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Returning to Tarantu-Bear
Last summer, after a performance of DINOSAUR AND ROBOT STOP A TRAIN, Ruth and I went out for burgers and beers with Jeff "Jeffo" Hernandez. As the three of us sat there and cracked wise, Hernandez came up with the image of a half bear, half spider hybrid. Wouldn't that be a surprise to find at your campsite ( Read more... ) -
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My friend John Michael, gay solo performer extraordinaire, and I went over yesterday afternoon to visit our friend and colleague Matt Tomlanovich in the hospital. He is in an extended care place. He was stricken with a pretty harsh MRSA infection in his spine last April and has been in hospitals since then. I went to see him earlier in the summer, ( Read more... ) -
Eric Yang: Tumi Case Study
I love the Tumi Case Study series. I used to have a Tumi satchel that I was given second hand and I got a lot of great use out of it before I lost it in one of my moves. Tumi makes great stuff. But I particularly like the glimpse into the lifestyles of the folks they feature in the case studies. I particularly like Eric Yang's office/apartment. I ( Read more... ) -
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Found this photo of me relaxing after last January's YOLO Solo Fest. Taken by Elaine Liner.
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Recent wonderments
The summer has leveled out into a pleasant and productive swirl lately. Here's what I'm up to...
~ Writing NIGHT OF THE TARANTU-BEAR during the days. Goes up maybe in November, probably after the New Year. Should kick-ass.
~ Finally on a steady (well, for the last two weeks) workout program. I'm doing the Stronglift 5 x 5~ Spending time with Ruth ( Read more... ) -
Doing something different from other people is not a judgment of their choices
"Doing something different from other people is not a judgment of their choices. Just as my being married is no judgment on unmarried couples, the fact that there are multiple organizations and individuals trying to attack the gender parity issue through different means, lenses, frames and efforts does not mean that they are competing with one ( Read more... ) -
Conversational Intolerance
This is from the Sam Harris Wikipedia page. It may be the most useful thing I have learned this weekend and explains why sometimes when Ruth and I argue I get so frustrated...
Conversational intolerance
Harris states that he advocates a benign, noncoercive, corrective form of intolerance, distinguishing it from historic religious persecution. He ( Read more... ) -
Slava's theatre is my kind of theatre
It is a theatre that works in an epic-intimate alloy
of tragedy and comedy,
of absurdity and naivity,
of cruelty and gentleness.
~ Slava Polunin, "What Is My Kind of Theatre?"
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