transition

K is at this moment driving across the country to our home base for a year--Minneapolis. Our cat is riding shotgun in her '91 honda station wagon. The apartment is very quiet without them. Work is also very quiet right now. The new guy we hired is doing all the work I would normally do. I'm working on my pilot pitch. I have to say, I'm getting kind of excited about it. I hope someone will pay me to write it. I've also figured out how to revise a lot of things that need revising. I wonder when I'll get to that. Soon, I hope. So much to do. Here's a song for you: The world's about to end You're my only friend There's not much more we can carry And the light go down on this bombed-out town I don't know how much more we can carry So I look at you We've done all we can do and I say to you Let's get married Let's get married Let's get married The morning sun creeps in over our loss or win There's not much more we can carry But I grab your hand and we cross the sand I don't know how much more we can carry And I look at you There's much more we can do Let's get married Let's get married Let's get married

US terrorist watchlist now has more than 1,000,000 names

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/15/us-terrorist-watchli-1.html

two more about working in the arts and making a living

http://parabasis.typepad.com/blog/2008/07/rehtfa-i-making-a-living.html

http://www.avltheatre.com/forte/2008/07/featured_post_writers_need_act.html

vow of poverty?

Lots of theatrosphere talk about making a living making art. Mark has
a nice post here:

http://mrexcitement.blogspot.com/2008/07/in-defense-of-artistic-director.html

you on facebook?

Join my blog network here:

http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blogpage.php?blogid=13186

Ken Levine's take on Musicals

http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2008/07/what-i-learned-on-my-first-musical.html

Theater: Only a few make living from stage alone--Denver

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_9843952

Many good friends of mine, all super-talented individuals are involved in this new show: http://www.hateallyourfriends.com/ James points us to this interview of Larry and Jacob, the writer and director. Larry was the best man at my wedding. For our ceremony, I asked him to give a speech on friendship. I thought it was funny that the person I asked to represent me as my friend and speak on friendship now has a play going up called "What to Do When You Hate All Your Friends." I'm very excited to see it.

Pilot's butter knife confiscated in airport

http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/07/11/askthepilot283/print.html

h/t http://www.boingboing.net/

WTF Obama!!!

I want change, but not the Orwellian kind

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/09/senate-approves-warr.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/10/washington/10fisa.html?hp

rising food prices

boinboing led me to this--multiple articles from National Geographic
on the food crisis

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/food_crisis.html

Hal Brooks: Letter to a Young Director

http://halbrooks.blogspot.com/2008/06/letter-to-young-director-part-one.html

The 2nd Indie Theater Convocation

I'm not going to be able to make this (this Sat0 If you go, please
give me a report

http://nytheatre.blogspot.com/2008/07/more-on-convocation.html

a few wedding photos here:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2157546&l=2a380&id=122789

baby!

congrats to Sheila and Soph!!

h/t daisey

Pretty Theft Word Cloud

h/t Jason

surplus on Jollyship

I loved this if you remember. Go see it if you can.

http://fishunderwater.blogspot.com/2008/06/ten-more-second-chances.html

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more mojo

http://www.mojotheatre.com/

Daisey responds to American Theater article

http://www.mikedaisey.com/2008/07/response-to-how-theatre-saved-america.sht