As the General Blog Turns

Well, a couple hours ago it was 1:02:o3 on 4-o5-06. In a couple of months there will a time and date of 6:06:06 on 6-06-06.

My health has been improving all day and I must be finally getting over this week-long flu bout which has just about decommissioned me. I know all my fans really want to know this.

Have been looking into opera websites and chatsites and the big news in operaland is the sudden arrival on the scene of Erika Sunnegardh, a blond lady who was put into a Met broadcast Saturday of Fidelio, Beethoven's only opera, and a very demanding vocal part. No one seems to have known anything about Ms. S., and she wowed the opera house audience and got wild applause and a big write-up in the NY Times, and overseas. The Met publicity machine seems to have pulled out all the stops to get the lady famous. The radio broadcast is generating great controversy as to whether the lady can really sing or not, and who she really is. The chatrooms are burning up with debate about what went on April 1.

A big flap brewing in Iowa concerning some people at the top of a state employment agency and the somewhat large salaries they have been receiving. Much less salary than several college coaches are getting, but it has struck a nerve among various state citizens. Maybe a storm in a tea pot, but a kind of a scandal. We are shocked--shocked!

You know, I am going to bed, and will continue all of this sometime tomorrow. I hope you understand. I know you will. So, Di di mau!