Here it is, my latest opportunity to collaborate with the NeoFuturists. Opening May 1st, it's a show; it's a game show; and it is a chance for you to win actual cash money for being the smarty-pantses you already are. More details to follow.


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• Award for Best Home Accessory goes to...the barbed wire toilet seat.
• To the Dallas Chamber of Commerce: Condoms To Go does seem like a sensible business idea, but it begs the question, are there any, oh shall we say, dine-in locations?
• Was briefly grilled by a participant on my knowledge of Judaic history, fared poorly.
• Got a recommendation that ( Read more... )

• Clipboards are scarce, so don't let yours crack in your luggage
• So much Anderson Cooper
• The Grassy Knoll badly needs to be watered
• My co-workers should know that I have already secured a place on the 2010 highlight reel
• Ambulance chaser ads on cable cast a wider net for potential negligence than in the Great Lakes region

• Easy to blend in crew traveling to Dallas: a Jew, an Indian, a Japanese
• DFW, sadly not David Foster Wallace Airport
• Waiting for bag, played with akita puppy who was on my flight
• Drive into city = Megachurch, megachurch, Waffle House, regular church, adult novelty superstore, megachurch, hotel
• Fox News on in hotel bar

OK. So, we took something of a sabbatical in 2009. We rehearsed and rehearsed, but kept all of the FB funny to ourselves. Mea culpa. Let's just say that even free shows are hit hard in a recession. It's kind of a fib, but let's say it anyway. But with a new decade upon us we resolve to bring you improv on at least a semi-regular basis starting... ( Read more... )

Unlike China, France does not try to block my access to LiveJournal. Perhaps this means that I will write a bit, with minimal mention of the dieu-awful exchange rates, during my week-plus stay in Paris.

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All Praise be to Jojo for improbably being the 931st texter in a WXRT free Lollapalooza tickets contest.

All Praise be to Jojo's brother, who has no nickname so we shall call him The Bunchberry Maven (that's for the Mainers), who suffered Free Stuff Amnesia and planned a trip for this Lollapalooza weekend.

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Complex culinary histories tend to yield restaurants that are genred. In the United States, for example, we tend to categorize our eateries along ethnic lines, with the notable exceptions of BBQ joints, bar & grills, fast food, and the like. It’s all part of our we-call-it-a-melting-pot-but-it’s-really-a-salad-bowl culture. Japan certainly has its ( Read more... )

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