[Colin Glassey 7 PM] A Defining Moment
I was struck by a comment I heard recently by J.M.S. (J. Michael Straczynski, the man behind Babylon 5) when he talked about pivotal events in people's lives. There are events so important that there is life before the event, and life after, and there is a world of difference between them. For me, 9/11/2001 is that pivotal event. I didn't effect me directly, I knew no one who died that day. I don't live in New York city, but that event was crucial to me. It made my life, my work prior to 9/11, pointless. It didn't help matters that in real terms my work for the prior two and a half years was close to being pointless.
The Dot Com boom was an enjoyable time but in many respects it was wasteful of money, time, and talent. And I was a part of it, in a small way. 9/11 was profoundly disturbing to me as I thought, what have I been doing with my life?
This blog is a small attempt to add some value back to the society which I've come to deeply appreciate.
6:37:03 PM 
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