Here's a little update on what I've been working on lately. For those of you Seattle friends that I've promised updates to, I apologize for this being basically a plug. We just opened this show last weekend, and it's pretty cool. Besides being about baseball, and one of the greatest Americans of the 20th century, it's good theatre. I have to ( Read more... )

Here's a bohunk-inspired quest. Hope it's not too boring.

So, bohunk posts this entry, stating that her friends list is no fun today. Wanting to help but feeling uninspired, I check out her interest list. ( Continued... )

Or Seattle, for that matter. Sacramento has been, for most of my first month here, really damned rainy - a welcome mat for my Pacific NW soul, I suppose. Today is sunny and hot, and I snapped this pic on my way back to the theatre from lunch.

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California governor Schwarzenegger has asked Graz to remove his name from the soccer stadium there. Here's the story from the Sacramento Bee:

Governor tells off his hometownThis is because officials in Graz have threatened (twice) to remove his name unless he stayed the executions of death row inmates, so Arnold decided to just pull his name ( Read more... )

George Takei has publicly come "out of the closet." ( More... )

Earlier I dreamt that I had gone to Slovenia, but Maj-chi scolded me for forgetting the 10,000 tolar note that she gave me in June. Probably anxiety about forgetting to bring something on a trip I'm taking this weekend. Today Maj-chi called the office and Jill and I wished we were in Ljubljana. For calling me today, hvala lepa, moj dragi Maja. ( Read more... )

I have always liked relief pitchers. I think the nature of their job, specifically the role of closer, has always appealed to my dramatic side.

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I think this week for me was the best week in baseball yet in 2005. I went to a bunch of games, including Tuesday's debut of 19-year old Felix Hernandez.( Long and reflective post continues beyond the cut )

Yeah, the mariners are in the crapper this year.

But tonight should be good. Venezuelan phenom Felix Hernandez makes his home field (and televised) debut starting against against the Twins' Kyle Lohse, who happens to be one of the few players in the MLB who's Native American. And it's Salute to Pacific Rim Baseball Night, a head scratcher of a ( Read more... )