Among the many, many complaints about the city of Chicago's move to newfangled parking pay boxes instead of meters was the realization that we were about to leave behind the little victory of finding a parking space with time remaining. Sure, this realization was relatively minor compared to the larger issues of the fee hike, the thus-far poor ( Read more... )

It's not that I would have made a good soldier. I wouldn't, not really, not in any military worth the billions of dollars poured into it. I too fiercely value my individuality to indoctrinate into the conformity necessary for the armed forces to function. I know that soldiers do eventually get some of themselves back after they've been through the ( Read more... )

Chloe and Andre, a pair of impossibly beautiful and talented people who also happen to be crazy in love with one another, decided to get married last night before the eyes of their family and friends at the Garfield Park Conservatory, with musical interludes and a post-pronouncement serenade from circus gypsy punk rock marching band sensation Mucca ( Read more... )

I realized that the top entry on this journal was still the text of the rejection letter and I haven't truly been feeling that sting for a few days. Since that afternoon I attended a rehearsal of my wife's upcoming show AWOL, conceived and performed by the Eleffant Foot troupe, and had J.J. Abrams throw my psyche into tailspin not just once (Star ( Read more... )

Speaking of evolution, a round of applause for the State Supreme Court of Iowa, which decreed today that their gay marriage ban was unconstitutionalSpecifically and unemotionally: The state of Iowa decreed that it was against all American principles to deny a segment of its population the legal rights it affords to all other Iowa citizens. The ( Read more... )

It's World Theatre Day, folks! Help support live performance by attending one, participating in one, by reminding your friends and family the importance of the art, even in a time of instant television and film ( Read more... )

Tuesday night's TML rehearsal was unusually short, as we'd rolled a two for the past weekend and therefore only needed to rehearse that many new plays. With the night still young, for once, John, Tim, Caitlin, Megan, and I drove downtown to the Signature Lounge, located on the top floor of the John Hancock Building, and then wandered down the ( Read more... )

I try not to update this journal unless I really, really have something I need to say ( Read more... )

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