Monthly Archives: May 2007

They Live Among Us

Surprise #1. I’m reading an AJC article. At all. And not just because our local has picked up the latest Mei Lan news off the almighty AP wire … Surprise #2. This article is actually interesting. Maybe a bit encouraging. It turns out that our patch of suburbia is not drenched in red as deeply

I’m Upgraded to WP 2.2

… and as a result, things look a little odd around here. But everything works. I would stay and tweak more, but the lawn won’t mow itself.

Gaming, Blogging, Following-up and Considering

(Put your geek hats on, we’re going in deep …) Of late, I’ve been playing through this 10-day trial of Lord Of The Rings OnlineTM (sub-title: “Shadows Of AngmarTM“). Some of you might recall that I participated in the late stages of LOTRO‘s beta testing. At the time, I wasn’t very impressed. Muddle Earth. Character

He Sees

Thank You Muchly, Grand Cast

A proper post to close out the Spring Show is way overdue. Yes, the play hasn’t been over for even a week, but still … I’m usually so much quicker about summing up my thoughts, wrapping up my lessons learned and rolling out rounds of thanks. For now, I’ll just say “Thank You” one more

Into The Kingdom

I really ought to return to Vox more often.  Kingdom of Fear : Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Centur I've been finished and out of Fanboy for weeks now.  And how was it?  Well, I'll be honest about a couple of things.  For one, I thought the

A Wednesday Twenty

Shuffle the iPod, then see what falls out … “Three Piece Suit and Thing” – Trinity “I’m Ready” – The Twilight Singers “Hurt Me Soul” – Lupe Fiasco “Plane” – Jason Mraz “Sleep On” – Alison Krauss “Has Anybody Here Seen Hank?” – The Waterboys “New Rhumba (Take 5)” – Miles Davis “Don’t Explain” –

Much Ado About Much Ado

Ladies-In-Waiting Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. Three days. Three shows. Rain threatened both Friday and Saturday nights, but no matter. We made it. Decent crowds came on both nights and were treated to some exceptionally good Shakespeare. The nice thing about producing plays (and not being actually on stage) is that I can praise honestly the

Hippies Made To Order

This is going to hurt. Our petals wilted when we read the descriptions of some of our buds who participated in the Inman Park parade. Yes. And I died inside — just a little, you see — when I attempted to read today’s so-called response to Mary Grabar’s own mewling op-ed piece about finding unsightly