It was a nice enough Saturday to go for a bike ride. Since it was Saturday my plan was to go to Liberty State Park. Bill was on the road again since early morning, before I was awake. I woke up around 9 AM and resolved to do things a little bit earlier.

I had a light breakfast and then I was at Shop Rite stocking up on groceries. The bike started rolling soon enough, after a quick walk to the local Bibliotheque to pick up The Party Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell. I still have the Jon Savage and Michael Palin tomes. The librarian remarked that this particular book was small.

The ride was pleasant and uneventful. There were people out and about but not too many and they were responsive to the buzzer and stepped out of the way. I almost hit a dog though. By the hospital, a woman was not really paying attention to the fact I was fast approaching and her little dog was sure to get clipped.

It almost happened in the supermarket this morning too. People bring their dogs to the store. They’re not service animals, it’s just their owner did not want to leave them alone or chained up outside. I usually remark to Bill, “Ohh look a dog in the supermarket!”

And this morning a woman was staring at the items on the shelf, not looking at her dog being in the path of a grocery cart.

Overall the ride was uneventful and I am cool with that. It was nearly nonstop, meaning if I stopped it was usually for a minute to drink some water. There’s been a Good Times marathon on cable, not sure if it was a scheduled thing or a tribute to John Amos. So that’s been on all day.

I did watch part of a documentary on 9/11, just to see the neighborhood in Tribeca that I walk around in on my afternoon break. I wanted to see what had changed and was was still around. I couldn’t really tell where anything was.

The documentary was a compilation of videos shot by people who were down there. Some professional digital employees and some average people starting their day. So much misinformation was around in those hours and days.

Rumors that the Washington Mall was under attack, the White House being a target. Maybe that was true since Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville, PA and that was hijacked as well. I do remember the day vividly and now work in the area of the Manhattan attack, helping people who were affected by the aftermath.

I still think it’s somewhat noble, I read anecdotes throughout the day about where the client was and for how long they were in the area since they were told everything was OK, and the air was fine. Now they are developing cancers and other ills due to the malfeasance of the powers that used to be. That is brought up in Spike Lee’s 9/11 documentary as well.