How to Treat a Cranky Mood

One of my (non-opera) friends was in a cranky mood today. I know this because we are both members of that social networking site that pretty much everyone we know is on. One feature of the site is that people can write about their moods, or what they're doing, or whatever, and then you can add comments. I think I posted a conversation from one of those comment strings a few months ago, when a college friend mentioned that I used to sing all the time... so anyway I recommended that she watch a certain video on YouTube to help cheer her up. You know. Music can do that. Her comment:


didn't know they could get racy in an opera!
he should sing with his shirt off all the time. :-)

Obviously she has no idea.

If you don't know what video and/or singer we're talking about, too bad.

Mother Knows Best

It is Mother's Day, after all, so of course I called my 80 year old mum today to wish her a happy. I asked her if she watched Live from Lincoln Center last week. "I did," she replied, "but it was so boring that I fell asleep... except for when Lancelot was on. He was gooood, don't you think?"

"Always listen to your mother."