Mm. Got back from an enjoyable trip up to the Albany area yesterday. I got to be reminded of how out of shape I was in a 5K run/walk event; knowing I was out of shape, my target time was 30 minutes (a blazing 10 minutes per mile or so). After doing the first mile in ~8:30 (not bad), I got a stitch in my side, and basically walked the last two ( Read more... )

Random "New York is cool" comment: while walking about the Lower East Side, I quite accidentally came across a production of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot. No, not in the Park, in the Parking Lot. Nothing like old newspapers as costumes. Tuned in just in time for the big finale to Romeo & Juliet ( Read more... )

I haven't posted in ages, so to get me going again, 4 random slices of life. In this edition, we have Shakespeare, cookies, soccer, and the Java Messaging Service for your enjoyment. This was mostly written last weekend, of course, but I ended up being lazy again, despite the point of the exercise being to break it.

Shakespearean Adventures ( Read more... )

Vicars make everything better. No, really.

It's slightly odd that I've been recently seeing plays a good bit outside of New York City, theatrical capital of the world, but so it goes. The British play See How They Run was playing here, and by the standard above, it magnificently succeeds. We have the local vicar, the American serviceman who ( Read more... )

Two thoughts today, one happy, one sad ( Read more... )

I just saw Oklahoma! at my (old) high school. It hasn't aged very well. I can't quite say that it's outright bad, but... it's a romantic comedy without much romance, nor comedy. Shakespeare at least would throw in mistaken identities, faerie curses, identical twins, women masquerading as men, etc. to spice things up. Music needed to be ( Read more... )