I met someone at a Barnes & Noble cafe earlier.  The person in front of me in line made the terrible, terrible error of trying to use a Starbucks gift card and was laid waste by the disdain and ire of the barista. “Uhmuhguhd.  We’re not a Starbucks, ungkay? We’re a Barnes & Noble cafe, […]

Holy crapsicle!  When Renee, today’s 20 Questions interviewee sent me her responses, she sent them in text code.  TEXT CODE.  I was proud of myself when I found the “font color” button, but text code??  But then, no one would ever accuse Renee of lacking motivation.  The force behind the compelling and varied Teachers & […]

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 […]

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 […]