I hope.
Because, really, how often can you write THAT?
I just can’t get enough of these babies.
This is the cover from the Colonel’s well-worn copy of the vocal score for Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance.
So you might guess I’m a fan. And was thrilled to learn that the Savoyard Light Opera Company was presenting Pirates for their annual November production. They are playing this weekend and next.
We went tonight. It was awesome.
You should go.
I think this is the same storm that hit the mid-atlantic earlier this week.
Too bad it’s not snow.
chortle AND snort.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street.
I love everything about Sesame Street. And I’m not alone.
It was a topic of conversation at work today. And now I’m very afraid that Linux Boy will be singing this for days:
As promised earlier in this blog, I did hie myself off to Bread and Circus Whole Foods in search of this much maligned Fentimans beverage.
And I found it. Two flavors of it, anyway.
I did NOT have to show ID.
However, we’ve decided that, Caution Being the Better Part of Valor, and All That, we’ll put off trying it until we’ve had enough time to consider all of the ramifications thoroughly.
Meanwhile, my gin & tonic is calling me.
We’ve had the electricians in, but you’d never be able to tell.
We kept the old fixtures, just updated all the old wiring… in the walls and in the fixtures themselves.
Good as new! ![]()











