The More You Know ...

Tea: Oolong Pouchong

Music: Peter Gabriel, "Big Time"

Time: Late afternoon.

It used to be that when CNN brought news of something like this, it registered -- but only briefly.

Things have changed. I know people, and they know people. Now, any disaster in -- or attack on -- New York or London warrants a phone call to make sure people are accounted for.

Were I a better person, perhaps, it wouldn't have taken knowing someone in an affected area to care more about what happened there.