I don't know what it is, but there is something about me that makes me the Carl Sagan of everyday life - I somehow appear to the average person to be an expert on everything. Getting stopped by tourists in DC and asked for directions is par for the course; however, in the past few, I've been asked how the Metro works by one group of tourists ( ( Read more... )

( whine of the sort that I usually hate reading )

( notable? )

There's rain coming down right now, however, my weather widget and most jurisdictions in my vicinity are insisting that death and destruction will come from the skies at any minute. I'll keep an eye out for that ( Read more... )

I take memes occasionally, and every once in a while I get answers which I do not understand. This is one of those. I would have pegged me for a Fool - not just in denotation, as everyone else does, but in connotation as well. (Indeed, I've identified strongly with the Hanged Man at other times.) I'm not sure this describes me at all. I'm not ( Read more... )

It's occured to me, after reading a good post by sharrainchains (she only does good posts) that I may have uncovered a very large snag in my self-perception. I've said before that I'm someone for whom identity is very important. I'm a Marylander, I'm a guy, I'm a Christian, I'm a Green, I'm this, I'm that. I even have my own flag. It is very important that I ( Read more... )

Matinee went well today, I thought, despite (once again) the meager crowd. I really felt like I was "on" - getting my bits in, playing well. First time that I came off-stage with some small self-assurance that I'd done a good job, rather than a question mark about it ( Read more... )

I don't usually think of myself as an extrovert, considering that I do need my private time as much as anyone, I would guess. But when I consider my current goals (I'll provide a link to 43 Things, if anyone is really interested), I realize now how many of them involve other people. My main preoccupation of late has been the play, and I suppose ( Read more... )

I'm not sure what it is about an island that I find so intriguing, but I always have. I suppose it's a confluence of things. I like to take things apart and find out what makes them tick, and that includes societies as well - probably why I dig the concept of public administration. The geography of an island provides a neat way to examine a ( Read more... )