Archive for April, 2004
Monday, April 26th, 2004
Houston Cooperative Auditions for 2004-2005 Season
Each year, a whole mess of theater companies in town get together and hold joint auditions for the upcoming year. Each year, I forget about it until it is too late. But not this year. June 12 & 13 at Stages, by appointment only, register by June 4.
Here is the full info, and [...]
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2004
Will work for calling card
My friend Maìre O’Brien was in town for an audition with HGO this week. I picked her up at Hobby Monday as was taking her to Goode Company Barbeque (motto: “You should give considerable thought to thanking your lucky stars you’re in Texas.” Agreed.). As we pulled up to the stoplight of MacGregor [...]
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Monday, April 19th, 2004
Quotes reorg
Unable to go back to sleep at 5:30 thanks to the < sarcasm > lovely< /sarcasm > chattering of the birds outside my window, I reorganized my quotes page…it was that or finish cleaning up the guest room, so which would win out was a forgone conclusion. Besides, Maìre doesn’t get here for another [...]
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Monday, April 12th, 2004
Dan Benavides, RIP
One of my friends from the LBJ School, Dan Benavides, took his life last week. Dan was an incredibly kind and thoughtful man. We had a lot of fun in Austin playing racquetball and poker and joking in the Hobby/Keel PRP. Dan was an Assistant DA in Dallas, and was making a [...]
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Friday, April 9th, 2004
Good Friday
Today is the day that I and other Christians observe the death of Jesus. We remember the ultimate sacrifice that He made on behalf of every single person on this planet. I am reminded of my own selfishness and egotism and am greatly ashamed.
There are those that I have wronged, and for that [...]
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Monday, April 5th, 2004
Happy Pesach!
For my Jewish friends, I give you the one Passover joke I know:
Each year on her birthday, the Queen of England announces the Honours List, those people whose contributions in various fields are worthy of recognition and are given honorary knighthoods and such. One year a Jewish doctor was named to the List. [...]
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Friday, April 2nd, 2004
Stink Pink
A gag on 1 April that is very effective and snookers many of one’s friends into thinking one is moving; else, the same gag, not so warmly received.
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Thursday, April 1st, 2004
A new beginning
edited 4/7/04: WARNING! The following was an APRIL FOOLS’ DAY JOKE! I am not moving.
Most of you know that I have been wanting to turn singing from an avocation into a vocation for some time. A few of you know that I had been looking at possibly relocating to further that goal. [...]