[My own directly-unrelated 9/11/01 memorial, featuring two great performers who actively support our troops in the USO.  This tragic and senseless act is forever branded on our hearts, and we will never excuse the evil behind it.  We will also, however, continue to laugh and live joyously, both for ourselves and for those who lost their lives.  ( Read more... )

"...Who fell into you at a quarter to two
With a tear in your eye for the Fourth of July
For the patriots and the minutemen
And the things you believe they believed in then
Such as freedom, and freedom’s land
And the kingdom of God and the rights of man
With the tiny tin voice of the radio band
Singing, 'Love Must Stand.'
Love forever and ever must stand."

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A brief break in my non-posting to report a priceless cultural clash. :)

( For those unfamiliar with live screenings of )

"Florida just became a basketball school [by winning the NCAA national championship]." - ESPN

And the Gamecocks shut them out in the regular season, also playing them to the skin of their teeth in the SEC championship. Something tells me the 2006 NIT and NCAA titles should be reversed. :)

On a completely unrelated note, this just topped my job- ( Read more... )

Okay, God...

Admit it.

You are Texas's Athletic Director.

I've suspected all along.

Quick update: I'm finishing up my grad work in Washington, DC, with a Production apprenticeship at Washington National Opera. Both the work and work-people are fantastic, and in general I'm loving life. As our spring season approaches, said life has been monopolized by long rehearsal hours, largely squelching the concept of leisure time. :) Much ( Read more... )

(Insincere) Apologies to Shakespeare:

But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and South Carolina is the sun...that just burned the HECK out of Florida!

30-22. Yes, I cried. :) Hey, you at the computer! SAY GO COCKS! (Walters already did!*retreats back into graduate school hibernation, resuming posting upon semester ( Read more... )

If LJ were my child, Social Services would have taken hold long ago ( Read more... )

Exchange with my dear Walters, who is visiting his homeland (Maryland) with some friends, and had just expressed his disdain for one "fifty cent DC tour" too many ( Read more... )

Hooray for summer and ensuing time for random quizzes. :) Several of these questions/answers were way too polarized for my taste, but nonetheless...

Your Political Profile

Overall: 45% Conservative, 55% Liberal

Social Issues: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal

Personal Responsibility: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal

Fiscal Issues: 50% ( Read more... )