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MONDAY 9/17/01

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Sep 17 2001

So it’s Monday. Like every other Monday for the past year or so, I get up at an ungodly hour. I somehow manage to shower, grab my bags, and head out the door for Union Station in DC. It’s time once again for my weekly ritual of riding Amtrak to New York’s Pennsylvania Station. It’s a gorgeous morning – the sun is just starting to electrify the eastern sky. And with the streaks of clouds providing depth and texture to the horizon, it’s magnificent. Especially when my cab crosses the Roosevelt Bridge – the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, and […]

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FIRST THOUGHTS: 9/11/01

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Sep 01 2001

I honestly thought today was going to be a good day. My friend’s wife had agreed to come into Manhattan so we could all spend an evening together in the city. (This *never* happens. No, really. NEVER.) I had lunch scheduled with a friend and former coworker. Planned to work with my designer to build a new website. NOTHING particularly taxing. Just one of those days that you’re thankful for, now and again, the kind that injects 7.25 hours of blissful boredom into the frenetic Manhattan workday. Unfortunately, my corner of tranquility was driven straight to hell the second I […]

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