Stories for September 2005
September 17, 2005
Another typical workday: a suspicious package left at Starbucks. Every workday afternoon I log my activities and daily accomplishments into an Access database. We do this to track the amount of time each project takes. But the bonus is…
September 13, 2005
High Adventure in Disney’s Tomorrowland
What would a contemporary family vacation be without a visit to a theme park. How about three theme parks? Yes, on our recent sojourn to Southern California we hit Sea World, Legoland, and the jewel in the theme park crown:…
September 11, 2005
With the focus on the Katrina, I want to take some time to remember four years ago today. In part because time is mitigating our immediate horrors of this tragedy and in part because today’s anniversary falls on a Sunday…
September 10, 2005
Getting a Freeway Education, Hollywood Style
Family vacations are so much fun. At least that’s how I remembered them from my youth. The night before we left for “parts unknown” was full of hustle and bustle as my parents scurried about while my sister and I…
September 3, 2005
A Piping Hot Meal, the Military Way
We continue to pour in additional supplies every hour in this area. Massive quantities of water, ice and food, 5.6 million MRE’s, over 13 million liters of water. We have 2,800 National Guard in New Orleans as we speak…
September 2, 2005
The governor of Texas today said that his state would take 25,000 people displaced by the hurricane. He called them refugees. And that is what they are. In the richest country in the world Mississippi is the poorest state…
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