I thought about posting a song called “Heroes” but I decided this video of a hero would be better.
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I thought about posting a song called “Heroes” but I decided this video of a hero would be better.
So, what’s on your mind? Got something to share? It’s Wednesday Night Open Thread, and you control the conversation.
Who wants to start?
Nice video.
I can’t remember which WWII battle I was reading about (and that’s bothering me, since I therefore can’t cite the source), but I’ll never forget the words of a soldier in a foxhole, who had a limb completely blown off by a grenade, and knew it, but seeing a second one land, looked at his buddies and said, “I’ve got this one, boys.” And covered it with his body.
Fortunately, his brother soldiers lived to tell the tale.
R.I.P. x 100
On re-reading this,
Iowa Jim: Do you have a good Mozart requiem (or other such tribute) to suggest?
Mozart wrote one requiem (I don’t know of any composer who has written more than one), and, IMHO, it’s the greatest requiem ever written. Mozart was dying as he wrote it, and it had to be finished by his student Franz Sussmayr. Here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPlhKP0nZII
My comment from six hours ago is awaiting moderation, so here’s the short version. Mozart wrote a requiem. It’s a great piece (of course). He was dying as he wrote it, and his student Franz Sussmayr finished it for him after Mozart’s death. It runs pretty close to an hour. There are performances of it on youtube.
Huh. The WordPress app showed at as approved. I unapproved it then reapproved (plus accidentally deleted it then intentionally restored it). It looks like it’s now as it should be. My apologies for the issue.
EDIT: Funny thing. It moderated this comment. Frikkin WordPress.
Maybe “Sussmayr” is slang like “Lewinsky” in some language.
Thank you, Iowa Jim.
Was it David Bowie’s Heroes? Thatn’s my favorite.
https://youtu.be/Tgcc5V9Hu3g
John Napier, who gave us logarithms, and whose name is commemorated in the fact that logarithms using the number e as their base are known as Napierian logarithms, was born February 1, 1550, in Edinburgh.