Someone Said:

I have heard that it is every stage manager's secret dream to be out onstage someday -- not that something bad will happen to an actor, but that the SM will have a chance to be onstage.

I Respond:Definitely a rumor, in addition to being a silly generalization (by whoever you were quoting). I can't speak for every stage manager, but ( Read more... )

I never do this, but what the hell.

( What have you heard about me? )

While it is lovely to see you on my television screen again, didn't you learn your lesson? It does not matter how clever the writer and/or creator are, it does not matter how wonderful the big-name star is (and I admit Ron Livingston certainly is wonderful) -- why would you sign on to another FOX show? It is well and truly doomed.

My muscles are so sore...

It was a good opening, overall. Details will follow. Right now, I can't get past the pain in my muscles...

No longer confused with a planet, Pluto remains the best cartoon dog in history.

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Did you catch this story? If you didn't hear it already, you have to listen to at least the first 20-30 seconds...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5622879

( I'm a book fiend. )

My husband just returned from Bethlehem, PA, with a wonderful gift for me -- Dark Chocolate M&M's! I suppose they launched in Eastern Pennsylvania, but it seems that Mars got the message, and Dark Chocolate M&M's are coming soon to a retailer near you.

( Can you even name the seven deadly sins? )

April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Winter kept us warm, covering
Earth in forgetful snow, feeding
A little life with dried tubers.

The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot