high noon drama

 Is eye for eye equivalent with justice is done? Osama killed with a shot in the eye. Vendetta - like in a Verdi opera.

Columbus Circle

A young black woman was handing out the weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal. A passerby inquired "Why do they give this for free?"  The young woman moved her shoulders in an uncertain way but said:    "Probably they want to give back to the community."

Exhausting Verdi

When I watch an opera and I know the aria, I sing - lip-sync. Some Verdi operas exhaust me completely as I mouth  all the parts.....it is not the singing that is difficult, but the acting.... con anima.