Adam Szymkowicz

Jul 27, 2007

Study: Iraqis May Experience Sadness When Friends, Relatives Die

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/study_iraqis_may_experience?utm_source=EMTF_Onion

h/t Enrique

http://backdatassupenrique.blogspot.com/2007/07/oh-lovely-cebolla.html

Jul 26, 2007

http://www.myspace.com/susangetssomeplay

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070725/ap_on_fe_st/death_cat

from Hal's blog

http://halbrooks.blogspot.com/2007/07/nea-tcg.html

"When annie kaufmann won her obie this year, she thanked len jenkins, paula vogel and mac wellman for spawning a great new generation of playwrights. I concur. And now theaters are seeking out these new voices. Expect to see more works by sarah ruhl, will eno, ann washburn, sheila callaghan at the regional theater

It makes me curious - how will these writers adapt to the larger than downtown spaces? And the older more experienced and larger budgeted theaters: how will they adapt. "

politics and quotes

from Kevin Drum-- http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2007_07/011739.php

h/t isaac http://parabasis.typepad.com/blog/2007/07/yes-yes-yes.html

"You have to give Republicans points for consistency. They bring the Senate to a halt and then blame Democrats for not getting anything done. They destroy FEMA's ability to respond to natural disasters and then hold it up as an example of why you can't trust government to do anything right. They lose a war via unparalleled military incompetence and then claim that liberals are defeatists for pointing it out. They spend 20 years claiming that Social Security is going bankrupt and then use the resulting public insecurity about Social Security as an explanation for why the whole system needs to be privatized."