tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2973269483459581996.post2752816309108131656..comments2023-06-14T07:03:19.543-05:00Comments on A Round Unvarnish'd Tale: Something Interesting I HeardCherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04817680463922038375noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2973269483459581996.post-31328862937235105932010-09-03T23:13:44.211-05:002010-09-03T23:13:44.211-05:00Susan, the way I read it, it's the alabaster c...Susan, the way I read it, it's the alabaster cities themselves that gleam, and that gleam is not dimmed by the tears that are in the eyes of the beholders.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04817680463922038375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2973269483459581996.post-44092111474358788262010-09-03T22:39:01.356-05:002010-09-03T22:39:01.356-05:00Is it the cities' modernness that gleams, or i...Is it the cities' modernness that gleams, or is it the fact that those cities are undimmed by tears that is what gleams?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16307213773466556564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2973269483459581996.post-128812001153276472010-09-03T19:20:50.545-05:002010-09-03T19:20:50.545-05:00Steyn's words summing up the state of the WTC ...Steyn's words summing up the state of the WTC memorial were so good, I wrote them down (and intended to blog about it as well.) <br /><br />He said (more or less exactly; I was scribbling while he talked): "Taking down the World Trade Center is what Osama and Al-Queda did to us; the 10-year, seven-story hole in the ground is what we did to ourselves."Elephantschildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610471467736150461noreply@blogger.com