Face to Face

Tuesday September 15, 2009 | Comments now closed

Hands down, Facebook is the single greatest invention of the 21st century.

Oh sure, some jackass will stroll along in the next year or so and dazzle us all with a flying car or vacuum based hair-styling gizmo, but until that day happens, Facebook rules the roost.

Simply put – it’s the one feat of mental engineering that has allowed all of us to realize that impossible dream of pulling together every awesome personality we’ve ever spent time alongside or whiled away an evening in total, intoxicating conversation – and has allowed us to meet and greet in the same room, no matter how many miles may span between. It’s shrunk the  Earth and evaporated the gulf of time. And it’s a Godsend for cyber stalkers everywhere. That’s WIN-WIN baby!!!

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September 11, 2001

Friday September 11, 2009 | 7 comments

“Where were you when…”

Growing up, I always heard that same question (usually connected to recounted tales of JFK’s assassination) and never quite understood the heartache a simple line of inquiry could implant in a person.

On September 11, 2001 – at the tail end of my twenties – I suddenly learned with great gravity how hard a few words stitched together in just the right way could stagger a person. This was one of those days where I remember every minute in vibrant detail. I mean everything, every damned thing that I did that morning is tattooed to memory.

Where were you when that day’s beautiful dawn broke?
Where were you when you learned that the first plane hit?
Where were you when that second plane made its shocking entrance on the CNN live feed?
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