The Coal Speaker

September 11, 2020 THE COAL SPEAKER

9/11 – 19

From my personal screen shot collection.. this is how many websites I followed looked 19 years ago this moment as

September 5, 2020 THE COAL SPEAKER

If nothing changes, nothing changes: The Coffee and Teagarden that was ahead of its time

Late 90s in the city of Pottsville.. a little gem of a place that popped up serving the city expressos, fresh coffee and teas.. A home blend of vanilla chai.. Sandwiches. A spicy soup that could cure hangovers and the common cold. And a sandwich they called Thanksgiving Every Day. And now 20 years later, Sage in Pottsville is closing its doors…

August 30, 2020 THE COAL SPEAKER

BACK TO NON SCHOOL 2020

The nation’s school system has been tasked with figuring out how to educate the youth of our country.. Online? A mix in between?

Each district has been choosing different schemes.

But the harder part has been college: Dorm life. Party life. Sex lives.

All of those mixtures coupled with a hundred-year pandemic has given college educators and administrators the toughest syllabus in a generation.

August 30, 2020 THE COAL SPEAKER

The Peach Lady and the lost files of 9/11

History can indeed be forgotten.

And that old adage that whatever you post online is there forever is clearly NOT true. Just ask Myspace users. Just as Geocities users. Just as AOL Instant Messangers and ICQ chatters.. And there may be a few ten minute best of VINEs on Youtube.. but millions of others are gone for good.

The peach lady is a symbol of how things can go into the trash heap.

Cue the THE LOST HISTORY OF PRE-9/11