Way back in September and early October, photographer Craig VanDerSchaegen brought his camera into a couple of our Killer Joe rehearsals. He was shooting the rehearsals of several theatre companies for a photo essay that would appear on MinnesotaPlaylist.com. The essay went up yesterday, and it’s gorgeous. Check it out: http://minnesotaplaylist.com/magazine/2008-11-06-vanderschaegen.asp Also, you can visit Craig’s website [...]

Recently, here at my day job, my desk has been repeatedly visited by ladybugs. They always come one at a time — perhaps it’s the same bug — and I’ve just given up releasing them outdoors. I now let them (it?) hang out at my desk. As I type this, there’s a ladybug nestled against [...]

On the weekend before Halloween, we had another day of shooting for Harry Reeder’s Guy Meets Girl. This time, we convened at the Soap Factory, an art gallery near the University of Minnesota. They also happened to be hosting a “Haunted Basement” at the time, which meant that our shoot was permeated by loud, ominous [...]

Last night. I cooked dinner for my girlfriend and myself. She came home from a rehearsal, and we settled in to watch the election returns. We sipped a full-bodied, spicy tempranillo, Ate juicy, medium-rare steak, perfect roasted potatoes, steamed broccoli, insalata caprese, and Ben & Jerry’s Americone Dream, And we watched Obama win. Twitter, Facebook, [...]

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/11/04/us/politics/20081104_ELECTION_WORDTRAIN.html THE UNIVERSAL RESOURCE LOCATOR I have typed above* leads to an interesting little gadget on The New York Times website. The New York Times boldly ask(s)… What One Word Describes Your Current State of Mind? Enter the word that best describes your current mood. You can submit a response every hour. This page will update with [...]

This year was the first Halloween in years (possibly since I was a kid) in which I actively participated. Carin and I attended no less than four events as Marty McFly and the flux capacitor. (We were joined on one occasion by our friend David dressed as 1955. He just wrote the date in time-circuit [...]