I've never had egg in a cocktail - sounds kind of exotic to my n00bish to mized drinks self. I rarely know what goes into the handful of drinks I usually order.

9/11 was mentioned as the backdrop for a lot of X-Men fics, but I never saw that myself, since by 2001 I had found Smallville and a long affair with a bad, bad show.

The story is pretty bad, beyond the basic premise. The apology by the author sounds like she still doesn't get it, so I can only hope that at least a few people will stop and think a bit more next time something like this comes along. It will happen again and again until we're old and gray, I'm afraid.