Author: todd

It’s Sunday! And I’m catching up on stuff from the week, and getting over all the partying we did Friday and Saturday night. Please allow me to tell you some about it! Friday night, Beth and I attended the GRU Prom 2005. GRU is Grass Roots Ultimate, which is the organization that puts on the… Continue reading Our Prom Photos

The New York Times > Washington > How to Unite Congress: Spend Billions on Projects for Roads: “‘It’s estimated for every $1 billion we spend on road construction, nearly 48,000 jobs are created,’ said Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, Republican of Illinois.” – Am I the only person in this country who realizes that this type… Continue reading The New York Times > Washington > How to Unite Congress: Spend Billions on Projects for Roads

TV TURNOFF 2005 – Adbusters -TV-B-Gone sounds like a fun gadget to carry around in ones purse.

Those are the last words of a character named Lady, arguably the protagonist in Tennessee Williams’ “Orpheus Descending.” The play wrapped up Saturday night, and I was happy to be done with it. We struck the set (which is theater lingo for taking all the props down and putting everything back the way we found… Continue reading The show is over, the monkey is dead

I just sent this note to the University of Colorado Federal Credit Union: Hi, I tried the drive-up ATM at the Lafayette branch last week. The user experience was so incredibly bad as to be laughable. If I didn’t have the patience of a saint, I probably would’ve just given up on the damn thing!… Continue reading ATM user experience from hell

The Daily Camera: Theater/dance – Here’s a review of “Orpheus Descending”, the play I’m working on at the moment. I did sound and light design and operation. In case you don’t know what that means, “sound design” means choosing and putting together all the music and sound effects for the production and “light design” means… Continue reading The Daily Camera: Theater/dance

Longmire does Romance Novels – If you like romance novels as much as I do – and I know you do! – you’ll love this website, which features several hilarious parody book covers.

Radio Paradise – eclectic online rock radio – I discovered this internet radio station by accident a couple weeks ago, and have fallen in love with it. I have never heard a better radio station. They play a great mix of music, no commercials, and offer a high fidelity 128kbps MP3 stream. One reason it… Continue reading Radio Paradise – eclectic online rock radio

TikiMac — The Macintosh Outfitters – Now that is cool. A USB drive in the shape of a wooden tiki. I can’t tell from the description if it’s really made of wood or not.

The New York Times > International > Middle East > Shiites in Iraq Back Islamist to Be Premier: “Ibrahim al-Jaafari, a Shiite doctor with an Islamist bent, was chosen Tuesday by the victorious Shiite alliance as its candidate to become Iraq’s new prime minister.” – Now wouldn’t it be ironic if the result of all… Continue reading The New York Times > International > Middle East > Shiites in Iraq Back Islamist to Be Premier