Halloween, 100% Awesome Again
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006 Posted in family, life | Comments OffSomewhere between twelve and twenty-two, Halloween becomes a non-event. The highlight is probably snacking on leftover candy after the kids in costume have had their fill. Halloween becomes fun again around twenty-four, when you use Halloween as an excuse to ...
This Week’s Magical Musical Tour
Monday, October 30th, 2006 Posted in music | Comments Off... and in a surprise to no one, a couple of songs about a friendship between witches in the fictional land of Oz dominates this week's chart and thus proves my theory that I should never attend musical theatre productions ...
Happy Birth-blah-blah-bitchcakes
Friday, October 27th, 2006 Posted in life | Comments OffMy birthday crept up on me this year. I am still getting used to people calling lifts elevators and not wanting to use "whlist" every other word, so the thought of turning another year older was far from my thoughts. ...
Whlist in London - Day 3 + 4 + 5 = 12
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006 Posted in life, pop culture, travel | Comments OffWorld Travel Lesson number #134: The worst decision you can ever make on a trip abroad is to catch some good musical theatre (or mediocre musical theatre with kick-ass songs) because you spend the rest of your trip trying not ...
Whlist in London - Day 1 + 2
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006 Posted in life, pop culture, theatre, travel | Comments OffAfter checking in at airport ticket counters six times in the past month, I might have a career as professional airline traveller, a poor one who can only afford coach. Yes, I packed this bag myself. No, it has not ...
Face the Music
Monday, October 16th, 2006 Posted in life, music | Comments OffIt is no fun working twelve hour days and do not believe anyone who tells you otherwise, and if in your travels, you do encounter someone who enjoys working twelve hour days, I suggest you run the other way, far, ...
What Can You Buy for $1.65 Billion Dollars?
Saturday, October 14th, 2006 Posted in pop culture, television | Comments OffThe big news this week for anyone who likes to waste hours at work watching clips of people lip-synching to N'Sync in their living room is Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion dollars. In other words, boys and girls, it ...
Where’s Your Head At?
Thursday, October 12th, 2006 Posted in concert, life, music | 2 Comments »There is something beautifully moving about a room full of people moving to the same beat. There is something so basic, so visceral, so primal about a beat that, despite any surface difference, we all become part of something, a ...