Time for Christmas Memories!

How about this for warm and fuzzy?

That's More Like It... Sort Of

Okay, so I tried this celebrity picture thing again. Most results were better...




Joshua Jackson.... not bad.

Where Have I Been?

I have spent my entire life in Chicagoland. I grew up in the suburbs, even attended college here. My only time away was the year I spent at grad school in Urbana.

So why is it, at the age of 42, that just today I heard of Garrett's Popcorn? I was told that it is a Chicago institution, that people line up out the door for this "incredible" popcorn.

Now, I'm not a huge popcorn or caramel corn fan. I can take it or leave it... except in a movie theatre, of course. Then I must have a large popcorn with tons of imitation butter-flavored topping and salt. So I guess I don't understand this phenomenon of Garrett's, and I'm not feeling like I've missed out for never having tried the stuff. But I'm more bothered by the fact that I've never even heard of it.

What other amazing offerings does Chicago have that I don't know about?

Yikes! Say it ain't so, y'all!

http://www.myheritage.com/collage

'Nuff said Monday

Raoul Bova.

Sixteen months later, I'm back

So, my dear friend, the inimitable Stephen Rader, encouraged me to get blogging. So I'm back. Unfortunately, I don't have a lot to say right now...

Except that I'm a tad exhausted after completing the run of Showtune: Celebrating the Words & Music of Jerry Herman for the Village Theatre Guild of Glen Ellyn. It was a great production with a delightful cast. Fun and hilarity all around.

I may have to have my gall bladder out. I'm going for a HIDA scan on the 26th. Hopefully they will find the cause of my abdominal / back pain and take that thing outta there!

My trip to NYC is all set, and I am scared to death it will be a bust. The stage hands strike threatens a lot of the shows I want to see (and one I have a ticket for, August: Osage County). Thankfully, Young Frankenstein (another ticket I pre-purchased) is not affected... except it got panned by Chris Jones in the Chicago Tribune, so... I guess I'm going to be looking for a nice bar to hang out in. Hell, I may pick up some hot NY fella and spend most of my time in my room.

Not sure about these...

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60% Austin
55% Atlanta
55% Las Vegas
55% Seattle
55% Washington, DC
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This would be me

Into the future

Okay, so I don't have TiVo or any kind of DVR. I still use a VCR to record any shows I miss. I own a cell phone that should be replaced; it doesn't even have a color display. I do not own an iPod, although I often download music from iTunes.

But I can now proudly say that I have a blog. It's exciting, really, at the age of 40, to achieve this internet anonymity.

Oh, well. More later.

I have arrived!