September 11 Was The Day New York Stopped **Twenty-five years later, I still carry that day with me.** There are some days in your life that divide everything into a *before* and an *after*. For me, September 11, 2001, is that day. I have thought about writing this story for years. Every time I try, I find myself back there. Sometimes I can remember tiny details with extraordinary clarity. Other parts are blurred together. I don't remember exactly how long I was inside the dust cloud. I don't remember precisely what time anything happened. In many ways, I don't think my brain recorded that

Bring Back Rent Controls Have you had enough of unfair rent increases? Are you being intimidated in your own home from fear of your landlord? Join the London Renters Union to stand up for your rights. I did and we are rallying. We are getting together in May to build up momentum to reestablish Rent Controls in the UK. They were abolished in the 80s during Thatcherism. Recently, I left my Mezzanine flat on Kensington Gardens after four years. I had just finished decorating it, having painted the walls a crisp clean white. They had been off-white, almost brown from the many years that

Decisions, Decisions. I spend a lot of time in front of a computer. So much that it has to feel comfortable. I believe that a good work environment creates more productivity and higher quality work. I have had many computers in my career. I have grown attached to Macintosh. It produces much higher quality graphics than a PC. In fact any creative material is always best made on a Mac. In my NY apartment, I had a Mac Pro with cinema screen that I ran an LLC from. I had a MIDI keyboard, mixer, microphone, cameras, scanner, pen tablet, and laser printer attached to