Stormy
Yep, I’m all excited about the new phone. I must admit it’s a little frustrating — even for a self-proclaimed geek like myself who likes to think there isn’t a single piece of software tough enough to stump me — to struggle with a device like this. No matter, though. I spent some time on [...]
365
Well, not actually *my* birthday. RtB is one years old. On 22 February 2008, I started what has become a true labor of love. That phrase is overused, I know, but it’s totally fitting. I’ve told friends that writing the blog post every day is like taking a shower or making the coffee or brushing [...]
This cannot be happening.
Do you know how rarely I get sick? Like, almost never. And yet, here I am, ate up with the nasty sore throat, cough, and accompanying snarkiness. Fortunately, it’s not the stomach kind…like I got hold of some bad cheese or something. I blame this mostly on middle school students. I don’t know why, but [...]
The (Really) Lonely Repairman
L-R: Jesse White, Gordon Jump, Hardy Rawls Hey, remember the old Maytag repairman commercials? I do. They depicted Maytag appliances as being so incredibly sturdy and dependable, repairmen had nothing to do. Hence the advertising slogan/moniker, “The Loneliest Guy in Town.” Three different actors played the bored-to-death fix-it men. Nowadays, there’s a new one altogether. [...]
Mono-nuke-your-showsis
Stress, anyone? Seems the theater gods are having a bit of fun at the Fink’s expense. We open five weeks from tomorrow, right? OK. We’re two weeks behind schedule because of my irritating, infuriating illness the week after the Super Bowl, and also because of several snow days in a row. That’s all right, I [...]