The Sneak Peek Week is over.  All in all I think it went well…ish… I have no idea how much money the theater raised.  People seemed to have a good time.  I’m a nervous wreck, though. (Insert pause where I don’t say anything else for a moment, until you sigh, roll your eyes and ask, […]

Bears recently twice ransacked a home in the small town of Bearsville, NY, before being driven off by the town’s sheriff. – Recent news item To the editor: Recently my family and I visited, hoping for a nice getaway in a welcoming small town.  I can only say that the people of your town should […]

It’s photo caption time again! Yes, for this week’s Weekly Question of the Week, we’re going back to the ol’ photo bank.  And by ol’ I mean, in fact, old.  As in vintage.  What is it about old, weird photos that are so much weirder than newer weird photos?  Maybe it’s because you couldn’t just […]

Every August, one of the theaters here does Sneak Peek Week to preview the upcoming season.  It’s a bit of a misnomer, because you really don’t have to sneak in and hide behind the seats or anything, you can just watch.  “Peek” is closer, but that suggests you have to watch through a window or […]

Well, summer is shifting to its latter half now, with the coming of August.  And with it, the realization that there just isn’t enough time for all those lazy days, those projects, and those trips as you always think there will be.  Also, it’s time for Hollywood to begin the slimy, crass calculations to determine […]

This is a real headline from yesterday’s Guardian Online: “Romney Campaign Attacks Media: Mitt Romney and his staff lash out at media coverage of his inept, error-strewn overseas trip.” I love this headline so much.  I was about halfway through writing a mildly funny thing of Romney accusing the media of maligning him in the fashion […]

A couple years ago, there was a new theater in a neighboring town who decided to have a big gala opening.  They called a theater here, asked if they knew any stand-up comics, and then got passed along to me.  At first I said no, I didn’t really do that anymore, I’d quit several years […]

I don’t what it is, but I’m a total jigsaw puzzle wussy.  Seriously.  Not only do I feel like I’ve suddenly become elderly by doing a jigsaw puzzle (wearing the shawl and listening to Paul Harvey probably doesn’t help), but I’m not even good at it.  Maybe once every two years or so, my wife […]