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opening night
Opening night went very well. I am vastly relieved. The Courier-Journal sent a reviewer, and the review should be in the paper on Saturday; here's hoping it's good! -
hoping the old saying is true
I sure as hell hope the old saying is right that if your dress rehearsal sucks, you'll have a great opening night. Because tonight at dress rehearsal you'd have thought I never picked up a guitar before, let alone practiced for six weeks, including for about an hour before we started.
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ladies and gentlemen, John has left the building
I just read that in a couple of hours, John Edwards will announce that he's dropping out of the race. According to the New York Times, he isn't going to endorse Clinton or Obama.
Personally, I wish Obama would grab him as a V.P. right now, although I don't know that Edwards would run in the second spot again.
In dropping out before Super Tuesday, ( Read more... ) -
geography game
Here's a Traveler IQ Challenge game, offered by TravelPod, which is pretty cool. It made me feel alternately like an intelligent national traveller and a total idiot utterly lacking in geographic basics. (OK, I admit it, I don't know one western state from another, except for the big obvious ones.) My travel IQ came out to 113.
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movies 'r' me
If you're interested, I maintain a Movies page on my Wordpress blog, where I list the movies I watch and give my opinions.
Today I updated the page to include The Ritz, Mystery Men, and Strictly Ballroom - all films that are tremendous fun to watch.
Coming next from Netflix (today, I hope): the new, definitive, director’s Final Cut of Blade Runner ( Read more... ) -
one big happy family
There’s always room for one more. All the cats and dogs are getting along famously (except Myra, who doesn’t get along with anyone).
For much of his life, Archie (the orange tabby) has loved to sleep under the warmth of my desk lamp while I’m working. Yesterday, while he was away, Alice discovered this comfy, warm spot for herself. Later, when ( Read more... ) -
thinking of breaking my leg
So, whose idea was it, anyway, for me to learn to play guitar just so I could be in a play? Whoever that person is should be rounded up and shot on sight.
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blogging for choice
Hard to believe that it's the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, and America is closer than ever to overthrowing the right of every women to exercise fundamental control over her body. To mark the day, NARAL is once again sponsoring Blog for Choice day; you can find essays about the importance of choice all over the web today. Mine is here.
