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Re: Operaman's Blog - A Ceremony like no other

leboyfriend — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 11:33:18 -0000

Great pics, Lisa! You are correct - much more jolly. :)

Re: Operaman's Blog - A Christmas present - for my dearly departed Mum.

leboyfriend — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 04:53:31 -0000

Thank you so much for this, Nicole. Sadly, my one-handed joint-rolling days are long gone. That may have something to do with being on the verge of celebrating my 70th birthday next June. Smoking has now been replaced by the much more bourgeois gin-and-tonic routine I'm afraid. I am sorry that you, too, are grieving a loss. Yes, it does suck, but I made a conscious decision early on that I would embrace my grief and deal with it rather than ignore it or pretend it isn't there. It is, after all, just a reflection of the love we had for that person while they lived. Sending you much love and many hugs from across The Pond! :)

Re: Operaman's Blog - And there you shall be hanged by the neck until you be dead.

leboyfriend — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 14:01:06 -0000

Well yes, Lisa; but I was always so proud of our system here - it's fairness, its integrity and that sort of thing. To see what is happening is a source of great and personal disappointment.

Re: Operaman's Blog - And then sometimes - just sometimes - everything goes wonderfully well!

leboyfriend — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 09:57:53 -0000

"Loathesome toad" Kevin...

Re: Operaman's Blog - The more I know about Peter Grimes, it seems the less I understand

leboyfriend — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 16:44:31 -0000

Many thanks for both reading and commenting, Vincent. Here's the thing about Ellen. One is led to believe that she is in accord with Balstrode and knows that they are going to go find Grimes in order to send him to his death. But. When it becomes apparent ("Take the boat out and sink her.") she shouts "NO!" and is clearly horrified when she realizes that is what is going to happen. And yet, she has already faced their (she and Grimes) joint failure. I actually don't think it matters how well you know the opera in the sense that so much is ambivalent and you are left to make your own mind up about motivation etc.
I did not see Parsifal but I did see Skelton in Flying Dutchman and his voice clearly suits Wagner.

Re: http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/565-brit-lit-map

leboyfriend — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:18:20 -0000

But no Charles Dickens??

Re: A Redemption Song for New York

leboyfriend — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:25:30 -0000

Um, what? The adagietto that was used in Death in Venice is from Mahler's 5th, not 2nd!

Re: Gilbert Gottfried Fired Over Japan Jokes on Twitter

leboyfriend — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 01:35:06 -0000

Remember, Gottfried was the guy who told the Aristocrats joke at the Hugh Heffner roast right after 9/11? And Aflac thought he would be sensitive? Gimme a break!

Re: Beware of Nice Ladies Bearing Tips | Chamber Musician Today

leboyfriend — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:34:20 -0000

Oh, that's just WRONG!!

Re: Revealing the Man Behind @MayorEmanuel - Alexis Madrigal - Politics - The Atlantic

leboyfriend — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:27:04 -0000

Wait...you mean...it...no, you're lying to me!....it wasn't Rahm Emanuel himself tweeting?? When he disappeared into the vortex, I made my one and only reply to @MayorEmanuel. It was simply "NOOOoooooooooooooo....." Yep, possibly the best twitter account evah!

Re: Some Spring Cleaning

leboyfriend — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:10:43 -0000

Done!

Re: Some Spring Cleaning

leboyfriend — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:08:44 -0000

Done. Enjoy! This looks pretty cool.

Re: Some Spring Cleaning

leboyfriend — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:47:12 -0000

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