When I saw the RSS feed from Posterous introducing the new themes, I went right to it and changed the grazing theme to green
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. It makes sense to me.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
It Still Takes a Few Days
I watched the second plain hit. I remember thinking "what kind of idiot would fly that close to take a look?" I still thought the first strike was an accident.
Growing up in Manhattan in the '50's I was used to stories of planes hitting the sky scrapers, the Empire State Building, the most infamous of them. I thought the second plane was coming around for a look when I saw it make the the turn over the harbor.
It took a moment to set in that this was done on purpose. It wasn't an act I thought possible.
I soon discovered I had lost friends sent to help and workers trapped on the upper floors.
My wife and I dined on a regular basis at Cellar in the Sky. We had even taken most of the staff out for drinks after closing.
What bothered me most this year is I didn't see it coming. When I first wrote the date on an official document, it hit me. It hit me so hard I had to sit.
I thought about 1949, the same amount of time after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Did people write 12/7/49 on official paper and suddenly remember Pearl Harbor? Or then, like now, had so much war and mayhem hit them, that one barbaric act lost some of its horror?
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Monday, September 07, 2009
The RSS Wave
Image by sgtret via Flickr
Residing on the East Coast of the United States I can feel the tide of content flow over my head in the morning coming from the east. I monitor my RSS reader, FeedDemon from around 0600 until usually past midnight.
The first flow is always from Europe, reading English as my primary language, mostly from the UK, but certainly other parts of Europe and Africa contribute to the content.
Then, as the sun grows brighter, the Canadians seem to perk up before the pundits from NY and Boston add their morning stretches to the mix. After that, the more civilized who actually sit down to breakfast, get the kids off to school, or settle into their cubicles begin to comment.
During the work week, I don’t go back to reading the feeds until after 1800, but when I do, I find the Midwest and Pacific coasts of Canada, the US and parts of South America have all contributed to the content.
After my own Dinner and the house has settled in, I make my last scan to say good morning to the left side of the Pacific Rim, Japan, China, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and the most vociferous, Australia and New Zealand.
Beside the 600 meters a second scientist are saying we travel through the universe, this gentle wave of information, not intrusive but actively available has become my connection to civilized thought. Without the RSS reader, it would be much more difficult to scan so broad a range of information, opinion and shared wonder.
LiveJournal Tags: FeedDemon
Thursday, September 03, 2009
The Labor Day Weekend
Image by sgtret via Flickr
The days are getting shorter and the first week of school is done. It’s won’t be long before the leaves turn gold and red and them become so much litter.
Though we all know Summer has a few more weeks to it as the world tilts, but, tilt be damned, we have created this day in September, Labor Day.
It was originally designed to celebrate the working man and later woman. Now it is seen more of seasonal marker.
The fun is over, the business begins. At least in the US of A.
LiveJournal Tags: Labor Day
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