This Sunday (November 5, 2017) you are advised to turn your clocks back one hour to stay faithful to Daylight Saving Time. This practice was first proposed by Benjamin Franklin and has been in effect in our world on and off with changing rules for the last century. Those in favor claim better access to … Continue reading I take a stand on Daylight Saving Time
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World Series 2017
I love baseball. My favorite sport. Pastoral, contemplative, strategic. I love the playoffs and World Series. I long for the return of my Cincinnati Reds and I enjoy when New York teams are in, but this was a good series. Always good to see a seventh game and certainly lots of interest in a nice … Continue reading World Series 2017
An Atrocious National Day
If you read this blog on a regular basis you know that I periodically feature National Days where certain items or topics are celebrated. Recently we've had National Taco Day, National Coffee Day, National Pancake Day and National Waffle Day. I covered all of them on this blog. Soon we'll have National Nachos Day and … Continue reading An Atrocious National Day
National Pumpkin Day
Today is National Pumpkin Day. Obviously this is tied to nearby Halloween and the whole harvest autumn thing. Two notes. Celebrating a holiday in which we carve up the guest of honor into funny or scary forms is kind of weird. And now-a-days you only use pumpkin flavor from a can. When was the last … Continue reading National Pumpkin Day
Players Theatre Boo! Short Play Festival
Recently I saw a performance of the Boo! Short Play Festival at The Players Theatre in Greenwich Village. It was an interesting batch of plays in a seasonal festival. A little uneven and somewhat odd selections for a "scary" festival. I really went to take in the efforts of several Polaris North members putting together … Continue reading Players Theatre Boo! Short Play Festival
Time Travel for Writers
As a playwright I am always obsessed with language. What a character in a certain situation, certain environment, certain time period would or could say. Not every reader is fact checking what I write, but an off tune word or phrase can take an audience out of the moment and is one of the biggest … Continue reading Time Travel for Writers
Happy Birthday, John Lennon
Today in the United States is Columbus Day - a rather controversial national holiday. As I have complicated opinions of the man I will skip it and celebrate a day that happens to coincide this year. John Lennon's birthday. My favorite Beatle and one of the greatest musicians of all time. I still remember exactly … Continue reading Happy Birthday, John Lennon
Fort Tryon Park Medieval Festival review
Last Sunday my favorite (and closest) park in New York City hosted the annual Medieval Festival. It was terrific. Lots of good festival food (a few years ago they added beer and wine), many performance stages, demonstrations of blacksmithing and sword making, multiple themed booths selling baubles and beads, knights jousting, a live chess game, … Continue reading Fort Tryon Park Medieval Festival review
Hobbit Day
September 22 was named Hobbit Day by the American Tolkien Society as it is the shared birthday of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins in the novels of J.R.R. Tolkien. Nowadays most people know of the excellent Peter Jackson movies. When I was in high school and college I read the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings … Continue reading Hobbit Day
End of Summer
Today is officially the last day of summer. It has been a nice summer and relatively mild in New York. With the multiple fires in the west, hurricanes Harvey and Irma, it has been tough across the country. Autumn is my favorite season and it always lovely in New York. I'm looking forward to the … Continue reading End of Summer
International Talk Like a Pirate Day
Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Unlike many national days the source of this one is well known. It was founded by John Baur and Mark Summers (aka Ol’ Chumbucket and Cap’n Slappy) in 1995. Click here for the entire story! In theory you are supposed to speak pirate slang with lots of Aaar's … Continue reading International Talk Like a Pirate Day
National Cream Filled Donut Day
Today is National Cream Filled Donut Day. Deep Breath. I love Cream Filled Donuts but I avoid them at all costs. Slight tremor of my right hand. They are so delicious as to be unable to be resisted. A glistening dribble of drool escapes from the edge of my lip. A Boston Creme Donut is … Continue reading National Cream Filled Donut Day
100 Posts
About a year ago I started this blog, somewhat on a whim. The software (WordPress) keeps track of all sorts of statistics and informs me that this is my one hundredth post. When I started I had no specific goal and early entries were random and sporadic. As I recently left my last job I … Continue reading 100 Posts
Kid-Napping and my ordeal as a hostage
Last week I was held hostage by two small terrorists. They were 5 and 7 years old and claimed to be Pamela's grandchildren, Emma and Savannah. They moved too fast and too often for that to be confirmed. But every aspect of my life was controlled by them for those days they were in New … Continue reading Kid-Napping and my ordeal as a hostage
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