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The Best Vampire Movie Ever…

A couple days ago, Chucklebutt and I rented two movies.  One was The Day the Earth Stood Still (Klaatu baada nikto!) the other was Let the Right One In — touted as “the best vampire movie ever.”
So, that byline is a bit misleading.  It should read something like, “the best vampire movie to ever come [...]

Where Does the Time Go?

I can’t believe it’s almost May!  Time sure does fly when you’re having fun — even when you’re not having fun.  Chucklebutt and I are finally theatre free until the fall.  It’s nice having our afternoons all to ourselves.
I came home today to a pretty gruesome site — a disemboweled bunny.  Yuck!  Apparently a hawk [...]

The Day To Day

Many years ago, when I was a senior in high school, I performed a monologue from the final scene of Thorton Wilder’s Our Town.
“It goes so fast. We don’t have time to look at one another. I didn’t realize. So all that was going on and we never noticed.  Good-bye to clocks ticking….and Mama’s sunflowers. [...]

Crafty Censorship

At the beginning of every rehearsal, I have my students do a check-in.  I learned this little gem from the awesomness that is “Cornerstone Theatre.”  If you don’t know Cornerstone, it is the closest thing we have to a national theatre in this country.  They are amazing and do amazing work.  (Here’s a shout out [...]

Springtime, the Light Rail and Advance Directives

On Monday, my residents and I took a trip to the end of the light rail.  We voted on the massive project back in 2004 (the year Chucklebutt and I moved to hell) and lots of folks said it would never work.   All I can say is it was jam-packed (on account of opening day [...]