Browsing the blog archives for September, 2008

4 a.m. Hockey Season is Back!

in Hockey

Besides cooler weather, one of my favorite things about fall is that Ronnie’s Ice slides back to 4am! Yes, many people think I’m insane to get up at 3am on Sautrday morning so I can be on the ice by 4. But it is one of my favorite things to do all week.
Yesterday morning was [...]

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DWTS Season 7, Week 1

in TV

Dancing with the Stars season seven got underway this week with a three night premiere. I was leery of this batch of starts, but that was misplaced as this season’s competition got off to a good start.
Among the dancers I liked: Lance Bass, Toni Braxton, Brooke Burke (shown above with Derek Hough–love his new longer [...]

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Well duh

in Current Events, Life in General

Here are my results from the political personality test at Ok Cupid
You are a

Social Liberal
(78% permissive)

and an…

Economic Moderate
(41% permissive)

You are best described as a:
Democrat

Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid
Also : The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

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Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway

in Music, Theatre

The final performance of Rent screened in movie theaters tonight (the first of four showings through the weekend). It was stunning! After seeing the show a dozen times, I didn’t expect new nuances, but some of the camera perspectives really brought out some nice new things about the performance.
The final cast was quite good. I’m [...]

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[tos] Operation 9*P*F*T

in Theatre

The efforts to save [title of show] are going full tilt. The [title of show] blog has been issuing all kinds of missions for people to undertake. So far, I’ve been writing to TV shows like The View, Regis & Kelly, EllenĀ (Ellen is even mentioned in the lyrics to “Two Nobodies in New York”) and [...]

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Friday Geek Out: “A Way Back to Then” from [title of show]

in Geek Out, Theatre

Yes, I know I write about [title of show] a lot lately. But it’s a favorite thing and when I found this awesome clip of Heidi Blickenstaff singing my favorite song from the show it had to become a Geek Out. This song is the crux of the show for me as it distills the [...]

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Colma: The Musical

in Movies

Regular readers know I’ll watch almost anything that contains the words “the musical” in the title. So, when Will flipped over to Sundance Channel last night for something called Colma: The Musical, I was immediately intrigued.

This was a great movie! Great coming-of-age story and great tunes (in particular I liked the “Happy Place” song, which [...]

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iTunes Finds: Spring Awakening Live, Huxley Vertical Cabaret Nouveau, Dr. Horrible

in Music

It’s been quite the week for iTunes as I discovered some great new stuff there.
First up, Apple does a series of events at their stores and one of the recent ones involved the cast of Spring Awakening. The iTunes Live from Soho: Spring Awakening album features original cast member John Gallagher Jr., show writer Duncan [...]

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Who is Sebastian?

in TV

I was momentarily distracted from my morning routine by this TV ad. Sebastian is HOT and Funny! I’ve already got my bus ticket for The Land Between Desire & Heartache. See you soon Sebastian!

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Lights

in Current Events

I ended up working late tonight in my office on 38th & 6th. We’ve always got a great view looking south at the Empire State Building. Tonight the southern view including the twin beams of light that are visible from dusk to dawn on 9/11. I snapped this quick picture. It’s not great, but you [...]

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