Edward Elgar, Britain's Musical Icon, Turns 150

That was a headline in the arts section of my Yahoo page this evening. Um, I think he would be famous for more than his music if he is turning 150 now. They might want to rephrase that...

We watched the Branagh Henry V on DVD this evening. I had, believe it or not, never seen it, though I know every note of the music, of course; that is a beautiful score. But I hadn't seen any production of Henry V in oh, 30 years. Since long before I met angevin2. Before Lea and her studies, I had always thought, well, I understand a bit more Shakespeare than the average physics major or average accountant. Now I sit there nudging squirrel_magnet and saying "pay attention to the homosexual subtext" and snickering every time leeks are mentioned. Lea, you are a bad influence.

Now I forget what I was going to say.

I had a post in mind. But first I had to respond to a couple of comments. And those led me to checking on a few other things. And that led me to a listserv I was rather behind on reading. And by the time I got back to here... Well, if I remember it at 2:00 a.m., I can get out of bed and post, without annoying nearly as many people as if I phoned them all to tell them what I couldn't remember.

Meanwhile, it was good seeing the_curmudgn and L today. M is almost a sophisticated young lady now! Drive carefully going home, you guys.