Needle and the O-Gauge Done

He somehow doesn’t seem to be the type, but Neil Young is apparently a big model train fan. In fact, according to Reuters by way of the New York Post, he owns about 20 percent of Lionel, which is currently going through a bankruptcy reorg.

The story says Young and Lionel have a joint venture to sell some of Young’s technology as part of Lionel’s Trainmaster control system. I guess when you hit 60, the rock-and-roll thing gets pretty old and you’d rather just stay home and work on your layout.

Eyewitness Account of 9/11

Many of you know that I watched the second plane hit the South Tower. I wrote this piece for the following day’s Fort Worth Star-Telegram, which ran it with minor changes. There’s a word or two I’d change, but I’m letting it stand as an example of deadline writing.