I just love the way bureaucracies work. Sometimes they can be a literal pain in the ass. You’d have to be living in a cave to be unaware of what “El Niño” (the weather phenomenon–not Chris Farley) is doing to the west coast. We’ve had something like two feet of rain in just the past couple of months. And living… Read more →
Fortune Cookies
You know you’re scraping the bottom of the barrel when you’re looking to a fortune cookie for advice. I mean, even the Magic 8-Ball is a step up from this thing. At least the Eight Ball is a dedicated bullshit meter. A fortune cookie is nothing but an afterthought from a cheap Chinese restaurant. Nevertheless, I got one today that… Read more →
Burnout
“Always sprinkle the goodies along the way. Be as tough as you want, but always sprinkle the goodies here and there. Because anything they can laugh at, they can’t hate.” –Jimmy Cagney Some days you really need to hear something like that. And boy is this one of those days. See, I have this terrible tendency to load up too… Read more →
Distributed Computing
With each passing year it gets harder and harder to imagine what the world must have been like without computers, films, television, telephones, powered flight, and cable modems. Okay, maybe not the cable modem. Every time I think I have a handle on the power of 20th century inventions, something else comes along to widen my short-sighted perspective. It’s like… Read more →
Museum of Tolerance
Happy Thanksgiving! As one of my friends recently stated with such elegance: where the hell did the year go?! One day I’m celebrating my birthday in January (hint, hint), and the next day they’re putting up Christmas lights in the parking lots at local strip malls. I mean, I like to sleep in as much as the next guy, but… Read more →
The Mikado
Yeah. I’ve been away for a while. Have you missed me? I’ve been spending lotsa time in a darkened theatre. And if you’re smart, that’s what you’ll be doing too! Because The Mikado opens in 24 hours, and you’re going to come and see it. Aren’t you? (imagine a pathetic look on my face–I know, not hard to do, right?)… Read more →
Villa Lobos
What a dull week! I have nothing of consciousness-altering significance to show for the last seven days (or should that be years?) of my life. So I’ll have to vamp. Creativity, don’t fail me now. Personal Rehearsals for The Mikado started last week. This particular production comes from Australia, and it looks like it’ll be a really fun show. And… Read more →
Seattle
Write It Like You Stole It Continuing in the fine tradition of Apple Computer and Microsoft, I’m saw something developed by someone else that I liked, and am stealing it for my own financial gain. OK, so maybe that’s a little overdramatic. But I have to admit that my pal Tony (better known as Tony the Child Drunkard) started doing… Read more →
Lithotripted!
Your humble host undergoes “left renal shock wave lithotripsy”. If it sounds like a science experiment a deranged scientist would perform on some late night TV movie, you’re not far off the mark. Read more →
Itty-Bit
Reminiscing about my favorite dog, a pet whom I lost today after nearly 13 years. Read more →