A little Puccini

Eric and Paige will enjoy this since they were once students of Russ Penney.
Below is my voice teacher singing Nessun Dorma with the Fairfax Wind Symphony.

In the final days of Lent…

This Washington Times article begs the question:
Is eating at Long John Silver’s a penance?
The last line is a bit depressing:

“As a rule, generally, we have a really good Friday,” said Deborah Kearney, spokeswoman for Legal Sea Foods, which has six restaurants in the Washington area. “During Lent, it’s even stronger. Good Friday, it’s probably triple [the business] of a very busy Friday.”

The sad saga continues

[Episcopal] Bishops refuse alternative for traditionalists

NEW YORK (AP) — Episcopal bishops meeting privately in Texas have rejected demands from the world’s Anglicans that they provide an alternative leader for conservatives who oppose ordaining homosexuals — a move that brings the church to the brink of expulsion from the Anglican Communion.
In the strongest and most direct language yet defending their support for homosexual relationships, the bishops said that accepting a second leader for traditionalists would violate Episcopal Church law and the founding principles of the church.
“We cannot accept what would be injurious to the church and could well lead to its permanent division,” the bishops said in the resolution.

No mention of how ordaining practicing homosexuals violates the founding principles of the church.