Merch!

Mugs, Tshirts, and whatnots available through my shop on Zazzle.com. More to come!

In my play, Aliens! 3 Miles, Turn Left, The Man plans to open a roadside showplace, and–though his thought processes might be skewed–he does understand the importance of merchandising! “That’s where the real money is. ‘I Visited the Aliens’ T-shirts, caps, mugs, key-rings, bumper-stickers, everything. I start ordering all this stuff, thinking Pat won’t mind, since we’re going to be rich real soon.”

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Commence to Begin

I’m always amazed to see kindergarten, middle school, and all other kinds of milestone graduation ceremonies. This never occurred to us when we were kids. We moved straight from grade to high school. Our grade school was grades 1 to 8, and when grade 8 was finished, there was no ceremony. For us there were…

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To Paraphrase the Alien in Plan Nine from Outer Space:

“All you faculty are stupid!”  We often see a dichotomy between an upper and a lower class. And sometimes this division is false, but persists nonetheless. For example, on an academic campus, we may see a prejudice on the part of maintenance workers who look down on the faculty. I never did. My first real…

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Serious Comics

In grade school, we had access to a comic book publication that was handed out by the nuns. I’m sure it was to promote reading, and it certainly did that, but it impressed a couple of things on my long-term memory. These graphics still pop up, unbidden, or relatively unbidden, even today. One of them…

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Here Come the Japanese People! EEK!

My one grad school directing professor told me about this Butoh group called Sankai Juku. Butoh is a Japanese dance drama form often referred to as the “Dark Dance of the Soul.” I was highly anticipating their appearance in Berkeley until an accident resulting in the death of a company member cancelled their appearance.  They…

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