I had virtually written this week’s post. I started writing it on the weekend because it had been a busy week so the content practically wrote itself. And then Sunday night (Monday in Australia) happened. On our way home from checking out Grinchmas at Universal Studios I was getting ready to post some pics on Facebook and Instagram and started seeing some disturbing posts. The posts were confused initially but all saying that if you don’t have urgent work in the City you should turn back because a large part of the City near Martin Place was in lockdown and there was a siege going on. In my hometown of Sydney. What became more clear a couple of hours later was that someone had taken over a coffee shop in Martin Place—the Lindt Café—and was holding hostages. The situation was being treated more seriously than a standard robbery and early speculation suggested terrorism. American news covers America-only content We raced home to put the TV on and see what was going on. There was a mention on one of the local news channels and they concluded the short update with “we’re keeping an eye on the situation.” I was so …