Highlights of NYC:

A Little Night Music was much better than I expected. I'm on a mail list of Cast Album enthusiasts and I should have figured that they may be a hypercritcal bunch. I had heard: too dark, too sexual, Zeta-Jones sucks. None of those were true.
I've always found it gauche when audiences applaud at the first entrance of a star, so I ( Read more... )

Work is sending me to DC for a conference next week. I've been watching season one of West Wing to prepare ( Read more... )

I'm almost done with all five seasons of The Wire. Everything I had heard about it is correct - It really is one of the best written shows I've seen on TV. I do have to say though that Season 5 feels like a let down. They've gotten a bit outrageous (both with the serial killing and with the and the inventive journalist) and they are having to cover ( Read more... )

In 1974, when I was not even 21, I sat on a jury for five weeks. Things I remember about that:

The courtroom was in the old Courthouse at Minneapolis City Hall in Hennepin County (and not in the new Government Center) since it was a change of venue from a southern county. The courtroom felt like a courtroom (closer to To Kill a Mockingbird than to ( Read more... )

I read Lawrence Block's memoir, Step by Step, A Pedestrian Memoir, about his racewalking adventures, walking in general, and life.

And saw Every Little Step, a documentary about the original and revival of A Chorus Line.

Not sure if there is a third step in my immediate future, but I can heartily recommend each of the above.

I awoke to breaking news. Obama gave his speech to the Muslim world and the morning news (and online newspapers) referred to this event as 'Breaking News ( Read more... )

Having just gotten the time off from work approved for the Reno tourney, I mosey on over to cross-tables to print the flyer so I can start making hotel and flight arrangements. Not being on CGP, I’m clueless as to what appears to be years of pent up grievances that will now affect my vacation plans. Fortunately Cross-tables made it clear that this ( Read more... )

I am 35-53 in National Tourneys (not counting Dayton where I was 16-15). My first Nationals was Reno in 1988. I had played in a couple of tourneys and done well enough to have an inflated rating and was able to play in division one (I think I was playing up). I had never played outside of the Twin Cities and I’m not sure why I would have decided to ( Read more... )

For the first time in too long, I'm taking two full weeks off of work (though i'm bringing by tablet pc to keep the accumlation of emails down). Heading out sometime after the end of work friday for points South. Execpt for Myron's New Port Richey tournament, the trip will be unscripted. I'll likely hit Gulfport (to infuse some cash into the ( Read more... )

So close. Just a LACTARY away from clearing the JT daily sevens quiz.

some day......