last night

I had a roundtable reading at MCC last night of Herbie in preparation for my November reading at the NY Performing Arts Library. It went really well and also looks like I need to do a bit of work. Amazing actors though. Thank you all!

ny times today, America tomorrow

"You may think Guantánamo Bay is a prison camp in Cuba for Al Qaeda terrorists. A lot of the world thinks it’s a place we send visitors who don’t give the right answers at immigration. I will not vote for any candidate who is not committed to dismantling Guantánamo Bay and replacing it with a free field hospital for poor Cubans. Guantánamo Bay is the anti-Statue of Liberty."

my friends just started this website about cocktails.

http://www.cocktailbuzz.com/

from Crooks and Liars "Saddam Wanted Out, Bush Lied About It"

. . .now we are finding out that the entire war could have been averted for letting him get away with $1 billion. That’s just than one tenth of 1% of what this insane invasion and occupation of Iraq, that continues claim the lives of our country’s bravest men and women, has now been forcast to cost. Think about that just for a second. Every single death, Iraqi and American coalition alike, could have been saved and Bush could have had Saddam’s oil, but apparently he didn’t even seriously consider it. Topping that, he then lied in public to the entire world about it just so he could have his war regardless. How’s that for compassionate conservatism? h/t Joshua

sunday

If you are free sunday, free wine, theatre and food.

http://www.mcctheater.com/Literary%20Folder/Readings.htm

and

http://aszym.blogspot.com/2007/09/from-mcc-this-sunday.html

bait and switch or why talk about the issues?

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/9/26/225845/285

Hear Bill Clinton talk about the Senate vote on whether or not to
condemn the Move On Ad, General Betray Us.

h/t Joshua

http://writerjoshuajames.com/dailydojo/

because you need to know

Bog Face Post of note

from apple: "Then there was his trashing of Lucy Thurber's Scarcity, which seemed to suggest that brutality in the "underbrush of American culture" makes for compelling drama coming from Sam Shepard, Tracy Letts, or Martin McDonagh but just spells "Ick" when written by a woman. I haven't yet seen Scarcity (though someone very dear to me, a man, came home raving about brilliant it was) so maybe he's right, maybe it's unconvincing, but the tone of the review, holy crap, it's just dripping with condescension."