Intermediate FormIntermediate Form blog, a grad student writing about current events, computer science, and whatever else interests him.Reagan Outpouring- June 17, 2004 Well, Reagan is barely in the ground, and already people are trying to minimize the tremendous amount of people that turned out to see him off. Drudge reports about the NY Times' Frank Rich: quote On Public reation to Reagan Death, Rich claims: 'The dirty little secret of the week: The outpouring didn't live up to its hype. 'There...http://tom.idealog.info/blog/20040617-1087474713.shtml Movie Music- June 12, 2004 During the concert to celebrate the dedication of the World War II memorial, one of the pieces that was played was "Hymn to the Fallen", which was originally part of the score to "Saving Private Ryan". At Reagan's funeral, the recessional was "Mansions of our Lord", from the film "We Were Soldiers". ...http://tom.idealog.info/blog/20040612-1087056351.shtml The Sons of Martha- June 11, 2004 I'm by no means a literature critic, but surprisingly I do have two poems that I consider my favorites. One of them is Tennyson's "Ulysses", and the other is "The Sons of Martha" by Rudyard Kipling. So it was with much dismay that I read Chris's blog post bashing the latter poem. While Chris did a damn good job formatting...http://tom.idealog.info/blog/20040611-1086968598.shtml |