Eclectica

• Nice piece on the current D.C. theater scene http://t.co/gWgk29QN 2012-01-16
• Yeah, cause I need that billboard w/ the glasses jumping out at me. RT@nytimesarts: ‘The Great Gatsby’ goes 3-D http://t.co/Jvn3jokZ 2012-01-16
• Just heard this on air RT@nprnews: Is It Ok To Leave A Show After Intermission? http://t.co/Jd22tyMt 2012-01-17
• And it is so hard to achieve. RT @LalaTellsAStory: "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." — Leonardo da Vinci 2012-01-17
• Wow. RT @JoshBareno: There are more #Hispanics in the US than Canadians in Canada, Malaysians in Malaysia, & South Africans in South Africa. 2012-01-17
• looks fun! RT “@donttrythis: Now it can be told! Our new sooper secret project is ready for prime time. http://t.co/GUmlybFA” 2012-01-20
• In less than 48 hours @WhiteHouse could decide: banks or homeowners? Join the call to #investigatebanks http://t.co/tJxOWYDI via @MoveOn 2012-01-22
• Holy crap I just got cast as Prior in a reading of Angels in America. 2012-01-22

• Back to work today. My 1st class since April. Was nervous went well though. Now a meeting filled afternoon. 2012-01-09
• What would you say to see Carrie? RT@mcctheater: VIDEO CONTEST: Why are you excited about "Carrie"? We want to know! http://t.co/eBWNzEXI 2012-01-09
• Into the Woods in Central Park?RT@playbill: Talks Underway to Stage Into the Woods at the Delacorte Theater This Summer http://t.co/I8D61amo 2012-01-09
• My green tea smells a little like feet. Maybe it needs more sugar. 2012-01-10
• "All art moves inevitably to toward a new synthesis of Actuality & Dream" – Robert Edmond Jones. I love rereading the Dramatic Imagination. 2012-01-10
• Is he going to sing Lucy in the Sky w/ Diamonds? RT@playbill: William Shatner's Solo Show Will Play on Broadway http://t.co/tBfT0fDy 2012-01-11
• I'd see that. RT@playbill: Rob Marshall Attached to Direct #Sondheim's Into the Woods for the Big Screen http://t.co/7ruapYV9 2012-01-11
• A lot of announcements at #CES mean I need to rewrite some of my #3dprinting article. Should have seen that coming. 2012-01-11
• @jeezjon It shows how behind we are in Lexington, my department just got a Flavia. in reply to jeezjon 2012-01-11
• Hearing an NPR correspondent report in from a Lizard's Thicket made me a little nostalgic. For Columbia SC, not the food. 2012-01-11
• my friend @PipLilly just kicked off a campaign for a new comedy web series about Unemployment.Check it out: http://t.co/RY2XoMWk 2012-01-12
• Man, he started everything. RT@ebertchicago: How Stanley Kubrick invented the modern box office report as we know it. http://t.co/nbmqo9z6 2012-01-12
• @PipLilly THings are good here. I'll be in LA march 26 & 27. We should get a @bradleyu contingent together. in reply to PipLilly 2012-01-12
• Looks beautiful! RT@Matthew1collins: Bust of Celeste http://t.co/gdBNTiFx http://t.co/TFozzNoI” 2012-01-15
• “@BoingBoing: Colbert ad: if corporations are people, then Mitt's corporate raiding makes him a serial killer http://t.co/UtLBE3jr” 2012-01-15

