Remembering 9/11 at the Movies

It`s ten years ago today. And yes, it still deserves - will always deserve - the attention it gets.  Especially a few years from now, when we talk to our kids (and grandkids) about 9/11 the way our grandparents talked to us about Pearl Harbor, hoping that a profound historical moment our children never actually experienced will nonetheless resonate and influence the way they design and shape the world's future after we're gone.   Like...

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VFS Progress Report #1: The First 10 Days

A bit tired.  Five A.M., can't sleep, so figured it was a good time to write. Bob`s outside going through the garbage again.  (At least I think it's Bob.  It probably isn't.  I'll just use Bob from here on as an umbrella pseudonym for whoever's out there at any given time.) The first two full weeks of class end today.  Went something like this: Monday, Aug. 22 - Orientation Thursday, Aug. 25 - Admissions...

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