Five Years Later

I wrote this before I had a Livejournal, and only later ported it into my backdated posts. Five years after the fact, I don't have much to add to it, at least nothing that I think would serve any real, constructive purpose.

Instead, I'd rather call attention to this excellent post I saw linked to by filkertom, which draws a moving parallel between Pearl Harbor and the 9/11 events. And this one linked to by seimaisin, which urges us to try to reclaim the day by doing a physical, tangible act of goodness in the world. I think that's an excellent idea, myself.

And I'll say this, as I raise my glass-- we remember the Twin Towers and those who were within. United Flight 93 and Thomas Burnett, we remember you. American Airlines Flights 11 and 77, we remember you. United Airlines Flight 175, we remember you.

We remember.

And in lighter news

This should amuse the hell out of mamishka, poetry_lady, and any other J.D. Robb fans on my Friends list. Courtesy of the fine ladies at smartbitchestrashybooks.com, I bring you a special all-Hungarian, all-J.D.-Robb edition of Cover Snark!

As one commenter posted on that thread, "And I thought American cover art was bad." Another one posted that they wished Eve Dallas were real so that she could go and kick the asses of whoever thought those covers were good ideas. That poster is correct. Because I mean, seriously.

A musical interlude

One of my last two musical purchases was this album of Vivaldi concertos, since I really liked the album I listened to on Rhapsody while I was still at Real. This isn't the same album, and the pieces on it aren't all featuring mandolins, but overall I'm really liking the album anyway. It's not often that I will listen to a piece of music and find myself wanting to apply the words "exquisite" and "erudite" and meaning it, but this is definitely one of those times. The mandolin work in particular is amazing, light and delicate and intricate, and a pleasure to listen to even though one little mandolin doesn't quite manage to hold its own against the orchestra backing it up. It probably needed another mike.

Definitely digging me some Vivaldi. Two thumbs up.

In related news, I did also pick up The Edge of Silence by Solas, which I had also enjoyed on Rhapsody while at Real, and I'll be making another pass through that soon. But what I'm really looking forward to is tomorrow's release of Carbon Leaf's Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat.