~Thursday~ Although I had never seen the movie, "They shoot horses, don't they?" I love using the phrase in the context of experiencing something miserable, and intimating that being "put down" might be more merciful than enduring it. So, I welcomed the opportunity to watch the movie when Bob suggested it after learning that I'd … Read more
~Friday~ Tonight I attended opening night of Manbites Dog Theater‘s area premiere of The Best of Enemies, where we had honorary audience members—two of the “real” people who were being portrayed in the play, and two of whom were the children of one of the people being portrayed in the play. If you’ve lived in … Read more
Thanksgiving Thursday As is our family tradition by now, my sister Vivian and her husband Jeff opened their home and their hearts to a number of us for Thanksgiving this year. Bob and Joe came along with me, and we joined, in addition to Vivian and Jeff, my parents, Jeff’s sister and brother-in-law, and a … Read more
~Monday~ You may (or not) remember my blog entry from Tuesday, October 29, 2013, in which I talked about being a “sustainer donor” to Love Wins Ministries, and then issued this challenge: If 10 people become sustainer donors to Love Wins Ministries, in the amount of $10, $20, or $25 (or more!) a month, between … Read more
~Friday~ I like Jane Austen novels, in general, so when the movie, Austenland, finally made it to the $2.00 movie theater, I went to check it out. It wasn’t without some skepticism that I went, however, as this was not a movie of one of Jane Austen’s books, but one about a resort-type place where … Read more
Salon XXXIX November 10, 2013 Salon Headquarters 1. How do you feel when you read sociobiological evolutionary theories of contemporary social patterns (e.g.,Monogamy evolved as a mating strategy)? I tend to react negatively but wondered if others feel a sort of Ah-Ha moment when they read these sorts of research accounts. (Brad) In general, any … Read more
~Saturday~ My friend, Gregor, started his own theater cooperative—Common Wealth Endeavors—recently, and tonight I had the pleasure of attending my first performance of said company. The Set of Many Moons Synopsis: In Many Moons, Juniper is looking for love, Robert is trying to avoid it, Ollie doesn't know what it is, and Meg has resigned … Read more
If you listen to public radio — particularly to WUNC in Chapel Hill — then you’ve undoubtedly heard several people over the course of the last couple of weeks of the station’s fall fundraiser talk about how they are sustainer donors to public radio through that local NPR affiliate of ours. I am not a … Read more
Two weeks before National Boss Day (NBD), which was Wednesday, October 16th, I sent an email to our department of (mostly) writers, asking them if they were interested in doing a little something for our boss, Laura, on NBD. In the email, I suggested we each write a haiku about Laura, if they’d be interested … Read more
~Friday~ Imagine a road near to you that has a 25 MPH speed limit, and think about how slow that is. Now slow that down by 5 more mile per hour. Got it? On our return trip from DC today, Bob and I traveled in traffic for an hour-and-a-half at an average speed of 20 … Read more