I'll be happy with this turnout ( Read more... )

Tonight is the opening for Don't Spit the Water. I'm considerably calm, and the day is moving at a normal pace. I had expected myself to be completely overwhelmed and frantic, and for the day to crawl unnaturally slow. Now that I've put it in print, it's sure to be a self-fulfilling prophecy ( Read more... )

My friend Scott Zibble once mocked that crossword puzzles were dumb, and that nobody ever learned anything from them.

Blatherskite!

Flapdoodle!

Today, for instance, I learned two words that mean, "nonsense." Can you guess what they are?

So much science must have gone into the development of the toilet paper roll. It is time its inventors stand up and be counted ( Read more... )

For some reason, the white chocolate Big Kat is far less messy than a milk chocolate Big Kat. The white chocolate is far less flaky than milk chocolate, and almost a bit rubbery ( Read more... )

I held the full tech/dress rehearsal for Don't Spit the Water this Sunday. We spent the first half slowly walking through the show, and the second half performing the show for real live contestants, who had generously volunteered an hour of their time. The constestants had never seen the show before, and knew very little about it, so it was a ( Read more... )

When developing graphics for the web, it's always smart to look for patterns. That way, instead of creating large repeating graphics, you can just tile identical small pieces. It makes your page load quicker.

The cube farm I work in is one big repeating graphic. It is one 6x6 foot square repeated over and over and over and over and over again.

I stayed up late last night cleaning off Becky's computer, and reformatting/rebuilding mine. So this morning I have two clean, sleek, lightweight machines... and an enormous Don't Spit the Water to-do list ( Read more... )

I lament thee, Technology. Oy ( Read more... )

The glossy postcards for Don't Spit the Water arrived last night, and I'm absolutely giddy over 'em. I brought a big stack to work so that I could start passing chunks to the cast members, and handing them out. I left a small stack at the Evanston Central Metra station, and it will be interesting to see if any disappear. I also left a couple on ( Read more... )