Thomas Quasthoff is a great baritone singer. My son and I watched him on the ARTS channel this morning. I wasn’t in the room watching the performance at first – I heard beautiful, clearly enunciated singing in a booming baritone. That’s hard to do. Pavarotti was the last one I knew of.

When I saw the performance, though, I was struck by his appearance. He was a thalidomide baby.

I read this interview and thought that this attitude is the one I want our son to have.

More later.