Ignoring things helps

I didn't think about the outside world until 4pm so I was pleasantly surprised regarding events occurring throughout the day.
More questions seem to come to mind, but the whole point of the bombings seems to be the biggest one.
Figured the the suspects were "local" to the Boston area. Not exactly a soft target that seems to be one to mark on the calendar, but one viable enough to gather intelligence and plan accordingly, unlike random crowds for run of the mill sporting events.
Surprised they didn't try to flee the Boston area, which suggests that they were stupid. Amazed that they were able to carry out a bombing without blowing themselves up.
Surely it will get weirder.