One of my earliest jobs as a kid was as a soda jerk at a placed called Dick's Luncheonette on Bergen Avenue in Jersey City. It was a comical gig -- remind me to tell you about it one of these days.

Just last night I was reminiscing about another feature of that era, here. A few hours after I posted that, all hell broke loose a block or two from the site of the old Dick's. Our prayers go out for everybody involved.