http://www.ahoneyofananklet.com theater, conservation, the utterly mundane, and Etruscan 8-tracks Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:47:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rabbit Hole explores the grieving of a Westchester family stricken by the senseless, random death of their four-year-old boy Danny. Alas, the exploration—at least in this production—doesn't dig very deep. While Danny's father Howie (sturdy Paul Morella) turns to external ways to deal with his pain—group therapy, and (it is ... http://www.ahoneyofananklet.com/2008/08/26/rabbit-hole/ Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic has rolled out its AudioAccessSM program, which enables our borrowers to download recordings to a portable media player. The only catch is that the material is rights-managed, and hence Windows Media Player is required for playback. But it's great that we're offering ... http://www.ahoneyofananklet.com/2008/08/25/more-choices/ I am not this guy, either: David Gorsline, member of Facebook Poland http://www.ahoneyofananklet.com/2008/08/25/false-cognates-2/ Amy Harmon profiles David Campbell, a contributor to new Florida state science education standards. "Faith is not based on science," Mr. Campbell said [to his class of 10th-grade biology students]. "And science is not based on faith. I don't expect you to 'believe' the scientific explanation of evolution that we're going ... http://www.ahoneyofananklet.com/2008/08/24/forthright/ Amy Gardner reports: ...the Federal Transit Administration authorized project managers to begin major construction on the Orange Line extension [of Metro].... The FTA letter does not guarantee full funding of the project.... But state and project officials interpreted the letter as an encouraging development, a further signal that the project's ... http://www.ahoneyofananklet.com/2008/08/22/a-hopeful-sign/ Christoph Niemann tiles the bathrooms of his renovated home with renderings of 20th-century icons of art and graphic design. "I wanted a Titian and all I got was a lump of lard," Lisa gasped. http://www.ahoneyofananklet.com/2008/08/22/big-pixels/ Via kottke.org, Merlin Mann explains why my blogging will always be mediocre: 2. Good blogs reflect focused obsessions. People start real blogs because they think about something a lot. Maybe even five things. But, their brain so overflows with curiosity about a family of topics that they can’t stop reading ... http://www.ahoneyofananklet.com/2008/08/21/what-makes-for-a-good-blog/ Longacre Lea's new production is a lyrical brain tickler, a serio-comic mystery packed with erudition. Perhaps too well-packed: at a running time of three hours, the piece is on a par with much of the work of one of the playwright's touchstones, Tom Stoppard. In the fall of 1963, Elizabeth ... http://www.ahoneyofananklet.com/2008/08/18/theories-of-the-sun/ Susan Elliott gives recognition to another unsung contributor to the musical theater: the orchestrator. Orchestrators are needed even for revivals, perhaps moreso. Downsizing is the norm these days, mostly because of space and economics. "We're being asked to write for smaller and smaller bands all the time," [Michael] Starobin [orchestrator ... http://www.ahoneyofananklet.com/2008/08/17/counter-melodies/ Via I Love Typography, my first name transliterated. http://www.ahoneyofananklet.com/2008/08/14/manga-david/