Paying Per Note

If all rests are vacation time, will orchestra members end up owing money at the end of the year?

You mean they...in the middle of the afternoon?

Not everyone's from Boston, John. But apparently the Virginians are getting a bit more conservative than they were in ole TJs time. Lord knows our founding fathers never thought about having sex with their wives. It's not like they were real people or anything.

(By the by, I saw 1776 in high school and loved it, as did all of my classmates. It's a film that has a strange, cult-like hold over all who view it.)

Evil Italian Guardians!

Your belonging in The Mysteries of Udolpho is quite
evident; a world of intrigue, melancholy,
sublimity and terror. You belong where there
are danger, gloomy edifices, and evil Italian
guardians. Your passion for the passion of the
Mediterranean, the divine contemplation of
nature, and for adventure stories, makes you a
prime contender for a spot in a gothic romance.


Which Classic Novel do You Belong In?
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No Man Resembles His Mother?

I would pay serious cash money to see John Mahoney as Lady Bracknell.

Our Generous Ancestors

The Washington Post responds to Samuel Huntington's assertion that Mexican immigrants are not likely to assimilate into American society and are threatening our Anglo-Protestant culture in this month's Foreign Policy.

I quote: "Hispanics stick to their own kind, Huntington says, clustering in places like Miami and Southern California, where they find lots of their compatriots. This is true, too -- and downright un-American. Why can't they expand their horizons and move into Chinatown or Little Italy? As we all know, Huntington's beloved Anglo-Protestants were always eager to share their neighborhoods (and their country clubs) with folks of other colors and creeds. In fact, before the Civil War, many Anglo-Protestants were so eager to meet folks from other cultures that they actually purchased them. That's an act of brotherhood that today's Mexican immigrants just can't match."