Or maybe the next to last notes, while I’m still working on this list: I can not remember what I had in mind with “scared straight school of acting.” “Scared Straight” was the program where they’d bring at-risk youth face-to-face with convicts who would attempt to frighten them into a life outside of crime. WouldContinue reading “Hold the Last Note”
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Down On Your Knees…
The title of this post is a line from a Christmas carol. It’s also a suggestive line from Madonna’s “Like A Prayer.” But, foremost in my mind, it’s an imperative from Catholic grade school—and it found its way into the repertoire for nun methods of torture. Incidentally, one of our nuns in grade school usedContinue reading “Down On Your Knees…”
More After Than During
For years I’ve taken quick notes on a variety of things. Some are story ideas, some pieces of dialogue, some jokes, and some brief reminders of longer things I’ve conceived. On that set of notes I found recently, we see: I’ve been using these notes as fodder for recent blog posts, and I see thatContinue reading “More After Than During”
Dance With Me
My massage therapist ended our session by saying, “I really think I danced with your body today.” I reacted with a smile but I have been thinking about it ever since. I know that this was meant on a therapeutic level, but it really is one of the sexiest things anyone has ever said toContinue reading “Dance With Me”
Long, Beautiful…Where?
In the notes I found recently, one of the lines says, “History of My Hair.” Since the hair on top of my head is mostly gone, perhaps “Eulogy of My Hair” might be more accurate. When I was a kid, my hair rarely got very long, and my mother favored a crew cut. Looking inContinue reading “Long, Beautiful…Where?”
The Premiere Premiere
When getting a new theatre group started, the first thing you really have to worry about is, well, I guess, money. The second is having people audition for your performances. I decided to hedge my bets by starting with a one-person show, and casting a former student of mine in the role. Luckily he’s youngContinue reading “The Premiere Premiere”
Canned Scam
Frequent readers of my blog will have seen my encounters with the scammers who begin with the “wrong number” ploy on text messages. They then try to continue the conversation. The most fun happens when I improv with them, either pretending to be the person they say they’re texting, or going off on some otherContinue reading “Canned Scam”
Smile? Not For You…
Most people don’t like going to the dentist, mostly for good reasons. The chair is usually uncomfortable, it’s a bit awkward having someone stick their fingers in your mouth, the X-ray film holders make you gag, and often you get chided for not taking the proper care of your teeth. Not that they’re wrong, it’sContinue reading “Smile? Not For You…”
Weather It’s Cold or Weather It’s Hot…
What is your favorite type of weather? The actual phrase is, “Whether it’s cold or whether it’s hot, we’re going to have weather, whether or not.” As a result we may have frost on our rubber baby buggy bumpers. (Repeat 5 times.) I hate cold. When I get really cold I start shivering uncontrollably. IContinue reading “Weather It’s Cold or Weather It’s Hot…”
A Fatwa on the Patois
I had a dream last night in which I was flipping through a number of documents. Each seemed to have at least one typo or misspelled word. One of these was “agressive” and I found this particularly annoying. While it didn’t occur in this dream, I’ve been seeing too many badly worded instructions from ChineseContinue reading “A Fatwa on the Patois”
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