March 2011
2 posts
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/03/beautiful-fo... →
I want to moonlight as a foley artist.
February 2011
4 posts
Maple syrup event →
bestofwikipedia:
The maple syrup event was the objective presence of a particular scent in New York City, and the response to this smell by the residents, various media outlets, and government agencies. Reports of the events are said to have begun in the fall of 2005, and continued sporadically into early 2009. (via sleevia)
Perspective
All this hubub about the Spider-Man musical is interesting, but we can’t lose sight of the most important fact: that “Turn off the Dark” is probably the worst sub-title in the history of anything.
January 2011
2 posts
There's No "I" in Blog: The Poignant Pause →
noiinblog:
There was an interesting moment back in Week 13 that I was reminded of recently. On the first drive of the game, Ben Roethlisberger, already stumbling around on a broken foot, got punched in the face by the Ravens’ Haloti Ngata. The punch knocked Roethlisberger’s nose out of alignment, but he…
My first full article as a writer for “There’s No ‘I’ in...
October 2010
1 post
Holy crap. I just realized that the Toyota Swagger Wagon wife is also in a Progressive Commercial, with a DIFFERENT HUSBAND. What a hussy.
August 2010
4 posts
Tiger's got a way to go. →
Only one billion? Puh-lease.
"This is a weird store that sells weird food, and... →
My city. She cries. →
Obviously things have gone downhill in my absence.
July 2010
1 post
June 2010
2 posts
WatchSomeone needs to give Ralph Macchio a job right this second.
Okay, Gmail. Come on. This is getting ridiculous. (Anybody else having server issues? I have been for the last couple days, with no sign of stopping.)
May 2010
5 posts
Holy crap. That's awesome. →
Another reason ninjas are better than pirates:... →
Annie just quoted “South Park,” without any encouragement or lead-in whatsoever. VICTORY.
March 2010
4 posts
eject: My story about the film 'Monster House' →
I had totally forgotten about these emails until the two tweets above jogged my memory.
This is a story about the nicest thing a non-relative has taken the time to do for one of my children without getting paid for it.
When Salinger was 7 she became plagued with nightmares about the…
“In a play we don’t see the next day, so the feeling we’re left with is hope....”
– Conor McPherson
Just re-read "Woyzeck"
For my workshop tomorrow. So many memories of running around screaming in the black box at UVA. So much Rammstein. So many interesting conversations with my parents after they came down to see it.
February 2010
15 posts
Video for a Rainy Wednesday →
Pretty much explains everything.
“The first 12 years are the worst.”
– Anne Enright, in her list of “10 Rules for Writing Fiction.”
“Theatre is a medium for engagement, not debate. No one wins a play. No one...”
– J. Holtham, 99 Seats
It's Ash Wednesday
And a bunch of friends are going to dinner at IHOP.
These are the theological quandaries that shape our times.
Roger Ebert is Awesome →
More than a little sad, but also very uplifting and lovely.
Kaflootey!
palegirlinthecity:
Current favorite nonsense word: kaflootey
Example sentences: “I just bought a kaflootey machine!” “Mr. Kaflootey likes peas.” “Aren’t you all kaflootey?”
More Sci-Fi on Stage! →
Google Gets a Traditional Norwegian Welcome →
Out-of-Context Quote from an In-Progress Play of...
FINN What, I have to prepare to relax? Iʼm not ready to sit on the porch and drink beer? How am I not ready?
PARKER A few minutes back you told me youʼd reflexively counted the number of blue and black pens on my desk, and described at length how you would kill me with a wall-hanging if I “tried anything.” Youʼre not ready for the Farm.
FINN No pens there?
PARKER Theyʼre all blue.
-“The...
Out-of-Context Quote from an In-Progress Play of...
“And that’s when I decided. That I should make a list, of things that I don’t like. It’s most important. And it makes me feel quite nice.
I don’t like…chives. So small. Untrustworthy.”
Okay, seriously.
I’m getting back in this thing.
October 2009
4 posts
Hey, Kids, Let's Play a Game
It’s called the “RMV Scavenger Hunt!” Here’s what you do:
Go to the RMV to register your car like a good little Massachusetts resident. Wait for an hour.
Fill out the paperwork, get your registration and plates. Yay!
Go to get your state-mandated safety inspection.
Be told that you can’t get your inspection done, because your car doesn’t show up in the...
September 2009
5 posts
It's all happening! →
Awesome article about Chicago Dramatists in Variety! Go, you crazy kids!
Tom McGuane is the Devil (aka the harsh truth of...
Tom: how was class?
Walt: Very good. This one's a little weird, since it's one of the side requirement ones, and it's cross-listed in the College of Fine Arts.
So I'm actually one of the only grad students in the class, and most of the folks are senior undergrads.
But I get to be that mysterious and knowledgeable grad student who sits in the corner judging everybody.
Tom: yeah yeah
You're the creepy old guy
don't kid yourself
who IS that guy, is he like, 30?
Walt: ...Damn
Tom: i am the harvester of sorrow
Walt: You have done your work masterfully this day.
August 2009
16 posts
Fregoli Delusion →
bestofwikipedia:
The Fregoli delusion is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that different people are in fact a single person who changes appearance or is in disguise. The syndrome may be related to a brain lesion, and is often of a paranoid nature with the delusional person believing themselves persecuted by the person they believe is in disguise. It is similar to the...