I’m only a third of the way through the performances for Burn and already I’ve got to think about the next thing. There’s an audition this week for The Game’s Afoot by Ken Ludwig. The Peninsula Players are putting it on. It’s a fun play. Comic. The show goes up in November. But they are…
Today, I mark 365 days of doing Duolingo. Parlez vous francais? Voce fala portugeus? A year ago, I started some Duolingo lessons to pick up some phrases in Portuguese. We were going to Portugal in October, and I thought it would help. I was consistent. Practicing daily. I opted for the paid version, so I…
I get Arnold Schwarzenegger’s daily newsletter. It’s full of tidbits of information about health and exercise. Five days a week. One of today’s nuggets was about dieting. But instead of restricting your food, you add to it. What? Instead of focusing what to remove, the suggestion is to keep a scorecard and focus on what…
I’m still having trouble getting going on my playwriting. It’s weird. First, I was trying to write 5 lines of dialogue a day. Didn’t happen. Then it was 5 sentences a day. Similar but less. Still didn’t happen. Now, I’m hoping to write one sentence a day. I’ve been able to meet that target two…
I’ve written over 130 blog posts this year. And the year isn’t half over yet. Last year, I wrote 15 posts. I’m still writing. But it’s not getting any easier. That’s not exactly true. The posts are difficult to write in the evening. Which is when I usually write them. If I get them written…
Steve Albini died at the beginning of the month. I didn’t know him and wasn’t aware of his work. But Austin Kleon (Steal Like An Artist) posted about him in his weekly newsletter. And I went down a little rabbit hole finding out about Albini. One thing that struck me was a quote from an…
It’s been a while since I posted anything regarding my year of the woo woo. So, I thought I’d share a recent one. I haven’t been able to go to my choir rehearsals since rehearsals for Burn started. The plan was that I would continue to work on the songs and try to get them…
I recall reading somewhere that people prefer easy things over simple things. Makes sense. The problem is that easy things, tend to be complicated in execution. Simple things are frequently hard or difficult to execute. Take weight loss. The easy way is to try the new diet. Or a weight loss pill. Or a specialized…
Our show Burn opens in a week and a half. Ten days. Five more rehearsals. There are still a couple of bumps, but the production is in good shape. I’m not being overconfident. But I’m feeling some confidence because we’ve put in the work. All of us have put in the work. And we’ll continue…
Tonight’s a big night for Deb. It’s the WODL Gala. Western Ontario Drama League. It’s award night for the best community theatre productions in western Ontario. Certain shows during the Community Theatre season are put in “festival”. So, they get adjudicated. The show that Deb directed, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, is up for ten…
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