Obsidian Wings: Andy Olmsted
Obsidian Wings: Andy Olmsted Major Andrew Olmsted was a soldier serving in Iraq. I did not know him, nor did I ever have the privilege of reading any of his blog posts. Until this last one, unfortunately. Major Olmsted died in Iraq on January 3rd 2008. He had the foresight of writing his own “final post”, to be posted in the event of his death. It is a sad state that it had to be used, and I feel for his friend who had the dubious honour of doing so. It’s funny, because there have been many comments across the internet about the fact that he uses many Babylon 5 quotes in his letter. People think this makes him uncultured or geeky or that it takes away from the solemnity of the letter. I heartily and thoroughly disagree. If anything, quoting from a television show he (clearly) loved shows exactly who Andrew was when he died. If I died tomorrow, and if I had a letter, it would probably be rife with Harry Potter, Buffy and Richard Bach quotes. Because that’s what I loved, and that’s what impacted *me*. Maybe it wouldn’t be brilliant, but it would be mine. Good for him for using the words that were important to him, even if others deem them lowly.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
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