Most of this post is the usual authfriend crap, but I like the "darling" bit. I don't get called that nearly often enough, so I will take whatever I can get and hold my nose regarding the source.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> wrote: > > > > We need to compile an authfriend lexicon that will help others > > to understand her. In this case "making a fool of yourself" > > means "writing something I don't agree with." > > And now you just made a fool of yourself again, feste. > Go back and look at my original post > > > In doing so we need to acknowledge the fine work already done > > in this field by Turquoise B, a brilliant, pioneering scholar > > of "authfriend speak," which we might define as a language > > developed entirely to browbeat and humiliate other people. > > What is this compulsion to make yourself look stupid > lately, feste? As if I could ever come anywhere near > the ability of Barryspeak to browbeat and humiliate. > > You are way out of your league here, feste darling. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Share, darling, you did not make a fool of yourself. That was > > > > just authfriend's malicious spin. > > > > > > Yeah, sorry, but she did make a fool of herself, in two ways. > > > First, she didn't make any effort to find out what the video > > > was that emptybill was talking about and just jumped in with > > > something wildly inappropriate to the context. > > > > > > And second, what she was babbling about was, on its own > > > terms (as Ann explained), stupidly chauvinistic, a dopey > > > notion she picked up without asking herself if it made any > > > sense. > > > > > > This wasn't the most egregious instance by any means of > > > her making a fool of herself, but it *was* typical. If you > > > really want the best for Share, feste, you need to let her > > > take her lumps instead of trying to protect her from > > > herself and from reality. You aren't even showing her any > > > *respect* when you do the latter. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Yep, obviously I'm still learning how to communicate online in a > > > > > noninflammatory way. Judy, I'm sure I've made a fool of myself > > > > > prior to today and am equally sure that I will do so again in the > > > > > future. Ann, neither Edwin nor I were criticizing dirty fighting. > > > > > Which I thought, albeit wrongly, that the explanation explained. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > From: awoelflebater <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2012 8:40 AM > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to feste and emptyB > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > feste, we adore you for adoring us and emptyB, we adore you for > > > > > > having a healthy respect for our trickiness which of course we had > > > > > > to develop to survive living with those big strong hairy cavemen > > > > > > prone to slinging us over their shoulder. > > > > > > > > > > > > In his workshop music man Edwin Coppard from Victoria teaches that > > > > > > since cave days, women fight dirty. > > > > > > > > > > And do you believe that/him? Sounds like a funny sort of man's (n > > > > > this case the man being Mr Coppard) viewpoint. How about looking at > > > > > it that because women are, generally speaking, less physically strong > > > > > than men they have to rely on their wits more and of course this > > > > > would apply mostly to days gone by when physical threat was more > > > > > common in daily life. To hide one's young from a predator would > > > > > involve elements of foresight, the ability to be spontaneous and > > > > > creative to find ways of escaping the jaws of some hungry mountain > > > > > lion as well as a huge degree of courage. To use a term to lump all > > > > > of these characteristics into one descriptive word like "dirty" is > > > > > patently ridiculous and shortsighted, even underhanded. Talk about > > > > > 'fighting dirty'. Just another person putting a negative spin on what > > > > > could be otherwise construed as positive in the opposite sex. > > > > > > > > > > àWe had to have strategies and abilities to protect the young > > > > > because we were the last line of defense when the men of the tribe > > > > > were off hunting or warring. > > > > > > > > > > We would have been the FIRST and far from inferior line of defense > > > > > since the men were gone and might have been the first line even if > > > > > they had been present. > > > > > > > > > > > > Edwin still has a bit of a Cockney accent and he used much more > > > > > > colorful language which I will leave to everyone's imagination.à> > > > > > If only to spare Buck who makes me smile just about every single > > > > > > day (-:àà> > > > > > > > > > Yessiree, that Buck certainly makes me shake my head in wonder, every > > > > > day. Can you imagine if he was our first line of defense against some > > > > > marauder? "Now ladies, relax, just close your eyes for 20 minutes and > > > > > all will be fine. If you find yourself dead in the next 20 seconds > > > > > it's because there just weren't enough of us meditating right now. > > > > > Now shoo, you nasty cougar." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: feste37 <feste37@> > > > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 8:04 PM > > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > à> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" <emptybill@> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wonderful performances. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That mad scene should be a snap-shot for men > > > > > > > thinking these divas would be simple to deal with > > > > > > > by a fool - a snap-shot of their own bloody corpse > > > > > > > that is. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Feste, be warned. They wouldn't just cut your > > > > > > > heart out but also put a grenade under your > > > > > > > body to greet anyone rolling you over. > > > > > > > > > > > > I know. Mess with them and you're history. That's why I adore them > > > > > > so much. