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02:53 pm
[Link] | I love Wil Wheaton's Blog (which I read on LJ Feed).
Today he pointed out (as his wife, in a moment of out-geeking the geek apparently pointed out to him last year) that today is Jedi Day!
May the Fourth be with you!
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04:22 pm
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Rock!
Oh, by the way...
coming in 2010 to a Lifeline Theatre near you...
From the adaptor/director team who brought you The Island of Dr. Moreau...
(and with violence design by R&D!!)....
Neil Gaimon's NEVERWHERE!!!
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12:11 pm
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Hank Cinc Pants
So, one of my friends posted with the subject: "Once more into the pants, dear friends, once more."
Which, of course, really got me started.....
"We are enough in the field to drown them if only some pants could be restored!" (bad paraphrase there...been a while).
"The king's a bawcock, and a pants of gold"
"We understand how you come over us with our wilder pants, not measuring what use we made of them."
"How is it possible she should love the enemy of pants? But in loving me, she should love the friend of pants. For I love pants so much I will not part with a single village of pants."
"The pants of the womens be full of deceits."
Oh man, this is way better than Casapants, and in fact comes close on the heels of Pants Wars.
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08:28 am
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Navaja
Hello all,
So, my google-foo is failing me. I am looking for a cheap Navaja. Preferably under 30 bucks, preferably over a six-inch blade (a foot overall). Doesn't need to be good quality, particularly. Don't care if it is sharp. Classic looks preferred.
Anyone know where I could find such a thing?
Thanks!
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08:05 pm
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Irish Egg Rolls
So, there we were, at the Abbey Pub. On the menu we see they now offer "Irish Egg Rolls". No explanation of what they are in the menu, so of course there was only one way to find out! (unless you count asking the waitress, which we don't.)
so...care to guess?
That's right - corned beef and cabbage rolled in thin spring roll wrappers and fried.
Really, really strange...and tasty.
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11:04 pm
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Kodo!
Kodo (Taicho drummers, nothing to do with giant riding lizards, apparently) was awesome. I want a drum that you play by hitting it with a rattan club about the size of a baseball bat! Jamie bruises when you do that to him, but these drums just go 'DOOM!' I wish I weren't so tired, I found myself dozing off, even though it was wonderful. Libby was surprised I could be dozy with that racket, but to me... dark, warm, huge sound of drums.... I sleep better with that combo than the other 50 weeks of the year...
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04:26 pm
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Best Wine Review
OK, 2 posts in one day? But I was looking at websites of restaurants near the CSO (we are going to hear the Kodo Drummers), (and we decided on Russian Tea Time) but one of the restaurants had this to say about one of their wines:
Elio Perone, “Bigaro,” Moscatto/Brachetto blend $12/gls or 48/btl Possibly the most enjoyable thing you will ever consume. Responsible for countless unplanned pregnancies, several spontaneous engagements, and the Grinch’s heart growing 3 sizes. This wine can change lives. Drink with caution.
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10:43 am
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Busy, Busy
I never post. But then, I was trying to organize the things that needed doing, and figured if I did it here, it would be like ... telling my friends what I was up to.
Shows:
Mariette in Ecstasy at Lifeline. Done, but I should definitely go see it. It is in previews now, press opening on Sunday.
Leading Ladies at Theatre at the Center. Going tomorrow night to watch final dress and give some touch-up notes if needed. Also, need to get an extra sword (or at least an extra grip) from David who currently has the weapons, since somehow they managed to crack one of the smallsword grips.
The Illusion at NEIU. Need to get back in and see what they are up to - the kids are talented and work hard, but at least one more rehearsal is called for...and they open...um....veryverysoon? So maybe on the way home on Thursday?
Macbeth (and a workshop first) at a school for the deaf in Wisconsin. Still working out dates for the workshop, which should be in the next 2 weeks. Try to keep this one simple, since it is a trek.
Macbeth at Purdue. Pre-production, need to schedule a first meeting with the director, who fortunately lives in Chicago. Ditto on the trek for this one.
Les Miserables at Nazareth Academy (high school). Pre-production, show is in April.
Henry V. Pre-production. Show is in Boston, and I get 1 rehearsal (in April)...so it needs to be simple. On the other hand the director (hi Tom!) has some very sophisticated ideas. Fortunately, Libby will be there to help.
House:
Projects to do are many. Moving in, for example, which will be a fairly massive process that I hope we start in a week or two! Need to stop by Home Depot at least once more to pick out shower doors. Have a fantasy about that being the last decision/extra expense. Dreaming on. Paint the back stairway. Paint the back stairs themselves. Help James install the pergo in the attic. Ditto on the downstairs front porch. Help Libby paint parts of her condo in preparation for selling it. Make (wood burning?) or acquire a sign to put on the front stoop that says 'No Hoy, Por Favor'.
Definitely cutting into my gaming schedule!
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08:04 am
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Harmonicas?
So I want to buy a harmonica for an experienced hobbyist. Something nice, but not crazy-high end. Throw it in a pocket and go for a walk kind of thing.
Anyone know anything about harmonicas? Recommendations? Places to purchase? What harmonica to purchase? Wood reeds? Is there anything worse about plastic? (I hear they don't swell up with humidity the way wood ones do, but that's all I know)
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11:06 pm
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Thank-you cog
So a few months ago, Libby and I went to an AWESOME wedding - a steampunk wedding, in fact, of a dear friend (now two, but when we went we only knew one!).
Today in the mail we got a thank-you card shaped like a large gear.
A THANK_YOU COG!!!!
mmmm....thank-you cog......
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07:04 am
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Pants!
Oh, we all have some pants
that we hide away forever
and we take them out and show ourselves
when everyone has gone.
Some are satin, some are steel,
some are silk and some are leather
the are the pa-ants of the stranger
but we love to try them on.
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01:34 pm
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Hello Hivemind?
Hello distributed knowledge base.
Do you know the author and/or title of a story about the real-world police being called to investigate a theft in an MMO, that turns into a murder mystery?
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02:18 pm
[Link] | Hello all,
I am going to be in Seattle over Christmas. Anyone reading this feel the same way?
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06:47 am
[Link] | Work on the house proceeds apace. Actually, a fast pace! Yesterday, we dropped by and saw that there is a new landing between the 2nd and 3rd floor, and the landings on the 2nd and 3rd are now leveled. Stairs must be coming back soon...
The floors are back in, and now they are level! There is a complete new set of joists where the ceiling will be. There are new walls, and new beams where old walls have gone away. The chimney is gone (in the attic too!). The water heater is moved to the porch, and the furnaces are now vented straight up and out the porch.
Woah.
I know it will slow down when subcontractors get in to do plumbing and electric and a million small jobs... but woah.
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11:05 pm
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Phrase etymology
Okay, interwebs!
Anyone know where the phrase 'Had a good run' came from?
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03:54 pm
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New Project we will be working on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrInMWKAdVY
Its a play!!
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11:41 am
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SF this weekend
Hello all,
So, I am going to be in San Francisco this weekend. Who on my flist is living there or will be there and wants to try to get together?
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01:51 pm
[Link] | Hello!
For anyone reading this, who plays Warhammer Online... here's a new LJ for coordinating servers and play time, so we can play with our friends (yup, still a geek!)
http://community.livejournal.com/war_age_of_reck/
-R
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09:51 am
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Yarr!
In honor of Talk Like A Pirate Day!
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08:19 am
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WAR
Hello all,
So I finally got Warhammer: Age of Reckoning going!
Thurik, Ironbreaker, on Estalia.
See you there!
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