Last weekend there was a big trivia bee to raise money for schools.  I was asked to be on a team and – because of my nerdiness – jumped at it.  I didn’t think much of it, but as it got closer, it became more and more apparent that this wasn’t a little “Hey, have […]

You never stop being a teen-ager, do you.  Not really. I started rehearsals last night for a show coming up that’s a series of story-telling/monologues.  Basically a StorySlam, or like The Moth.  There’s several theater people, a couple people who’ve just had interesting lives, and a really good area hip-hop artist. The hip-hop artist is […]

When I was in college I spent a couple terms in Nottingham, England.  Toward the end of Fall term I decided to go to Amsterdam – by that point, though, almost all the Exchange students had already gone, so it was down to the scraps: Two guys from Maine, a southern belle, some random guy […]

I was going to do a “Fiscal Cliff” caption contest this week – and maybe I have in a roundabout metaphorical way – but all the photos of politicians with solemn “concerny” faces and stern “blamy” faces was giving me a headache, so I went a different way.  Take a moment and hit us with […]

I came across this questionnaire I got sent before my high-school class reunion.  I thought I just share it, with my responses (well, except I added the pictures, of course).  1. What did you do immediately after high-school?: Immediately after high school my family took a bunch of awkward photos; then, I believe I went […]

Continuing from Part 3, the conclusion (finally) of… Max and the Lost Shakespeare Thank-You Note, Part 4: All Thanks Being Equal… The yellowed piece of paper in Maxine’s hand read: Thanks for hiring me to write the bible! I didst the very best I was able. Now everyone can be churchin’, From viscount to urchin. (To ‘Wm. […]

Today is supposed to be the thrilling conclusion of Max and The Lost Shakespeare Thank-You Note. And don’t kid yourself, it’s going to be thrilling.  Crazy thrilling.  Like watching Speed on a roller coaster with Spiderman sitting next to you. But I’m afraid the conclusion will be delayed a day.  I’m pulling the baby card […]

Continuing from Part 2… Max and the Lost Shakespeare Thank-You Note, Part 3: A Spot of Tea (And That Stands For Trouble) Bonkers was so excited he just kept galloping up and down the length of the passenger area, his ears flopping wildly.  “Private plane, private plane, private plane!  Private plane, private plane, private plane!  […]