There are 2,996 victims to remember. In reflection and memory of the fifth anniversary of September 11, 2006, 2,996 stories will be told today. Please take some time to read more of them.This is the story of one Frank Bonomo, a dedicated New York Firefighter who left behind a legacy of laughter and selfless action.
Dear [...]

“They are passing, posthaste, the gliding years…The years are passing my dear, and presently no one will know what you and I know.” -Vladmir Nabokov

Dad,
It is eleven years now since the April we lost you to icy river water. Eleven years since [...]

Dad,
Ten years have passed since you last wrote me anything, but still I can vividly remember the way your handwriting looked on the page. Letters scrawled with conscious effort in all capitals. Your penmanship never reflective of the inner chaos so often present within your heart and mind, the slowly etched lines and curve hardly [...]

It’s nice to belong. To feel as if those people with whom you have somewhat consistent interaction in your life actually see you sometimes. Days when you know they can hear the smile resting behind your voice; days, too, when they reveal that they can hear the rainclouds forming behind your eyes. Even the most [...]

No? How about now, after recently ditching my old, “I pride myself on being functionally retarded”, phone?
Good.
So yes, today I finally caved and bought a new phone. A sleekly designed, highly mobile, extremely docile, complete with an ascetic blue cover and flip capability new phone. My original phone, purchased about a year ago, in conjunction [...]

I generally think I have a high tolerance for pain. Kick me, and while I most certainly will grimace, I won’t cry, and then I’ll kick you back. You could pull my hair, but as it used to be my sister’s favorite pastime, I’m fairly accustomed to that type of unpleasant snugness around the cranial [...]