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Would you rather I used a picture of the drain?
Remember the nun with a shotgun in the movie Freejack who says, “The good lord always said to turn the other cheek, but he didn’t have to deal with the assholes I do*”? Of course not. Nobody remembers Freejack, but that line has been stuck in my head for hours. It’s the kind of day I’ve had. Read More
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Adam Diegel (Mario Cavaradossi) in Tosca. © Elise Bakketun photo
Things so often disappoint in direct proportion to how highly anticipated they are. The Blarney Stone is a tourist trap; the Mannekin Pis is only a foot tall. That movie everyone raved about has a plot like Swiss cheese. Cheese from Switzerland – not really sweeter than cheese at home. But every now and then, a classic delivers everything promised. Like Tosca at Seattle Opera. Read More
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So much of family life is caught in this picture. A preschooler reaching for a cat; a cat standing on a laptop; cold medicine cluttering the counter. So much has changed in the years since my life was encapsulated this shot.
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The WordPress.com statistics helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 8,600 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
These are the posts that got the most views in 2014.
