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If I get the time, I'll write something about September 12, 2001, which, for me, was far more interesting than the day previous. For now, I'm going to mention something that occurred to me as I drove to work today. The worst blow that "the terrorists" could strike one year later would not involve planes or car bombs. It would be a video of Osama bin Laden speaking while holding a copy of today's New York Times.

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Just now I said that I didn't have anything interesting to write about my memories September 11, 2001. That's true so far is it goes. See, almost every personal account of September 11 centers around the same thing, the television. Sometimes it's the radio, or the internet, but usually it's the TV. The nation plopped itself down whever they were and all watched the same news feeds coming from all over the world. So, I don't really have much to say about it that you probably don't already know, or that can't be easily seen on any televised retrospective.

But westernactor just revealed his log of ifmud for that day. I spent most of the day in front of the computer screen as much as the television screen (I had both in the same room), so the log captures a lot of what I was thinking and wondering throughout the day. I think that, when I get the chance, I'll pick out some quotes and actually put together a composite of highlights of thoughts for that day.

In other news, I stopped by the carriage house on my way home and talked with my uncle about the finishing touches. My place is going to rock hard. The people working on the house, including my uncle, are also in charge of constructing the new million-dollar home of Blythe Danner and Bruce Paltrow. The place looks fantastic, and there's still more to be done. Everyone's invited to the housewarming/showing off party when it happens.