Today

Pavarotti is in the hospital, but they are predicting he will be released soon.

Has anyone considered that My December, Kelly Clarkson's new CD, may be brilliant? Life is too short.

This is the first time I have lived anywhere where I could watch YouTube all day long. I am overdoing it.

Christa Ludwig's "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen" is more cheerful. When she sings "I live alone in my heaven, in my love, in my song," she smiles. I can feel this, too.