The last couple of years on this day I've done a rememberance thing using Sports Night, which in retrospect seems kind of odd. I mean, except for the establishing shots of New York City, the show could take place anywhere. There are plenty of other shows with more of a New York feel, so it's hard to say why I latched on to that one.

Anyway, I was thinking of doing something similar for Washington DC or Pennsylvania, but it didn't quite take. There's no show set in either location that I like that much, and listing my favorite shows set in those locations wound up being a pretty short list.

Instead, I am going to mention one of the more crass 9/11 things I've seen in recent days. There's been an ad on TV for a specially minted coin comemmorating the World Trade Center and the future building going on that site. The catch is that it's minted from silver recovered from Ground Zero.

The coin is minted by some outfit in the Northern Marianas Islands, not sure if it's governmental or not. Regardless, preying on the emotions surroundin 9/11, and using materials taken from what many consider sacred ground, really irritates me. The sad thing is they've waited long enough to make the coin seem almost dignified.

Couldn't they have just stuck to Liberty dollar reproductions?