On the red line on the MTBA earlier today, and overheard the following: person 1 “the green line is too flirty, and the orange line is too creepy”. Person 2 “no, it’s the opposite.” Apparently no opinions regarding the red line.
Today’s performance. Loved this when I saw it in NYC.
FYI, Academia.edu has changed its terms of service to give an irrevocable worldwide license for anything uploaded to its site to be used for generative AI. I do not consent to this and have pulled all my papers.
Just looked outside to see what the snowstorm looks like, and it looks terrible and terrifying out there! (And very glad that my institution is giving us a snow day, not a “work remote day”).
Tonight’s performance ( more Boston folks should frequent Lyric Stage, they do great work!)
Not sure why it took me this long to discover the podcast Valley Heat, but glad I’m onto it now.
I only watch the Olympics for the sport of curling. I don’t know why I love watching it, and I only watch it when the Winter Olympics exist, but when those stones go cruising down the ice, I’m glued to the screen.
Watching the 1981 adaptation of The Seven Dials after having watched the recent adaptation. The differences/parallels are fascinating.
Jeez, I neglect to lurk on this app for *one* day and miss seeing my favorite internet duck’s bus story unfold in real time.
Snowing in Maine and we have that hushed quiet outside.
The young actors were fabulous; I’m not sure about some of the choices made w plot and story structure (but that may be issue of original source material, wh I have no familiarity with).
Tonight’s performance: Wonder at ART, Cambridge.
Been at the NECHE annual meeting this week; pretty much everyone was at various levels of burn-out. And yet, as is tradition, the member’s meeting concluded w a bespoke, sung, year-end wrap up. And that was oddly comforting.
Tonight’s performance:
Flying out of Denver this am. They’ve got those fancier luggage scanners where laptops stay in the carry on bag; hard to break years of practiced laptop removal.
On the Green line, and there’s a very tall dude dressed as Jesus (w crown of thorns), another person dressed as a mushroom, and another person in a fuzzy blue onesie w a wizard hat. Halloween party weekend-lag.
Tonight’s performance:
Voted via absentee ballot on 2 state-wide citizens’ initiatives and a number of local town offices (water board, etc). Ironically, one of the initiatives proposes putting more limits on absentee (and early) voting.
No kings signage in the balcony “ prevent truth decay”.
Today’s performance
Tonight’s performance. So very curious about this one.
Been listening to old radio shows via RadioGarden app. Discovered that The Third Man had a post film radio prequel series, The Lives of Harry Lime. Starred Orson Welles and a *lot* of zither music; however much zither you are imagining, it’s too little.
Intermission at the Ogunquit Playhouse.
At the kick off event for this early literacy program (developed by Curry College) at our local Boys and Girls Club.
Academia.edu is changing its Terms and Conditions, and they're so outrageous (AI training; signing over ownership to them etc) I closed my account today.
A thread with some practical tips if you want to delete your account (5 steps):
Show #2 at the Huntington.
It’s a 2-show day in Boston. First up, at the Lyric (a venue that I love):
coming to this late, but Mission Rejected (fiction podcast riff on Mission Impossible that quickly finds its own rhythm) is gently silly and well-produced.
Proud that Curry is hosting this event, excited that we’re one of the grantees.
At BMV to get my RealID; I have a passport but using it for internal flights is a pain. The waiting area is packed. But people are patient and polite to the folks at the window, and helping new people as they come in (“don’t forget to check in”, etc). Basic kindness, humor, and patience. It exists.
