Last night, by the incredible kindness of a family friend from the land of Canadia, I went to a pretty awesome concert. See, on my Sundays, during my 12 hour shift, one of the ways I keep my sanity is by listening to NPR. A Prairie Home Companion, The Vinyl Cafe, Car Talk, Marketplace Money (yes, even that,) All Things Considered, This American ( Read more... )

Robert William McGeachey, 59 CAPE ELIZABETH -- Robert William McGeachey, 59, of Cape Elizabeth, died unexpectedly after a brief illness on Feb. 7, 2009, with his adoring family by his side. Born on June 15, in 1949 and raised in Portland, Bob was the son of Edward J. and Yvette (Bonneau) McGeachey. After graduating in 1968 from Portland High School ( Read more... )

Today was the first time I spent the whole day glued to CNN without being consumed by fear, sadness and anxiety. Awe, wonder, pride and hope feel much better ( Read more... )

Alright. It's a long one - but the news is big ( Read more... )

Oh my god! Nurse Chapel died on my birthday!

Christmas Eve was nice (as was Christmas, but let's stay on topic.) I worked the final performance of A Christmas Carol at noon on Wednesday. It was a fairly slow day, though we did sell a number of Ticket Samplers (they're like Gift Certificates) and we did get a number of people who called and discovered with great surprise that the Christmas ( Read more... )

Today, I was expecting a package. It was not there when I arrived at work. So I went to the bakery next door, because sometimes they accept packages for us. The guy who runs the place (George) said "Ahh... nope. Doesn't look like it. Hey, you work in the box office, right? Do you ever go on Craigslists ( Read more... )

So the thing with Bush and the thrown shoes? I don't know if this makes me a bad American or something, but when I first heard the story on NPR Sunday, my first reaction wasn't outrage and anger that someone should threaten the US president thusly nor was it amusement at the nature of the protest (NPR gave it immediate context, going right into a ( Read more... )

Mercury Theater on the LJ, returns for Act II of the "For Instance" production of:
Stupid Conversations Renee Has Had Recently at Work(curtain rises on a conversation between the PSC box office assistants RENEE and IRENE, already in progress ( Read more... )

Mercury Theater on the LJ, now returns you to a "For Instance" production of:
Stupid Conversations Renee Has Had Recently at Work

An Interlude(Presented in the style of Christopher Durang... or possibly Samuel Beckett - someone Absurd anyway ( Read more... )