On this day, six years ago...

On my Dashboard (for you non-Mac users, that's like a second desktop that comes up at the push of a button) my "This day in history" World Book Encyclopedia Widget says the following happened on Sept. 11:
"The Battle of Brandywine" in the American Revolution, 1777.

It has three other facts, the last one being the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

This morning I was listening to Public Radio and I listened as jim bob Republican and rich-but-liberal Democrat battled about whether we should be in Iraq. About 5 minutes in to this less-than-riveting session I heard one of them say the most profound thing I've heard about the war, scary as that is.

It went something like "We can't leave Iraq now, because now there we have a thousand terrorists with years of on-the-job training."

Crazy.

To buy or not to buy...

Today I dropped my cell phone and it's been acting up ever since, which brings up the question I've been wrestling with since June -- am I going to buy an iPhone.

As an Apple believer (and stockholder) I'm leaning toward buying one. It seems like it would be an excellent tool to help me stay organized in law school as well as check my stocks and stay connected.

The price tag recently dropped to $399, and you can get some of the refurbished models for $349. It's funny because I'm usually one to wait for the second version of a certain piece of technology, but then again, if you wait for the next version you'll be waiting forever.

I'll be sure to post pictures if I do buy one.