This Date in History

17 October 2001:
I was announcing that this guy named Mark in Fresno (who I wouldn’t actually meet for another nine days or so, but who was intriguing me in a major way) now had his own domain…

17 October 1998:
I was preparing for the second Planet SOMA Cross Country road trip

17 October 1989:
San Francisco was quivering and trembling from its biggest earthquake since 1906, which my parents and I watched on TV from Greensboro (since I didn’t live here yet)…

17 October 1930:
My mom was born in a small house on the north side of Winston-Salem NC. Happy birthday, Mom. I love you, and I wish I were there today…