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Posted on 06/01/2004 9:35:59 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
New verse:
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Upon the hearth the fire is red, |
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g'nad; the service was moving, I doubt there many dry eyes in the FR & HH households tonight. We all were allowed to participate in this, in our own way, such an appropriate tribute to a great man and fine president.
I did OK this week, but it was really Maggie Thatcher this morning that broke it loose for me. And the image of Gorbachev with his hand reaching out to the casket.
Ronnie and Maggie. Together they saved tens of millions of lives and many of them will never know what was done on their behalf.
glad you and LSAggie are home safe...
gonna hit the rack... I'm totaled
Oh I thought it was Saturday, because she mentioned that Myranda had to work on her birthday.
Ms Thatcher was awesome...
Gorbachev reaching out tore muh heart out...
the great crusade continues...
Good Night Gentlemen.
G'nite.
Evenin' Mr. Bowman.
I was reading a thread the other day that made a reference to the Irish talking about going 'into the west' when they died, but in President Reagan's case, it is in the literal sense.
I watched the ceremony from the Reagan Library. He planned it so that he'd be laid to rest as the sun set.
I wondered if Nancy would finally lose it when it came to that point and God Bless her, she did. I just sobbed when she laid her head on the casket and I could see her shoulders shaking. The kids ran up to be with her and just held her for a long time.
Before then, when she was given the flag by the Naval officer, SSQ said her face had the hollow look that his Mom had when his Dad died. She was looking into a future vastly different than her life had been. They had been married 52 years just before he died, just like the Reagans.
"I wondered if Nancy would finally lose it when it came to that point and God Bless her, she did. I just sobbed when she laid her head on the casket and I could see her shoulders shaking. The kids ran up to be with her and just held her for a long time."
That was deeply moving.
I'm logging off soon; g'night, all.
I was 15, and we didn't have a TV at the Fishing Camp, where we spent our summers, so we went to my older sister's house. It was also my Daddy's birthday, so we had double reason to celebrate! I remember my Mama and Daddy just being astounded at what our country could do!
Yes, both paid tribute to a man they respected and admired.
I was surprised when they showed the video of Margaret Thatcher's speech. I thought it was just going to be in audio. The most astounding part was when the video, in which she talked about President Reagan standing up against the Evil Empire, but knowing that there must be someone in the system who could help change things, was over, the camera panned to her, and who is sitting next to her but GORBY! He leaned over and gave her a little pat on the shoulder!
Just damn!
Everybody's a comic ;~D
Evening everyone.... we're home. :~D
Four for Tomorrow included, appropriately enough, four stories: "A Rose for Ecclesiastes", "The Doors of his Face, the Lamps of his Mouth", "The Furies", and "The Graveyard Heart". The first two are included in the larger story collection The Doors of his Face, The Lamps of his Mouth, and are among RZ's best stories ever. "The Furies" also appeared in The Illustrated Roger Zelazny, a collection that included several Zelazny shorts (including a Jack of Shadows short written for the collection) illustrated by Gray Morrow. I believe "The Furies" also appears in the new collection, Manna from Heaven. Interestingly, "The Graveyard Heart" apparently doesn't appear anywhere else; Four for Tomorrow was still being printed in the early seventies, so you may be able to find a used copy.
The Dream Master was a novelization of a Zelazny short story, "He Who Shapes"; the short story appears in the original collection The Last Defender of Camelot. Both the short story and the novel are very good (the short story won the Nebula Award, in fact); the story is just not among my favorites, as the ending is rather downbeat. Incidentally, I've just realized that there are two Zelazny story collections titled The Last Defender of Camelot; the first, published in 1980, is the one I've been referring to. The second was published in 2002; I thought it was a reprint of the original, but it wasn't. It includes different stories and doesn't have Zelazny's commentary, as the original did.
The list I posted above doesn't include what are probably Zelazny's best novels, Lord of Light and the Amber books. Jen would probably argue with me about LoL being his best; I don't think she liked it, IIRC. But, it's my favorite anyway.
There were 10 Amber novels, published in two series of five; The Great Book of Amber includes all 10 in one volume. An earlier collection, The Chronicles of Amber, contains the first five books published in two volumes. If you want the individual titles, they are: (First Series) Nine Princes in Amber; The Guns of Avalon; The Sign of the Unicorn; The Hand of Oberon; The Courts of Chaos; (Second series) The Trumps of Doom; Blood of Amber; Sign of Chaos; Knight of Shadows; Prince of Chaos. Well worth reading!
I think you're right, her birthday actually is Saturday. But, I think they were supposed to spend the day together today, because Myranda will be working tomorrow.
And Gorby now runs a leftist think tank in California, and is worth millions of despicable American dollars. Strange that the last (soviet) commie should end up on easy street, rather than dangling from a rope. But only in America, where the left still worships communism.
How far away are you from Kent, Washington?
Kent is a little over an hour from here.... What's up in Kent?
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