I wondered if one might think of the Ancient Greek playwright, who had definite negative thoughts about the gods and certain ideas about how a society should be run, could be considered a democratic socialist. So I asked perplexity.ai to write an essay on the topic. Here it is. Though the term *democratic socialist* belongsContinue reading “Euripides as a Democratic Socialist”
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No More Wings
At dinner for Valentine’s Day, we sat at a table next to a screen broadcasting the Olympics. And for some reason I flashed back to my last experience at a Buffalo Wild Wings. The theatre people working on a show would go out after each performance: Primanti’s on Thursday, TGIFridays on Friday (of course!), BWWContinue reading “No More Wings”
It’s All Greek, German, and Japanese To Me
There have been multiple occasions when I’ve been in attendance at theatrical events in foreign languages and still managed to understand what was transpiring onstage. The first of these was Aristophanes’ The Frogs, presented in Greek by British students studying—yes, you guessed it—Greek. (I wrote about this in a recent blog post.) Fortunately for me,Continue reading “It’s All Greek, German, and Japanese To Me”
Let’s Art!
I saw this as the headline and beginning of a New York Times article and wanted to spread the word of this approach my endorsement.
List My Work History
Buckle up and get your reading glasses–this is a long one. Recently someone insinuated that, since I spent my life in academia, I didn’t know anything about working real jobs. (It was phrased in terms of never wearing steel-toed shoes.) So I thought I’d compile a list of all my work experiences in and outContinue reading “List My Work History”
What Confusion?
Frequent readers of this blog know of my verbal jousting with the wrong number scammers: they introduce themselves, apologize for getting me by accident, and then pursue a closer friendship on WhatsApp. I enjoy messing with them through improv and sometimes they can’t handle it. Oh, no, looks like I got the wrong number forContinue reading “What Confusion?”
A Positive Prescription
I heard an interview with the outgoing Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy during which he spoke about his parting prescription for Americans. When faced with a choice between “the status quo, marked by pain, disconnection, and division” and “a different path—one of joy, health, and fulfillment, where we turn toward each other instead of awayContinue reading “A Positive Prescription”
Wrong Number (2)
And this one went on too long. I thought at first that  it might be a real person pretending to be this persona but the answers do seem a bit reactive and formulaic. And at that point I just hit the block button to wait for the next one.
Wrong Number (1)
I’ve written a lot about the wrong number texts—someone sends a message to a friend but has entered the number incorrectly. Oh, no, sorry, but can we be friends? I used to have fun improvising with them, but lately they’ve been taking a darker turn. And so have I. This week I’ve gotten about 12Continue reading “Wrong Number (1)”
I Hereby Resolve…
A few years back I read an interesting article on New Year’s resolutions. The author suggested that, instead of resolving to do more in the coming year, one should do less. It’s like the scene in the movie Birdcage when they are turning the apartment into a straight-looking residence, and Val says, “Don’t add; subtract.”Continue reading “I Hereby Resolve…”
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