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Author Archives: David Gorsline
Bright red
I’ve been intending to do a more thorough job of documenting the various bus stop signs around the area from the numerous jurisdictions and authorities. Perhaps the spark will come from today’s sighting of one of the snappy new signs … Continue reading
Good on ya: 7
My from time-to-time colleague Linda Ifert, technical director of the CenterStage theater in the Reston Community Center, is the cover story for the current issue of RA’s magazine.
Close enough
When reality gives way to art: somewhat fanciful behavior is pictured in a splendid poster (ca. 1926) by Oscar Rabe Hanson promoting commuter rail service in Chicago, part of a long article by J. J. Sedelmaier. The ducklings following the … Continue reading
No Tang for the 600,000
Martin Austermuhle pulls a screen capture from Stephen Colbert’s recent “analysis” of Newt Gingrich’s plans to enfranchise 13,000 Moon colonists, prospectively granting them statehood.
On deck: 9
Well, I knew that Kent Minichiello’s Conservation Philosophy class would have a lot of reading, but I’m not sure that I planned for quite this much. This is the reading list, including my two book report books, but missing Santos’ … Continue reading
Warning! Warning!
Dick Tufeld, voice of the Robot in TV’s Lost in Space (the only character who sounded remotely grounded in reality), has passed away. (News via Leta.)
Not in the percents
“But to-day, for instance, Mr. M’Choakumchild was explaining to us about Natural Prosperity.” “National, I think it must have been,” observed Louisa. “Yes, it was.—But isn’t it the same?” [Sissy] timidly asked. “You had better say, National, as he said … Continue reading
Upcoming: 30
Artomatic 2012 will take place in the Transwestern Presidential Tower on Clark Street in Arlington, as announced by the Crystal City BID. The unjuried, free show celebrating local artists of all kinds runs 18 May to 24 June.
Hasn’t happened yet
NAHUM: Euh—if I were bothered by vomit, I would not work in the theater. —Slings and Arrows, season 1, ep. 5
And yet more changes
The street name sign that I saw in Dupont Circle two summers ago doesn’t appear to match the new signs spotted by Mike DeBonis on Capitol Hill recently. I rather like these newest signs, judging, at least, from the posted … Continue reading
Flexible, neutral, but not slimming
Joshua Dachs offers a provocative look at a fixture of theater in the last half-century: the black box. This attempt at neutrality is contradictory. It’s hard to imagine anything less neutral than a completely black room. At best you may … Continue reading
Sorry, Doc
Coolest last names of the NHL (polysyllable conference): Abdelkader, Justin (Detroit) Calaiacovo, Carlo (St. Louis) Khabibulin, Nikolai (Edmonton) Latendresse, Guillaume (Minnesota) Ponikarovsky, Alexei (Carolina)
Leesylvania State Park
I was flipping through Barbara Noe’s guidebook of easy hikes around the D.C. metro and I realized that I had never visited Leesylvania State Park before. This compact park, a one-hour drive from home, lies on a nose of land … Continue reading
2012 MCTFA
Silver Spring Stage presented the first act of Brian Friel’s Lovers, subtitled Winners, as well as Audrey Cefaly’s original work Stuck at the 2012 Maryland one-act festival, under the auspices of MCTFA. The festival was held at the home of … Continue reading
Put down that pickle
Daniel Mosquin features one of my favorite creepy plants, the parasitic dodders. Newly described is Coastal Salt-marsh Dodder (Cuscuta pacifica), which is “especially” parasitic on the pickleweeds, Salicornia spp.
