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Thu, 17:26: At the Skyline Dog Fanciers show in Pleasanton. Our turn is about 30 minutes away. http://plixi.com/p/52200852
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Thu, 20:35: If You Want Prop 8 Overturned, Register to Vote by Monday (October 18) and then Vote! http://j.mp/aZvtKH
If You Want Prop 8 Overturned, Register to Vote by Monday (October 18) and then Vote!
I was blindsided by the obvious in a news report this morning. The result of the November election will likely determine the fate of marriage equality in California. The Federal suit to overturn Proposition 8 involved the Governor and Attorney General as the public officials who have to defend constitutionality of Prop 8. The Federal court ruled that the proposition was unconstitutional. The incumbent Governor (Schwarzenegger) and Attorney General (Jerry Brown) both told the court that they agree that Prop 8 is wrong and that they do not want to appeal. The Prop 8 forces are scrambling to find a [...]
Flowers for Array
Thank you for the messages of support and love. We will miss Array forever, and the memories we have of her are fantastic. She was born on our kitchen floor, and died in the sun in her backyard. We were so glad to be able to hold her one last time, sit with her, and tell her what a good dog she was. We traveled back to Ashland today, and were touched by the bouquet of flowers in our room from the innkeepers and from our San Francisco vet.
Ozdachs Elphaba of Oz ML
"Array" August 11, 1995 - August 21, 2010 Died in the sun in the backyard with Geoff and Galen stroking her. Thanks to Tony for caring for her these last days and to Dr. Chase for helping her into and out of the world.
Vonda Shepard
San Francisco, CA at the Rrazz RoomVonda Shepard It's the voice. Powerful, melodic, energetic, expressive, varied, beautiful. Did I mention powerful? Vonda and two perfect accompanists wowed a packed Rrazz Room last night in the final of her two appearances in the 175-seat house. There is just something about how she sounds that works whether it is a nostalgic riff from her days on Ally McBeal, a sizzling cover of an Aretha Franklin lightening bolt, or an original musical poem from her most recent album from the Sun. Of course it is all about the music, but the evening was helped [...]
Showing Up at the Top of Google Results
Just posted on my business blog tips to show up high in Google results. If you have a web site and you want more traffic, these steps will help.
Sam Harris
San Francisco, CA at the Rrazz RoomSam Harris There was nothing about hearing Sam Harris sing at the Rrazz Room that called out to me. He's the big winner of Star Search from 1984 -- a fact I neither knew or cared about. He's known for having a big Broadway voice which doesn't do much for me, and, as a rule, I prefer women singers. I didn't have low expectations about the show. Rather I expectations that there'd be a wonderful show in a style I didn't care for. Variety/Broadway singing generally makes me yawn and check my watch. But, wow! Harris [...]
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Ashland, Oregon at the Oregon Shakespeare FestivalCat on a Hot Tin Roof written by Tennessee Williams Oregon Shakespeare Festival at its best strips Classic Plays of their Greatness, and allows the actors on stage to tell a simple story unburdened by the responsibility to live up to the Reputation of the Work of Art. Their 2010 production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof — which closes too early on July 4 — is an example of OSF at the top of its craft. Director Christopher Moore has blended the original 1955 script with some of the 1974 revisions penned by [...]
Ruined
Ashland, Oregon at the Oregon Shakespeare FestivalRuined written by Lynn Nottage This horror story opens with the audience being dropped into the middle of the ongoing uncivil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mama Nadi (Kimberly Scott) is the wheeling, dealing savior madame and bar owner who, in the opening scene, is convinced by a trader to take on two new girls. There are 10 girls who work for Mama (only three appear as characters). All have been victims of political gang rape by soldiers who know that their physical victims will then be cast out of their families [...]