[Poohbah]

I was flying to Washington, DC for a three-day meeting that started on Tuesday. I read a couple of point papers, edited a PowerPoint presentation, and then began reading a Dale Brown novel ("Warrior Class").

That night, I was at the Crystal City Holiday Inn, with my co-workers, nailing the last details down and having some dinner. I then went out for a walk, called my wife and daughter, and went to bed.

An utterly ordinary business travel day.

I had no premonitions about the next day, aside from knowing that the meeting was going to involve a lot of yelling and screaming (I was working on a controversial project).

[hchutch]

Day before I worked, and then spent the evening watching the History Channel. Not much out of the ordinary. Probably spent some time on FR that evening, too.

The next day, Tuesday, I'll remember that I had planned to spend that evening composing a letter protesting the blacklisting of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) after reading that Colin Powell had placed them on the same list as al-Qaeda. I have long felt Mr. Castano was a good guy.

Suffice it to say that I decided to hold off on sending that letter. SecState would be quite busy.