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https://www.popsci.com/environment/monkeys-have-pets-evolution


Little buddy and I waited out the rain yesterday. He was too wet too take off so he rested on the porch while the two of us kept an eye out for predators.




A reminder for anyone going to Stokercon next year… you can have your photo taken with a giant Mr. Rogers. This one was taken ten years ago, but Fred Rogers still waits by the river.




Current reads from Grady Hendrix, Cixin Liu, Oscar Zarate & Richard Appignanesi, and Christopher McGlothlin. Perhaps not current releases but the TBR pile is all about playing catch-up and increasing my anxiety. Believe me, contemplating existentialism for a while, you can face all the other horrors.

Honestly, it’s a treat when the postal kiosk is down and I buy stamps at the counter because they have all the pictures. I went with the generationally obvious choice (which was not the other generationally obvious choice, William F. Buckley- just go watch Best of Enemies (2015) IYKYK). Also, watch 30 for 30: Be Water on ESPN for a great Bruce Lee doc

Mark Braam discovered this hiding in his home. I started this improv group, Is It In? with Leslee Warren, Scott Clevenger, Ruth Rosenbaum, Jerry Kernion and others. This was our debut, I believe. And we did comedy improv for 3 hours… for 50 cents a head and we packed this Irish pub. Before the last set, Mark even gave us a big introduction with that huge beautiful voice of his (which was one reason I cast him as Peter in JC Superstar). Our troupe name came from a dirty joke (did you think otherwise?) told by Ruth or Scott during a rehearsal break. I tried resurrecting the group in Boston, but different people made for different chemistry. We had a couple gigs (improv in theater in the round is tricky), but those college crowds and especially those first partners- great memories.
