http://totimundi.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:02:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://totimundi.com/blog/2010/03/08/march-8-2010/ A crocus has blossomed. I thought that in the past they blossomed in my yard in late February, but I'm not really sure. http://totimundi.com/blog/2010/03/04/a-crocus/ All the lights are on in the house next door, and there are no curtains on any of the windows. There used to be curtains. Did the people decide to clean all the curtains at the same time? Have they decided to live without curtains as many ... http://totimundi.com/blog/2010/03/03/no-curtains/ "Gag me with a spoon!"? http://totimundi.com/blog/2010/02/24/jane-fonda-on-valentines-day/ Jane Fonda will be the narrator at a concert performance of the opera The Grapes of Wrath next month at Carnegie Hall. The audience will able to observe the results of her recent plastic surgery. She wrote on her blog on Feburary 16: I just had some ... http://totimundi.com/blog/2010/02/20/jane-fonda/ "Opera improved on its glitz factor thanks to HD broadcasts and tabloid publicity, but lost sight of its artistry. Administrators and critics fostered the wholly erroneous notions that singers of the past couldn't act and singers today could; while the jet-set demands of the international lifestyle fostered hothouse careers: the ... http://totimundi.com/blog/2009/12/25/opera-in-the-past-decade/ Are you giving somebody a gift card? The Federal Trade Commission says, "Give the recipient the original receipt to verify the card’s purchase in case it is lost or stolen." http://totimundi.com/blog/2009/12/23/gift-cards-receipts/ Garrison Keillor has unpleasant things to say about Unitarians, Jews, and the people of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in his recent column. Maybe he should stay in his bigoted little hicksville where things are more to his liking. http://totimundi.com/blog/2009/12/18/garrison-keillor-should-shut-up/ "Ditch fake Christmas trees to save planet" says an article at telegraph.co.uk. My goodness! If a few fake trees more or less are going to make or break the planet, we might as well forget about the planet and do as we please. http://totimundi.com/blog/2009/12/12/saving-the-plantet/ STATE DINNER MENU The menu for the White House state dinner Tuesday in honor of India, prepared with the help of guest chef Marcus Samuelsson of New York's Aquavit restaurant: Potato and eggplant salad White House arugula with onion seed vinaigrette Wine: 2008 Sauvignon Blanc, Modus Operandi, Napa Valley, Calif. Red Lentil Soup with ... http://totimundi.com/blog/2009/11/24/white-house-state-dinner-menu/