Posts tagged “september 11”

I knew Karlie Rogers briefly, in 1998. She made corny jokes and laughed easily. On September 11th, 2001, she was in the north tower. There are no lessons in her death. It was random and senseless. She was a good person. I remember her with fondness and sadness.

Never forget.

Been too busy working to blog much. My sources for the fun stuff: Gagpipe, Memepool, FARK, Slashdot, Google News. Also, keep reading the baby story. And here's a tasteless 9/11 joke I've been sitting on: New York, so good they whacked it twice.

It's September 12th, so crack whores and inappropriate behavior rule the day. Also, check out IWantOneOfThose for novelties like a metal-cutting torch and an L39 fighter jet. Don't buy anything though, it's my Christmas shopping territory.

I rediscovered a press release about the band Anthrax dealing with post-9/11 fallout from their name, plus CNN's absurdly overdone anniversary programming schedule. Also, a pretty brutal comic.

The Masai gave New York nine cows after 9/11 -- a genuinely touching gesture. And if you want to return the favor, apparently you can send a sheep online with your credit card. Seriously.

Even my cynicism couldn't survive this. A town of 10,000 in Newfoundland absorbed 6,000 stranded air travelers after 9/11, housed them, fed them, took them on boat trips. One grateful passenger started a college scholarship fund on the flight home. Wow.

September 11th. Everything has changed.