Airing this 9/11, is a docu-drama called "The Path To 9/11".  While 9/11 changed the world forever, most of our perspectives on it began on that day.  This show is setup to show us <i>how we got there</i>.

It is supposed to be exciting, eye opening and rather controversial.  So tune in and see what happens when your country is short one Jack Bower. 

Part 1 (3 hours) Sunday, September 10 @ 8/7c on ABC – Part 2 (2 hours) Monday, September 11 @ 8/7c on ABC

A  quick preview of the show is below, borrowed from ABC.com:

NIGHT ONE

September 11, 2001. Teams of terrorist hijackers board four American airliners and take control of the cockpits. Passengers and flight controllers quickly learn something is terribly wrong….

February 1993. On a similarly ordinary day, New York is stunned by a deadly bombing at the World Trade Center. The discovery of a traceable van part at the site leads to the arrest of one of the conspirators, and he is linked to a mosque led by the Blind Sheikh, a radical cleric. A valuable FBI informant helps bring down the cleric and his cell. A manhunt for elusive WTC bomber Ramzi Yousef ensues, and he narrowly escapes capture in Pakistan, where he is linked to the attempted assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Yousef travels to the Philippines, where he tests an innovative small bomb that kills a flight passenger and comes close to bringing down the plane as well. He's almost captured again when a fire at his bomb-making lab exposes to Manila police his plot involving the simultaneous bombings of a dozen airliners.

Yousef is finally brought down when an informant in Pakistan tips off a team of agents working in coordination with FBI counterterrorism expert John O'Neill. Yousef's trail leads them to a rebel named Usama bin Laden.

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Today at noon, London observed a 2 minute moment of silence.  I had the opportunity to watch it live this morning, and it was quite powerful.  To see everyone stop their lives and for a moment – reflect and remember the tradegy of a year ago.  It was moving.

• BBC News: London Attacks  

Well, yesterday I said goodbye to a dear friend that I have known since I was a wee lad.  All of the good times spent together, coalesced into a deep trust. A familiarity that seemed so surprisingly natural, considering it's rarity.  But Mike has left this place and traveled up through the clouds to reach another place. Another world. Though the sun always shines where he has gone, we will miss him and look forward to seeing him again, someday…

But with the price of oil inflating airline tickets, it may be some time before I travel out to his new home in CalEforNyah (I believe that is the correct gove-nator pronunciation). That's right, my friend has moved to the left coast, with all the crazies, hippies, and beach hotties (there's always a silver lining).  I'm sure the shift from his urban Atlanta lifestyle to the quaint township of San Deigo will take some time.  Luckily his ferverent viewings of the OC will help to ease the transistion as he masters the new language and currency.

CalEforNyah has its own language. For instance, "the" must be inserted as often as possible into any and all statements such as: "I need to go to the store to get the bread for the meal, I would take the 9 to get there but due to the construction I will take the 5". Also he will have to learn some new words like "medicinal-marijuana" and "fly-over-states".

California also has its own currency. While the paper bills and coins are surprisingly similar to US currency, they are not nearly as valuable. A good rule of thumb is 4-5 Cali-dollars for every real dollar, depending on the area. This where many people get confused over their potential salary in C-land until they go house shopping…