Monthly Archives: June 2009

Cultural touchstones I have never seen

Posted on Monday, 29 June 2009 by David Gorsline

And probably never will: E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Forrest Gump (1994) Alien (1979) Titanic (1997) When Harry Met Sally… (1989)

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Seneca Creek Greenway Trail, northern section

Posted on Sunday, 28 June 2009 by David Gorsline

Today’s hike was a leisurely 8 miles (though we had expected 6) up the Seneca Creek Greenway Trail, organized by ANS and led by Bob Pickett. We began where Seneca Creek crosses Brink Road and worked our way upstream, then … Continue reading →

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On the Green Line

Posted on Saturday, 27 June 2009 by David Gorsline

Artomatic 2009 once again takes place in an unbuilt-out office building, this time a new structure atop the enlarged Navy Yard Metro station. There’s a certain regularity to the eight-floor exhibition space, and we miss the rough-and-tumble of some of … Continue reading →

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No mistake

Posted on Sunday, 21 June 2009 by David Gorsline

Forty years after an attention-grabbing fire, Christopher Maag gives a progress report on the cleanup of the Cuyahoga River. We’re getting there, after $3.5 billion spent to reduce pollution, $5 billion on upgrades to the wastewater system, along with dam … Continue reading →

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The recorders

Posted on Saturday, 20 June 2009 by David Gorsline

HAMLET. Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of me! You would play upon me, you would seem to know my stops, you would pluck out the heart of my mystery, you would sound me from my … Continue reading →

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At the park: 31

Posted on Wednesday, 17 June 2009 by David Gorsline

Last weekend, I did a spot check of the last two nest boxes, and was gratified that both were successful. Box #2 (at left) hatched out eight Hooded Merganser eggs, and box #68 (at right) hatched eight Wood Duck eggs, … Continue reading →

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Some links: 38

Posted on Tuesday, 16 June 2009 by David Gorsline

Siteworx is co-sponsoring one of the D.C. events in support of the U.N. children’s health initiative against malaria, Nothing But Nets.

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All My Sons: a coda

Posted on Tuesday, 16 June 2009 by David Gorsline

From the TMN archives: Kevin Guilfoyle’s “Surrey with the Syringe on Top,” concerning the scandal in the swirl of disclosures that Great American playwrights had been doping: [Arthur] Miller is quick to point out that it wasn’t always this way, … Continue reading →

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All My Sons: a mystery

Posted on Monday, 15 June 2009 by David Gorsline

My third-act scene regularly generated chuckles, and I’m not sure why. I did take the scene rather briskly, and since it comes on the heels of the wrenching fight scene between Chris and Joe, perhaps some of the audience were … Continue reading →

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Fever/Dream

Posted on Saturday, 13 June 2009 by David Gorsline

Fever/Dream is a manic comedy of ups and downs on the corporate ladder. In a way, the fortunes of its protagonist Segis (Daniel Eichner) reflect the wild swings of stock market prices and corporate health, as we say, In This … Continue reading →

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Treasure

Posted on Tuesday, 9 June 2009 by David Gorsline

Thomas Kinkade does a Tsukahara over the carcharhinid.

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Rock ‘n’ Roll

Posted on Saturday, 6 June 2009 by David Gorsline

Headbanging intellectuals! Joy Zinoman and her team bring to life Stoppard’s retrospective look at the last decades of Communism in Czechoslovakia, filtered through a haze of pot smoke and scored by the popular music of the time. Her coup is … Continue reading →

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All My Sons: a gloss

Posted on Thursday, 4 June 2009 by David Gorsline

MOTHER [KATE]. And now you’re going to listen to me, George. You had big principles, Eagle Scouts the three of you; so now I got a tree, and this one (Indicating CHRIS) when the weather gets bad he can’t stand … Continue reading →

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Pretty cool

Posted on Tuesday, 2 June 2009 by David Gorsline

Lawrence M. Hanks et al. have captured on video a Common Raven (Corvus corax) in Death Valley NP that has learned how to turn on a campground water spigot to get a drink.

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