tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post60362348042143148..comments2024-03-28T15:05:10.372-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: The only thing better than opera: free operaNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-44871705198906633512013-11-05T18:12:12.758-06:002013-11-05T18:12:12.758-06:00Whenever I see that photo of Verdi, I think "...Whenever I see that photo of Verdi, I think "soldier in the Civil War." It was used all over for his birthday celebration and so you'd think I'd be trained by now, but no, I kept thinking "Civil War." So now, instead of humming something he wrote, I think of that mournful music that played behind all the letters being read in the Ken Burns documentary years back.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03634642987617262810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-89047499821553748982013-11-04T15:17:29.255-06:002013-11-04T15:17:29.255-06:00Sorry David ... The older boy doesn't go to sc...Sorry David ... The older boy doesn't go to school until the fall. We did give a reader a ride home at one of these ....Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-8266911990739516562013-11-04T14:56:14.407-06:002013-11-04T14:56:14.407-06:00I received online from the SunTimes the chance to ...I received online from the SunTimes the chance to win a ticket to the opera. If I win, can I stay at your house? After all, don't you have some extra room now? :-) Just kidding.David P. Grafnoreply@blogger.com