My absolute most favorite improv teacher and director I've ever had is mourning the untimely, accidental death of his husband. Steve wrote an essay about what it meant for both of them to be able to marry, and what it's meant to him recently as he's dealt with the practicalities associated with his loss ( Read more... )

Little kid at the pottery studio, painting a ceramic monster: Are monsters' teeth white ( Read more... )

So last night rawrin and I went to see Emmylou Harris. She's touring with Patty Griffin and Shawn Colvin (and Buddy Miller, but he was sick), and they all took turns playing favorite songs, and it was a fantastic show. It was the kind of show that makes you feel like maybe you could do something creative really well, like, genius level, and maybe you' ( Read more... )

As long as you still miss someone, they're never all the way gone.

Today would have been Dad's 80th birthday.


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Hey, Bostonites--if you need an alternative to the Superbowl, come see me at ImprovBoston's Sgt. Culpepper Comedy Jamboree at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 1st ( Read more... )

I just noticed that you can buy frequent flyer miles. For $625, I can buy the number of miles it would cost me to make the $218 flight I just priced.

What?

I was just checking the Victoria's Secret sale catalog and noticed that a whole bunch of the bra descriptions read, "If you don't have the same size, why would you have the same padding ( Read more... )

Instead of telling you in detail how much I hate Hate HATE winter, I will show you a mug I painted lately.


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The other day I was in an antique store and I saw this old tin on a shelf. Not the category of thing I usually even notice. So I was puzzled to find it in my hands--but only for the second or two it took me to recognize it ( Read more... )

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