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Agreeable Word Puzzles
I flew to Portland this morning, sleeping from Austin to SLC, breakfasting at the American Bandstand restaurant, and doing crossword puzzles from SLC to PDX. I had purchased a copy of Will Shortz's Greatest Hits: 150 Crossword Puzzles Personally Picked by the Puzzlemasteryesterday for the trip. I started with the first crossword in the book ( Read more... ) -
Highlights
Highlights from the Blue Lapis Light Impermanence performance:
Hanging out in the LBJ suite before the rehearsals and performances, doing a little yoga and watching Jason come up with new ways to balance people on his body (If you've seen the dance troupe Pilobolus, you know what I'm talking about.)
Rappelling off the 10-story, 140-foot J.J. " ( Read more... ) -
Impermanence
A note on the latest Blue Lapis Light show, Impermanence: If you're thinking you've seen it all before because you've seen Requiem or Constellation, you'll be happy to know that this show features some completely new material, including
- Five cloth performers at once
- Four performers on two cloths (two per cloth) in a piece that ( Read more... )
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Super Annuation
I share a birthday with Bob Hope, JFK, and (thanks fraeuleinchen for pointing this out) Danny Elfman (he did the theme to the Simpsons, has done movie scores, and used to be with the band Oingo Boingo). And chidorho. And John Hinckley, Jr.
I celebrated by taking the day off and doing a little 4.5-mile walkabout down Barton Creek after which I met raaga123 for hearty ( Read more... ) -
Soukous but no cigar
Every year we go to the Adult Spelling Bee (thanks fraeuleinchen for keeping us apprised of the schedule) and every year I learn a new word whose spelling will be forever etched in my brain. Words like feuilleton and syllepsis.
In the first-round written test I made 19 out of 20 (having been ( Read more... ) -
Crêpes
We had an hour to kill before the animal shelter opened so I consulted YPMobile on my iPhone, asking it for nearby vendors of "breakfast". Flip Happy Crêpes showed up in the list, just 0.6 miles away. And so here we are. It's an Airstream trailer with picnic tables in front of it. Open for brunch/lunch Wednesday through Saturday. They have both ( Read more... ) -
Star Trek
The latest Star Trek movie may well be one of the best action movies I've ever seen.
Or is that just the Imax talking?
