Category Archives: nothing special

I just believe in quality control.  I reread former posts to check for typos, misplaced and repetitive words, and incorrect grammar and capitalization.  I then make corrections. My Tony post had a lot of errors. I am embarrassed. You know, … Continue reading →

I am so so sorry.  Without thinking,  I included a major spoiler in my review of Stephen Sondheim’s Company. I will try and be more careful next time.  I would blame it on the lack of caffeine, but I think … Continue reading →

[EDITED TO ADD:  It has been pointed out to me that I included a MAJOR SPOILER at the end of this review.  Oops.  I’m sorry.] I have written about my passion for the work of Stephen Sondheim. Last Thursday, I … Continue reading →

  One way to know that all your teenage or twenty-something kids are home for the summer is when the household blows through four gallons of milk and a gallon of orange juice in five days. Not to mention bread, … Continue reading →

The 65th Annual Tony Awards was held on Sunday. As usual, it continues to be the most amusing and best-written award show that the television viewing public is subjected to. Like the Super Bowl, almost everyone watches the Oscars, even … Continue reading →

This is serious.  These men clearly do not understand what they have done and how many people they have hurt.  How could they? They have appropriated the right to talk of an experience they have never and will never experience.  … Continue reading →

Having had an exchange in FaceBook earlier with a friend about, of all things, professional basketball and splitting infinitives (don’t worry, it made sense in context), I am having to resist the urge to either a) review my entire blog … Continue reading →

I am a progressive.  Right now, I am wincing. The entire Anthony Weiner debacle just keeps spiraling out of control.  I feel a bit sorry for Jon Stewart, who has stated that Weiner is a friend, and discussed the difficulty … Continue reading →

Another sign you may be a lawyer: when you are tempted to post the entire lyric to a song which seems to apply to your life, and you feel that it would exceed fair use.  And you actually care.*  So … Continue reading →

Note to self: If you are looking for something upbeat to improve a pretty crappy day, the Next to Normal soundtrack ain’t it.

The entire Anthony Weiner affair saddens me.  The man clearly has a problem.  And in so many ways, he has been such a stalwart defender of us little guys that to see that those feet of clay are so very … Continue reading →

What’s on my “Sondheim CD” playlist: The Advantages of Floating In the Middle of the Sea, Pacific Overtures The Ballad of Booth,  Assassins Buddy’s Blues, Follies Chromolume #7/Putting It Together, Sunday in the Park with GeorgeComedy Tonight, A Funny Thing … Continue reading →

I am currently taking a class which includes work on learning “mindfulness.” Mindfulness is a useful concept: according to one of its most well-known proponents, John Kabat-Zinn, “Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way; on purpose, in the present … Continue reading →

  Having gotten all my music back, the next task is recreating playlists. First and foremost was the “Broadway” playlist. Followed by not one but three Sondheim lists: “Sondheim,” and from that “Sondheim Favorites,” and from that a “Sondheim CD.” … Continue reading →

The weather has improved. It is a sunny and clear day here in Northern California. And I am pondering how this place has become, in some sense, home. Not completely. Home is the Gulf Coast of Florida. Yet, if I … Continue reading →