Month: August 2007
Holey Moley! The front page of today’s Wall Street Journal does the Imagine Piano Peace Project
The piano on which John Lennon composed “Imagine,” his famous ode to peace and healing, is on a yearlong magical mystery tour of the U.S. with a macabre twist. The nutmeg-colored Steinway upright, believed to have been in Mr. Lennon’s country home in Ascot, England, is crisscrossing the country to show up at some of …
debunked : a Hate Crimes Prevention Act urban legend
The American Family Association’s claims about the Matthew Shepard hate crimes bill were so outlandish that they’ve been debunked on the urban-myth-busting website Snopes. Claim: A bill before Congress would make it a “hate crime” for pastors and churches to speak against homosexuality. Status: False. See: Hate Crimes Prevention Act @ Snopes Urban Legends.
Glorious! Schalchlin & Brochu do San Francisco
A Fantastic First Preview. By the end of the show, they were on their feet immediately. The most enthusiastic ovation imaginable. And afterwards, in the lobby, we hugged everyone, of course. Our favorite thing. It was fantastic. And so many of them commented on how glad they were that that show was not amplified. Hey! …
Some things that you may or may not have known about me
A friend sent me this and I filled it out and sent it back to him, but rather than forward it to people I thought I would post it here for your amusement. Here goes …A) Four jobs I have had in my life: a licensed vocational nurse a church secretary a Baskin Robbins ice …