This; And also that

At the airport today, the Aloha Airlines employees were wearing Hawaiian shirts and lovely flowers in their hair, all designed to send the message: “You’re already there.”
And I was struck by the idea that a flower in someone’s hair … Read on Macduff...

This fall (specifically, late October/early November), Virago Theatre will be staging an evening’s worth of sitcom good-times that I cowrote with an old pal. The aim is to film it, 3-camera-style, before a live studio audience. You can read all … Read on Macduff...

I’ve been wondering lately how my kids will be affected by these times. How will it shape their view of politics and patriotism to go through their early years with an unpopular war, with a President so widely disliked and … Read on Macduff...

If you’re making me a smoothie
don’t make the yuck face when you
look in the cup
right before you put on the cap
and hand me
the smoothie.

Third grader 1: [wistful] I love my new catch phrase.
Third grader 2: What is it?
Third grader 1: When I’m happy I say: “I feel happy inside.” When I’m sad I say: “I feel sad inside.”

I read a Vonnegut quote the other day worth sharing. This is from A Man Without a Country (Random House, 2005):

I have to say this in defense of humankind: In no matter what era in history, including the Garden

I was just getting quizzed by my kids about the tooth fairy, and her castle, and the fact that it’s 100 feet tall and 5 feet wide and only has two rooms — the main room and a bathroom. And … Read on Macduff...

Not-so-astonishing fact #1: Actor Creed Bratton, who plays the character “Creed Bratton” on the hit NBC TV show “The Office,” is actually named “Creed Bratton.”
Really-quite-astonishing fact #2: Back in the ’60s, this selfsame so-called “Creed Bratton” was a member … Read on Macduff...

I just learned that CNR passed away late last week. It’s been my long-held belief that if the aliens learn everything they know about humanity by watching Charles Nelson Reilly performances, they’ll treat us with great loving kindness.

Whatever did we see in Tekton?
There was a time — back in the early-to-mid ’90s — when we loved that font with a love that was shameless. We were puppies, licking the face of Tekton. Or perhaps Tekton … Read on Macduff...