Post by nyline on Sept 11, 2016 13:29:05 GMT -5
A Moment of Contemplation
It’s hard to believe that 15 years have passed since 9-11-2001. It’s worth pausing to contemplate what we lost, and what we’ve learned. Mrs. Nyline and I were both in Manhattan that morning — I was about 1/4 mile from the second tower when it went down, and Mrs. Nyline was in her midtown office trying to ascertain whether consultants from her firm who had meetings scheduled in the World Trade Center were OK (they were). This morning, she told me that she believed the best way we could honor those who were injured or who did not survive, was to be mindful of our good fortune to have some commonplace we enjoy in daily life. In our case, it was morning coffee. We shared a pot, counting ourselves lucky that we could go on with the rest of our day.
Weekend Wrap with Talking Head
After three losses in a row, Penn State needed positive performances against Siena, Hofstra and Syracuse. All things considered, they got them (though the coaches, being coaches, undoubtedly can point to lots of things that need to be cleaned-up before the B1G season opens in two weeks (or before next weekends matches, for that matter).
We spoke this afternoon with Talking Head, who played D1 volleyball and has coached for many years, about his thoughts on how the team performed. For the complete interview, Click Here.
It’s hard to believe that 15 years have passed since 9-11-2001. It’s worth pausing to contemplate what we lost, and what we’ve learned. Mrs. Nyline and I were both in Manhattan that morning — I was about 1/4 mile from the second tower when it went down, and Mrs. Nyline was in her midtown office trying to ascertain whether consultants from her firm who had meetings scheduled in the World Trade Center were OK (they were). This morning, she told me that she believed the best way we could honor those who were injured or who did not survive, was to be mindful of our good fortune to have some commonplace we enjoy in daily life. In our case, it was morning coffee. We shared a pot, counting ourselves lucky that we could go on with the rest of our day.
Weekend Wrap with Talking Head
After three losses in a row, Penn State needed positive performances against Siena, Hofstra and Syracuse. All things considered, they got them (though the coaches, being coaches, undoubtedly can point to lots of things that need to be cleaned-up before the B1G season opens in two weeks (or before next weekends matches, for that matter).
We spoke this afternoon with Talking Head, who played D1 volleyball and has coached for many years, about his thoughts on how the team performed. For the complete interview, Click Here.
