I Had Listened To The OBC Recording Of Phantom Of The Opera A Couple Of Times, But It Wasn't Until I

I had listened to the OBC recording of Phantom of the Opera a couple of times, but it wasn't until I bought The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall on Blu-ray on a whim and watched it that I understood the appeal of the musical. And from then on, Sierra and Ramin were my definitive Christine and Phantom (Sorry, Sarah and Michael!). For Sierra, it was her performance of "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" that sealed the deal. It was such a departure from Sarah's delicate songbird rendition. Sierra brought a ferocity and longing to the song that blew me away and made me believe for the first time in Christine as a character with her own hopes, fears, and dreams.

Also, the greatest Sarah Brightman role will forever be the blue diva in The Fifth Element (yes, I know she only does the singing). Don't try to argue with me on this. 

Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing…

The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent’s King by placing it under threat of capture which cannot be avoided.

#NOTHING MAKES ME HAPPIER THAN PEOPLE GETTING CHESS METAPHORS RIGHT #the pawn; least powerful piece on the board— but with one wild move and if you get it to the end it can become the most powerful #the bishop; amazing range but can only move on its color— a piece that will surprise you #the knight; the irrational piece— hardest to predict #the rook; who guards the king— a long range piece #the king; the ultimate goal— but can’t do the work itself #the queen; the most powerful piece on the board— the only piece that doesn’t emulate it in some way is the knight

Sick and tired of Glee constantly dumping on Brittana (and Brittana shippers) in order to make Brittany (Bram) and Santana's (Dantana) later relationships look more legitimate. Brittany and Santana are already broken up. Couldn't the writers have let them end on a good note?

The Trayvon Martin rally in NYC marched 30 blocks to Times Square

Thousands have now shut down Time Square staging a massive sit-in. Traffic stopped; no arrests so far.