we decided to login to watch BBC and CNN. They kept us there for about
2 hours, then it was lunch at the SUPREME, the CAFE afeteria whose managers
are from the Philippines.I had poppers with my pasta. Surreal!"
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My mom is such a badass. I think she's referring to
this incident. I like to think I've inherited some of my finer qualities from my mom: good taste in beer, olive skin, almond eyes. I hope some of her raging badass-ness gets passed down, too.