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When I was born, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president of the United States.

I am over 21 years old.

I am older than Alaska and Hawai'i statehood.

I am older than you.

 

I am NOT a photographer! I'm a guy who likes to photodocument his life, and I dump everything (almost) into flickr. Many of my flickr friends and contacts are brilliant photographers and I appreciate both the beautiful works they post and their tolerance of my snapshots.

  

A FEW OF MY FAVORITE (MUSICAL) THINGS

 

Raindrops on Preludes and Chopin's mazurkas;

Fanfares by Lully and marches for Gurkhas;

Listening to Tosca when Plácido sings;

These are a few of my favorite things...

 

Lucie's five pals when they sing Chi mi frena;

Notebooks Bach gave to his wife Magdalena;

Hating the dwarf and his damnable ring;

These are a few of my favorite things.

 

Vier letze lieder for Beim Schlafengehen;

Cleaning my house while there's opera playin;

Bursting with goosebumps when Chanticleer sings;

These are a few of my favorite things.

 

Shocked that Alfredo can leave Violetta;

Taking a break with a Strauss operetta;

Humming to Barber's Adagio for Strings;

These are a few of my favorite things.

 

Callas when playing the goddess in Norma;

Calaf's sheer nerve when he sings Nessun Dorma;

Choirs who never come out from the wings;

These are a few of my favorite things.

 

Oh Dieu Brahma from les Pecheurs de Perles;

List'ning to Debussy's flaxenhaired girl;

Wondering who compensates Pang, Pong and Ping;

These are a few of my favorite things.

 

CHORUS

Lux Aeterna!

Countertenors!

Lord Macbeth in plaid;

I listen to Mozart, Tchaikovsky or Pärt,

and then I don’t feel so bad!