Bold the ones you've seen stage productions of, italicize the ones you've seen movies of, and underline the ones you've read or listened to.

All's Well That Ends Well
Antony and Cleopatra
As You Like It
The Comedy of Errors
Coriolanus
Cymbeline
Hamlet
Henry IV, Part I
Henry IV, Part II
Henry VHenry VI, Part I ( Read more... )

Two weekends ago was Arisia: I spent a lot of time singing and listening in the filkroom, and the rest of it hanging out with assorted nifty people. It was a good con ( Read more... )

Today, I took a trip to Waltham by way of South Acton. Now, those of you who are up on your Boston area geography might be wondering why I would do that, as Acton is well on the other side of Waltham from Cambridge, by a good fifteen miles. The explanation is simple, and those astute members of the audience who are particularly familiar with ( Read more... )

When I was little, I had a great record called "Space Songs", which had a lot of great folkish songs about, well, space on it. Unfortunately, my copy got rather scratched up, so I've been without it for a while now. But it turns out that someone has been kind enough to create good-quality mp3s from the vinyl and put them online. And that record ( Read more... )

For Boston area folks:

I've decided that it's been too long since I've been to Rocky Horror.
Anyone want to go with me this weekend? The show is Saturday night at
midnight at the movie theater in Harvard Square; tickets are $9.25. I
live about a 25 minute walk away, so I can offer crash space if the T
not being running afterwards is an issue.

For seven days and seven nights, we've labored to exhaustion.
Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe.
But now the wind is from the east, we'll turn about for Boston.
Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe.
Finally arrived in Boston a bit before eight this morning, having taken the overnight train from Philadelphia. Currently enjoying the wireless at ( Read more... )

There is now water dripping down the wall above my other bedroom window. Guess it's a good thing I'm leaving in less than a week.

1. The El is busing for the next two weeks starting at 8 p.m. today. If you're planning on traveling between 40th Street and 69th Street anytime before August 27th, expect it to take awhile.

2. The new Regional Rail fare structure is officially on crack. I finally took a look at the tariff, and if you're going from Zone 2 to Zone 5 via Center ( Read more... )

Today I used a SEPTA "One Day Convenience Pass" for the first time. Contrary to my expectations, it is not the same size as a weekly or monthly pass; it's about 3"x4", far too big to fit in a wallet. So much for actually making the design intelligent. The usage is just fascinating, too: it has a mag-stripe on the back, so first you swipe it, and ( Read more... )

Only a lower case doom, you'll note-despite lack of funding from the state, SEPTA has only instituted an 11% fare hike for now, where "now" is defined as July 9th or August 1st, depending. Much more drastic hikes, and service cuts, would go into effect September 2nd if the state doesn't cough up the money by then.

Basics of the new plan:

• Most ( Read more... )