• Some interesting things can be found here: http://t.co/Jaf2bt7I What theater thing would you raise money for? 2012-01-03
• $3 million over 9 performances Who says Theater doesn't pay? Broadway Box Office Soars, w/ 'Spider-Man': http://t.co/AfSFdjMw 2012-01-04
• Delay it til forever & I would be happy. “@playbill: Phantom Sequel, Love Never Dies, Delays DVD Release to May http://t.co/TwEMpz8G” 2012-01-04
• I loved the movie, can the magic of it be captured onstage? ‘Once,’ the Musical, at New York Theater Workshop – Review: http://t.co/aURlWxmg 2012-01-04
• @MarqRobinson Thanks. I was taking time off to focus on the real world and family. FYI, I'll be in LA in March. We'll have to meet up. in reply to MarqRobinson 2012-01-04
• @MarqRobinson My conference is in Long Beach. But I am trying to arrange an alumni event in LA the 26 or 27 of March. in reply to MarqRobinson 2012-01-04
• Science is everything we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else – David Knuth 2012-01-05
• Man I am behind on seeing movies “@ebertchicago: Writers' Guild screenplay nominations include some surprises. http://t.co/DZCQio13” 2012-01-05
• Too many. @MarqRobinson: How many liberal arts dance programs are currently choreographing a dance to a Bon Iver song? 500 maybe? More? 2012-01-05
• Architecture is frozen music after all. "@artsbeat: Frank Gehry to Try His Hand at Mozart http://t.co/J4bDwusF” 2012-01-05
• I agree with a lot of this RT@ebertchicago: Time mag: "The 20 Movies We're Looking Forward to in 2013. & 10 We're Not." http://t.co/20wMKYTy 2012-01-05
• just finished the @makerbot text adventure game at http://t.co/WytYS4dC still excited to see what is is store for 2012 2012-01-06
• @makerbot I finished the game, I guess I'll just print out the replicator files while I wait until the 9th. 2012-01-06
• Hey @bre , http://t.co/4tPIAe12 #makerbot #keyfeatures 2012-01-06
• Just finshed a brand new interactive fiction game, it's like 3d printers and Zork mashed together http://t.co/WytYS4dC FUN! 2012-01-06
• RuPaul would be way better than Santorum as president though RT@RuPaul: Contrary to popular belief, I did not come in 3rd in the Iowa caucus 2012-01-07
• @MarqRobinson Yeah Kale is tricky stuff. Best in moderation, or if can be well hidden in other flavors. in reply to MarqRobinson 2012-01-08
• Yay! I was feartured again in the Make Weekly Flickr roundup http://t.co/VzJMEjQQ? for this image http://t.co/NUMpCmNB 2012-01-08

One of my pictures from flickr was featured in the MAKE | MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup.

I called it my “Instant Superman Costume” Liam likes it because the costume change is so easy. I took this picture in November when I made it, but he actually played with it again this week. Fun stuff.

• How you respond to what you can't control, is that what ultimately defines you? #fb 2011-12-12
• Great Post about finding your limits by pushing past them by @37signals http://t.co/RRjGrD3a #fb 2011-12-13
• Just finished my 1/8th inch scale Gothic Cathedral, next up for my 3d printer? A marionette is designed. #fb 2011-12-13

• http://t.co/XKEVvXli Great quote by Issac Asimov about the "Cult of ignorance " in the US 2011-11-28
• What parents need to know http://t.co/MeYg79QM. #fb 2011-11-30
• Listening to xmas music, Good King Wenceslas by the Butthole Surfers. What do I say when my kids ask who does this song? #fb 2011-12-04

• Saw the Muppets and loved it. My kids thought it was OK. They'll change their tune about muppets after they see the Great Muppet Caper. #fb 2011-11-23
• Got an email scheduling an Appointment in January. My sabbatical has begun to end. #fb 2011-11-27

• "The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good." – Stanley Kubrick 2011-11-15
• RT @tinybuddha "You validate people’s lives by your attention." ~Unknown #fb in reply to tinybuddha 2011-11-15
• My son: I want to make a spaceship out of paper. Me: "x wing origami" google search. Fold Fold fold… My Son: Yay! Me: Parenting win! 2011-11-16
• Currently getting my kids (ages 4, 7, & 10) hooked on Mythbusters. THanks Netflix, & @donttrythis ! 2011-11-20

It is almost thanksgiving which means the most American of traditions, traveling by car. Since the rest of Ann’s family is near Philadelphia, we will be traveling up there to visit. We will also drive up to NYC for a day while we are there. McKelvey is interested in seeing the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and I think we will go around Central Park as well. Luckily, we all travel pretty well by car. The dogs take naps, the kids can get pretty far with music and audio books before asking for a movie, and we don’t have to stop for bathroom breaks every half hour (knock on wood).

So it’s exciting to go on a trip, and this year I feel like I have actually had time to enjoy the holidays this fall. Our kids had some awesome costumes, Ann and I actually dressed up and went out too. We didn’t get to fully carve my pumpkin, so everything wasn’t accomplished. But all in all, having a sabbatical has really allowed me to get some work done and connect with my family. I miss most of the people at work, and am looking forward to working with them again. And having the time away from work has really helped me put my previous department head work into perspective. By thinking about my job and teaching theatre with a little distance, I really think I am going to have some new energy and ideas to bring to the table. So I am thankful for that.

You know looking back, I have lucked out immensely. Looking at the awesome family I have, this great job with people a love to work with, having a house in a great town, I can’t help but be thankful.

• @jeezjon I don't know the movies to do Fantasy awards season. But I would do a Fantasy Acting Repertory Theater. Or is that too niche? in reply to jeezjon 2011-11-09
• Enter to win a new Canon 5D MK II camera body from @Adorama and Scott Bourne. Please RT. Info at: http://t.co/lH3LEF3g 2011-11-11