“The Sun Also Ebbs” 0
Category: This; And also that
My wife sez, I thought
we were supposed to need less sleep when we got older. 0
Yaaaar, this be an amusing slice of streaming vid
I thought I was completely burned out on the whole Talk Like a Pirate Day thing, and then I bumped into this lovely gem, which is worth playing just for the music: 0
Am I the only one
who’s been worried about whether, in this post-9/11 world, what with the war, and the economy, and health care, and the general state of things, the cable news channels still had it in them to babble on and on (and…
Sweet Caroline — Jonathan Coulton cover
Caught the Coulton show in SF Friday night with xian and so-called Bill. Excellent fun. The highlight for me was a swank encore cover of Sweet Caroline. Here’s some footage of said cover from the LA show, which I believe…
The greatest generation strikes back
My 7-year-old just offered this interesting observation (which I reproduce here with apologies to my 81-year-old readers): “Death is OK. It’s OK if you die of old age. Dying at 80 just means that God thinks you’ve had enough time.”…
Today’s lunch-time conversation
“Did you find everything you’re looking for?” asked the guy at the grocery store checkout. “Yes. Spiritual wholeness. Physical well-being. Companionship. Chick peas.” “Do you want paper or plastic?” “Paper?” Handing over a medium-sized paper bag and my change he…
Suddenly (Flight of the Conchords edition)
Suddenly all I want to do is listen to Flight of the Conchords. And I don’t even have the HBO. 0
Already there
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…
Call for Auditions and General Exhortation of Theater Folks: Mankind’s Last Hope
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…