University student gets on the bus today and has the "bin Laden" look---I'm sorry, but, I don't know the correct name for the "towel"; the beard; you know, the "look".
He was polite and spoke perfect English. So, I drive on and notice myself thinking about what he might have in that backpack he boarded the coach with; what if...; and I probably wouldn't have given it a second thought a month ago.
Later, the route brings us by the Mosque in the neighborhood. It is the center of a lot of activity today. American flags everywhere; signs posted to the trees and fences that say something to the effect of "we are Americans, too"; I see a Native American guy with a bandana on his head and wearing a Jesus t-shirt; I see people going in and out of the doors; I see all kinds of people around...then I see the house right next door is for rent, and I think to myself, "I wonder if that is a recent vacancy because the people who lived there were afraid of being victims of an explosion".
Anybody else catch themselves thinking about this kind of stuff?