B. Rottman is fantastic:

[themeletor]

And people wonder why economics makes me giggly...

Today:
-He warned us about the (unlikely) threat of "Banks Gone Wild" -- you know, giving loans to ... ant farms ... and the like.
-In a massive mixed mauled metaphor, he lectured us on the importance of having "a maestro at the helm" ... otherwise our economy would... sink? get off tempo? perform poorly-sung shanties? (OH THE HORROR! Hide the women and children!)

Classics (Now with 70% more inadvertent racism!):
-In reference to a comment on beaded purses, "I saw a guy beating an octopus once... It was in Greece. I think he was getting the ink out... because we had it for dinner that night. Maybe tenderizing."
-In a bout of something completely unintended and entirely inappropriate, "Israeli women need to get on the stick and start producing babies."



Also, I now have five pair of stainless steel chopsticks. My joy is effusive.

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[silly-walk.livejournal.com]

of Dido and Aeneas fame? Rawk. Our school is tone deaf so we never get to do anything terribly fun like operas. We're stuck with broadway, which isn't that bad, but still can't hold a candle up to g+s.

[meletor-et-al.livejournal.com]

Our middle schoolers do G+S. (.::brags::.) We in the upper school do a play, a musical, and this year an opera as well. This year's playbill was / will be Midsummer, My Fair Lady, and Dido and Aeneas.

And Purcell's probably the easiest composer even if you're people are tonedeaf. He practically hands you the notes on a silver platter-- which I think is the only reason most of our sopranos can successfully 'sightread' it. Hehee