Randy Cassingham's Blog

You and your wife are an attractive couple and please accept my belated (5 1/2 years) congratulations! I have been a subscriber since you were This Just In (or whatever it was back then).

I applaud your efforts at "normalcy" following 9/11. In that same vein, my mother turned 70 in late September, 2001 and when I flew to the East Coast I was very startled at the emptiness of the airports and my consequent assessment of the stupidity of most of the American people. I have always hoped for the mental evolution of humanity but, sadly, it seems to be a good ways off.

Keep up the great work!

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Thank you for your kind wishes. Yes, the first name was "This Just In", and I figure anyone who was around then is an "old timer". (Why the name changed.)

I know what you mean about the stupidity over fear of flying. On that terrible day in 2001, 246 airline passengers were killed. Yet on peak days, about 2 million passengers fly. Even on 9/11, your odds of surviving an airline flight were awfully good. -rc