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Three Netrebko videos... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Quando m'en vo" ("Musetta's Waltz") from Puccini's La Boheme > > > > > > > > (Not such a great aria for a concert performance; you really > > > > > > > > need the staging for it to come across, but she sings it > > > > > > > > nicely.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWnWivspwRE > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Sempre libera" from Verdi's Traviata > > > > > > > > (From the new Met modern-dress production--a rather outre > > > > > > > interpretation of Violetta, but it shows off her acting > > > > > > > > ability.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFJJ1zFBWgY&feature=endscreen&NR=1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Mad Scene" from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor > > > > > > > > (Lucia has just killed her bridegroom. A conventional > > > > > > > > production, but the staging of this scene is excellent, > > > > > > > > and her performance is blood-chilling. It's a long > > > > > > > > scene, over 10 minutes.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX2r8ps9pUg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" emptybill@ > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hah! Yeah ââ¬Â¦ she's like napalm. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But image living with someone with such talent and charisma. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Might easily end up like the performance by Dmitri > > > > > > > > > Hvorostovsky and > > > > > > > > > Renee Fleming in post #328213. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hotter than hot! There definitely was some cleavage, btw. > > > > > > > > > > You must > > > > > > > > > have nodded off before they got it, you poor old bastard. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" emptybill@ > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Oh yeah? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here is an Anna Netrebko interview where she shows no > > > > > > > > > > > cleavage > > > > > > > but > > > > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > > > > > it also is "so hot". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No wonder that video with Dmitri stopped before their > > > > > > > > > > > actual > > > > > > > kiss. > > > > > > > > > But > > > > > > > > > > > it was on the other video that I saw ... And the audience > > > > > > > > > > > loved > > > > > > > it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=UgpVoMPGbUA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=UgpVoMPGbUA> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nice, but not enough cleavage, which is an essential > > > > > > > > > > > > part of a > > > > > > > > > female > > > > > > > > > > > opera singerâââ‰â¢s repertoire, > > > > > > > > > > > donâââ‰â¢t you think? In > > > > > > > this > > > > > > > > > > > regard, the divine Cecilia does not disappoint in the > > > > > > > > > > > following > > > > > > > > > clip, > > > > > > > > > > > especially given the tantalizing possibility of a wardrobe > > > > > > > > > malfunction, > > > > > > > > > > > which unfortunately not quite happen (but watch the > > > > > > > > > > > shoulder > > > > > > > strap): > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaKX21earkk (Oh, yes, > > > > > > > > > > > > the aria > > > > > > > is > > > > > > > > > good > > > > > > > > > > > too.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My favorite Cecilia is this: > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2IeGgk_06I > > > > > > > > > > > > Itâââ‰â¢s an aria from a Vivaldi opera and > > > > > > > > > > > > she uses it as an > > > > > > > > > encore. > > > > > > > > > > > Itâââ‰â¢s breathtaking, sensational. I defy > > > > > > > > > > > anyone to keep > > > > > > > still > > > > > > > > > while > > > > > > > > > > > they watch it. Itâââ‰â¢s Baroque rock. And > > > > > > > > > > > just look at her > > > > > > > face > > > > > > > > > when > > > > > > > > > > > she is finished. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cecilia is the sort of voluptuous Italian woman that > > > > > > > > > > > > men would > > > > > > > > > love to > > > > > > > > > > > have in the kitchen and bedroom. She might be a bit of a > > > > > > > > > > > handful > > > > > > > > > though. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Elina G made a great Sesto in the live Met telecast of > > > > > > > Clemenza di > > > > > > > > > > > Tito at the weekend. She is so hot. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" > > > > > > > > > > > > emptybill@ > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Two of the best mezzo-sopranos, Elina Garanca and Anna > > > > > > > Netrebko, > > > > > > > > > > > sing > > > > > > > > > > > > > the famous Flower duet (Lakmïÿý Delibes). > > > > > > > > > > > > > Doesn't hurt > > > > > > > that > > > > > > > > > > > > > they're both as beautiful as the blossoms to which > > > > > > > > > > > > > they give > > > > > > > > > song. > > > > > > > > > > > > > No wonder men are so easily spellbound. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf42IP__ipw > > > > > > > > > > > > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf42IP__ipw> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Renee Fleming in a fabulous > > > > > > > performance > > > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > > palace at St. Petersburg > > > > > > > > > > > > > (a duet from Verdi's Il Travatore). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV9rE61kodw&feature=related > > > > > > > > > > > > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV9rE61kodw&feature=related> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >