on mozart's birthday, five don juans for zerlina

song from la famille bélier

watched this great movie, on the plane-ride from amman to detroit, yesterday

here's the main song, je vole

spine-tingling,...tear-inducing...beverly-sills sempre libera

because i can't hear pandora in jordan (turns out, it can only be heard in the u.s., australia and new zealand), i'm resorting to i-tunes -- beverly sills's sempre libera came on, with nicolai gedda -- spine-tingling -- sills is splendid -- lets it all out -- i was writing an e-mail to a friend, and mentioned it

i went to youtube, to send it to her -- the one i hit...brought tears to my eyes

not the same recording -- the audio i heard...is from the series 'great operas at the met': the traviata volume -- the video is from 1976, at wolf trap -- don't know who her alfredo was

bartolo baseball

vinnie remembers zim

I'd love to find a picture of vinnie, in the dugout

getting tossed, aussie style

'welcome to parenting in 2015' (and baseball)

hat tip: howard

collect all the phones? -- what will they do -- what will WE do