Today was a sad day. The MET opera, watched live in a quiet and safe place, Coquitlam east of Vancouver, BC, was Aida. Yet the national tragedy of the twenty-eight deaths in Connecticut overshadowed the tragedy of the opera. (more…)
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MET Opera Violence; Aida: Connecticut Deaths; Fat Ladies; and Gun Control
Posted in brandy, British Columbia, opera, safety, tagged aida, aspergers., connecticut, coquitlam, death, don giovanni, grandchildren, gun control, met opera, roberta alagna on December 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
MET Opera Capriccio a Triumph of the Trivial and the Profound Prayer for Survival
Posted in opera, tagged capriccio, fleming, grandchildren, MET, opera, strauss on April 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Capriccio is the final opera by Richard Strauss. He wrote it during the Second World War. How, you ask, could he write this light piece during terrible times? (more…)
Las Vegas, politics, and mining
Posted in About the news, tagged grandchildren, Iowa, Las Vegas, mining, Obama on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pictured below are three of my nine grandchildren. The two boys and I were in Las Vegas this weekend. We spent a fortune at the toy store in Caesars Palace on puppets, games, and dragons. Then to watch the fountains at the Bellagio where they played the song I am proud to be an American to the dancing waters. The oldest boy opined: that is a great song and a great fountain, I am lucky to be an American. And I concurred.
While in Las Vegas I read the local newspaper which reported that Barack Obama has been endorsed by Harry Reid who, as we know, is pro-mining. And I wondered about the events that occur every four years, namely MinExpo and the presidential election. Recall that in September in Las Vegas is the biggest mining get-together for which InfoMine is even now busy preparing a booth, and a special edition of the magazine Mining.com. (Still time to get an advert into the special edition if you contact our salepeople.)
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