Monthly Archives: April 2003

My folks are came to town to see La Traviata, and said it was wonderful, especially Renee Fleming. I guess I better go see it, which means Friday or Sunday, since those are the last shows. It also means that … Continue reading →

While driving in Alabama this weekend, I saw lots of billboards and heard many radio spots touting the 300th anniversary of the founding of Mobile by the French. I may be mistaken, but with the popular perception of France in … Continue reading →

I got a ticket for allegedly running a red light back in September (it was broken, but what can you do). I took defensive driving a while ago, but forgot to send off for my driving record. All the paperwork … Continue reading →

Monday 19 May 03 BA 2024 departs Houston Bush 4:05pm arrives London Gatwick 7:10am +1 day Thursday 22 May 03 BA 700 departs London Heathrow 10:50am arrives Vienna 2:10pm (to Budapest???) Monday 26 May 03 BA 697 departs Vienna 11:40am … Continue reading →

While driving to Austin this evening, just as I was about to cross the Brazos River, I notice some people standing on the railroad tracks. Just some punk kids, I though at first. But as I got closer, I realized … Continue reading →

Apparently, karaoke is very poular in Huntsville, Alabama; we saw three places just on the stretch of highway by the hotel: Bruce G’s, Mr. C’s, and one whose name I forgot, because it didn’t fit the pattern. Mr. C’s was … Continue reading →

One of the more morbid things my friends and I do from time to time is have a death pool, where you select a bunch of celebrities, and if one of yours dies first, you win. In the last pool … Continue reading →

Friday I flew to Alabama for the wedding of Susan Kenyon and Herman Porter. Got into Birminigham at 7, then rented a car and drove to Huntsville. Really pleasant drive in rolling hills, with the sunset lighting up the clouds … Continue reading →

My friend Kitty Karn and my new friend Julia Kay Laskowski have written an “opera farce” called Sold Separately that is playing at Ovations in the Village tonight at 8pm, and again May 16 & 17 at 8 & 10 … Continue reading →

Don’t know how I got on this one, but all of a sudden I had to know where the term ‘dibs’ came from (when a person has ‘dibs’ they have right of first refusal to the subject at hand, eg … Continue reading →