Brendan Loy is a 28-year-old attorney, erstwhile journalist, and veteran blogger in Denver, Colorado. He formerly blogged as the "Irish Trojan." Brendan's wife, Rebecca Loy, 28, is a stay-at-home mom in Denver. Brendan and Becky have two daughters, whose blog nicknames are "Loyette" and "Loyacita." More info here. Several other authors blog here in The Guest Room.
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Brendan & Becky's Tweets
RT @markos: They'll have veto-proof majorities? RT @sarahposner: Reed predicts new Congress will repeal health care. #FFC –Brendan, Fri, 10:07am (1)
REMINDER: Enter the 2nd annual Living Room Times College Football Pick ‘em Contest by 6:55 PM EDT today! Details at http://bit.ly/d3MkOC. –Brendan, Fri, 10:00am (0)
RT @Schwarzenegger: Got briefed on San Bruno emergency by LtGov @abelmaldonado. Glad I left the state in good hands. –Brendan, Fri, 9:43am (0)
RT @mgrif32: Very real possibility that winner of S. Carolina-Georgia wins the SEC East Division –Brendan, Fri, 9:43am (0)
Just got an e-mail from @denverpost titled "Breaking News: Obama says economic recovery 'painfully slow'" This is breaking news? #unexpected –Brendan, Fri, 9:31am (0)
RT @DickieV: just had breakfast with Mike Brey of ND at the Varsity club -Mike is recruiting on this big football weekend. –Brendan, Fri, 9:23am (0)
CNN Breaking News -- 4 dead in massive fire caused by gas blast in San Bruno, California, says Lt. Gov. Maldonado. –Brendan, Fri, 9:19am (0)
RT @BCSbites: Notes: Saban takes a shot at Boise State's worthiness as a BCS title contender - Press-Register - al.com http://bit.ly/a6RcXZ –Brendan, Fri, 7:13am (0)
RT @pwire: New poll shows 62% think country is on wrong track, but more still trust Obama on the economy than Republicans... http://pwire.at/aayPbe –Brendan, Fri, 7:11am (2)
RT @SI_PeterKing: Wow. NO-Min overnight ratings: 17.7 rating/28 share. Highest opening night NFL game ever. 28% of all Americans w/TV on watched this game. –Brendan, Fri, 7:08am (0)
RT @asmolenski: #sanbrunoFire crater of explosion is 30x25 feet and at least 15 feet deep, wow, incredible –Brendan, Fri, 12:30am (0)
RT @KFINEWS: CA Emergency Mgmt: 53 homes destroyed, 120 damaged in San Bruno gas line explosion & fire. One confirmed death. –Brendan, Fri, 12:10am (0)
RT @jonathanbunton: An entire neighborhood is burning, but the idiotic news stations would rather blabber about a wingnut pastor. #fail –Brendan, Thu, 9:50pm (0)
Fear that lots of people would have been home when fire started. It was dinnertime. –Brendan, Thu, 9:49pm (0)
KGO's Randy Davis: "All the homes inside the fire area are lost." "There is nothing to save." Firefighters focusing exclusively on perimeter –Brendan, Thu, 9:49pm (0)
RT @chiefb2: RT @JenGehrt: @chiefb2 - how long will it take to put out a fire like this? Could be days. Wind is a HUGE factor tonight –Brendan, Thu, 9:43pm (0)
RT @chrisflowersmd: The horrors of the extent of the burning in #SanBruno are becoming clear. Emergency calls from people trapped in their homes –Brendan, Thu, 9:41pm (0)
RT @EricLAA: Now reporting 40 to 45 homes destroyed & same plus number of vehicles in San Bruno fire #SF #Fire #SanBruno –Brendan, Thu, 9:40pm (0)
But... but... #itsaWAR! RT @BCSisBS: I been saying for a while those "SEC defenses" could be accredited to terrible offenses –Brendan, Thu, 8:58pm (0)
RT @LisaHorne: FINAL: Auburn 17 Miss St 14 –Brendan, Thu, 8:57pm (0)
RT @USABreakingNews: CBS: PG&E says San Francisco fire & explosion may involve a 24-inch gas main. Dozens of homes have been reduced to ashes. –Brendan, Thu, 8:57pm (1)
CNN Breaking News -- Austan Goolsbee will be named chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, CNN's Ed Henry has learned. –Brendan, Thu, 8:55pm (0)
This has not been a particularly good summer for the safe acquisition and usage of fossil fuels. #obvious –Brendan, Thu, 8:54pm (0)
RT @KATUNick: Live interview on San Bruno fire says there are people with horrible burns on their body- watch KGO coverage live- http://bit.ly/bfJ0SR –Brendan, Thu, 8:38pm (0)
RT @mdflores: Over a dozen houses now reduced to ash in San Bruno fire/explosion. Foundations and all. Third-degree burn victims running away. –Brendan, Thu, 8:38pm (0)
RT @mathewi: better than watching the crawl on CNN -- Google real-time search on San Bruno fire: http://is.gd/f3o3V –Brendan, Thu, 8:28pm (0)
RT @marcambinder: Update from San Bruno, CA: more than 20 houses burning. Numerous occupants missing or trapped. Cause of natural gas explosion unknown. –Brendan, Thu, 8:27pm (0)
RT @USABreakingNews: Local gas supplier PG&E confirms with local media that the large fire and explosion in San Francisco is a gas main break. –Brendan, Thu, 8:22pm (0)
RT @USABreakingNews: Local media: Gas line explosion is the cause of the massive fire in San Francisco near SFO Airport. Many homes have burned to the ground. –Brendan, Thu, 8:13pm (0)
RT @chiefb2: #SanBrunoFire Looks like an underground high pressure natural gas transmission pipeline rupture to me. –Brendan, Thu, 8:12pm (0)
RT @RodrigoBNO: ~ @ashleypeskoe according to emergency officials, its a natural gas explosion. They are not saying that its a plane crash anymore... –Brendan, Thu, 8:11pm (0)
RT @Dopplertom: BREAKING NEWS: A Massive Fire Explosion in San Bruno, CA, which is Destroying Numerous Homes: LIVE NEWS COVERAGE: http://bit.ly/9xVa7b –Brendan, Thu, 8:11pm (0)
RT @RodrigoBNO: This is a natural gas explosion affecting dozens of homes. –Brendan, Thu, 8:10pm (0)
RT @BCSisBS: See the thing is, if Temple and CMU were SEC teams this would be a called defensive struggle going down to the wire instead of ineptitude –Brendan, Thu, 8:07pm (0)
RT @USABreakingNews: Eyewitnesses near the explosion in San Francisco report on local TV that it is not a gas station explosion and does not smell like gas. –Brendan, Thu, 8:05pm (0)
RT @USABreakingNews: KGO-TV: FAA says this IS NOT AN AIRPLANE CRASH. They do not have any more information at this time. –Brendan, Thu, 8:05pm (0)
RT @RodrigoBNO: OMG... many houses on fire... this is a massive event. –Brendan, Thu, 8:02pm (0)
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