In lieu of an actual post, I'm sharing a wonderful little interview with Hamilton performer Daveed Diggs, who was nominated for a Tony last week:

“Our White House trip-every part of that from the bus ride down, which was kind of the best party I’ve been to, to actually going there and being welcomed into that home by [the President and First Lady ( Read more... )

The truth is I'm still pretty sad about Prince's death. It may be something I'm going to be sad about for a while ( Read more... )

I had a headache today, our new intern started, our wifi connection is mysteriously slow, and the internet gave me the news that another incredible artist and human being has died.

I'm just gonna share Lin-Manuel Miranda's tweet from this morning, because these are good words to remember:

Good morning. Listen. It's going to be that kind of week ( Read more... )

I'm up late tonight listening to David Bowie's music and adjusting to the idea that he and I are no longer alive at the same time. ( ... )

I’m staying with Kathy, at her place in Winnipeg. Tomorrow, we head east to Kenora, in order to lead a small group of interested folks on a delegation. That’s part of our work, leading delegations to folks who want to know more ( Read more... )

A better day (though yesterday was good, unexpectedly weird social exchanges notwithstanding). I had a great long talk with a friend on Skype, I bought a birthday present for another friend (and successfully figured out how to deliver that present despite the many miles between us). I went on a walk with Chris to the hipster village for wine and ( Read more... )

This is less than 14 minutes long. It's okay if you've never heard of this person (though she's amazing!), it's okay if her music isn't really your thing (a recent example), or if her Sharpie'd on eyebrows weirds you out.

Because what she says here is really, really cool:

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:)