Tag: 9/11

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

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

May 4, 2020 THE COAL SPEAKER

CLASS OF 2020: BORN IN SIN. COME ON IN

The class of 2020… born in the aftermath of 9/11.. They were the first high school class to learn about 9/11 as a past event..

Sure there a were a few stragglers that entered the planet prior to September 11, 2001, but for most of them, the world before the terror attacks would be alien.. just as alien as life before the great 2020 pandemic, which canceled their prom, graduation, and memories..