As December begins, community choirs all over the country, maybe the world even, put the finishing touches on their upcoming performances of Handel’s famous oratorio, Messiah, composed in 1741. Unless you live under a rock you are familiar with this masterpiece, in particular the Hallelujah chorus, which has been in…
Twelve people, 3+ families in the old sense. Me, my wife, my daughter, her partner, a member of my daughter’s intentional family, another mother and daughter, the daughter having adopted my wife as her aunt some years ago, my sister-in-law, a father and his two sons bound to us by…
As usual, no one wanted to take notes. To do so means you have a responsibility to write and publish the minutes, and who wants to take on that kind of responsibility?
“Not I,” said the duck.
“Not I,” said the cat.
“Not I,” said the hamster.
I learned everything I know about theology and morality from Our Gang. For example, I learned that black kids are cool and fun to play with, so the fact that I didn’t know any meant that I was missing something, and that creating theater is fun, and that dumping Tabasco…
At rehearsal, the evening prior to the funeral, we realize our usual rendition of I’ll Fly Away, which Anne requested for the recessional, will never do. We need something solemn. …
We use the word business very loosely.
Big news! This morning we found out that Holly J See is really Halle Berry incognito! Who knew? Goes to show you anything can happen on the Good Ship MuddyUm. Which means that you won’t want to miss the MuddyUm Zoomathon. …
Following a nice boring plane ride we landed at Albuquerque airport. May all your plane rides be boring. If your plane ride suddenly becomes exciting, that could be cause for concern.
Excuse me, that’s Albuquerque Sunport. That’s what it’s called. Other cities such as Providence have airports. Albuquerque has a…
Doggerel passed to us through the universal children’s internet of disgusting songs had to pass the sniff test. Was it nauseating and horrifying? OK then! As perfect little Vogon children, we also created our own twisted little ditties.
For those of robust constitution, allow me to share a few of…
Paper may be folded seven times. Seven times only. Did you know that? Seven is a magic number, that is, it was. The ancients saw seven planets — wanderers — in the sky. These were the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. They knew nothing of Uranus…
Dear Almost Everybody,
It’s COVID, or COVID-19 if you prefer. All caps. Not Covid or Covid-19 or covid or covid-19, although the latter two make more sense in that you don’t capitalize “measles” or “influenza.”
COVID is an abbreviation. OK, acronym if you prefer. More like anacronym. Whatever you want…
