Edie

I am having a difficult time concentrating today. While its nice to think like gary can about the artificiality of anniversaries, the fact remains that it did happen 5 years ago today (and yes, years are artificial constructs as well). We told Jake about it in very quick terms, just saying that 5 years ago some people had flown planes into a couple of tall buildings in New York on purpose. His first (and only) question was "why did they do that", and one that I wish we didn't need to try to answer.

Trust me, in their private moments they remember and grieve.

Oh my lord.

I watched much of the Naudet brothers' 9/11 on CBS. Words fail me.

Pics?

I have a bunch. PM me if you are interested.

Happy happy birthday! YAY birthdays!

I would do it. Eventually.

I get angry at the why it happened -- what could we have possibly done to make people hate us/our lifestyle so much that they relentlessly plan for years to make something like that happen. What could we have done to prevent it -- not from a law-enforcement standpoint, but rather from a human standpoint. Give more? Spend less? Be less sanctimonious in our approach to Palestinian rights? Something? Then I get angry at our response -- using a fist and not an open hand. This approach has never solved anything permanently (see Bosnia/Serbia/Croatia for reference) -- only temporarily. As is bein

My husband and I took our son to his 4th day of preschool that morning and afterwards, listened horrified to the radio as they announced that the second tower was hit. That's when it was no longer an "accident", but an unprecedented attack. Jake will be 9, and he still does not know about it. We are going to talk about it this weekend since the TV coverage will be intense (though he doesn't watch during the week) and I want him to hear about it from us and not the media. While I think that somber reflection and remembering is appropriate, I heard that CNN is going to replay their coverag

Mine says "01/20/09: Bush's last day". It is the first and only bumper sticker I have ever affixed to a vehicle of mine. Hopefully it will be sooner.

Thanks Wendy -- I PMed Narziss, and he said that while he is looking for contributions from anyone, he is REALLY hoping that folks that haven't yet contributed will do so. And Narziss? back at 'cha

Stick a fork in the White Sox. They look just terrible.

Happy happy!

Happy belated birthday Johnny. I sure hope we have a chance to meet up at a show one of these days

I have a version of Spiders from 9-4-03 (Eugene OR) that is not quite acoustic but isn't the krautrock version either. Kinda in transition.

My brother thinks the White Sox will lose this year because of letting Thomas go and trading Rowand for Thome. He says "how can you NOT have room on your club for a hall-of-famer" and the loss of speed up the middle (Rowand) will eventually kill their chances.

Happy birthday to you miss tracy! one of my all-time favs

a couple things: If the KKK is not on the terror watch list, it should be. I can think of no other group here in the US that has epitomized the word "terror" in the manner or time that the KKK has. religion =/ morals

The happiest happy birthday to you Paul!

Paul Konerko should never ever be sent home all the way from first base on a double (or even what could have been a triple). That play last night was the ugliest thing ever.

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