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Comment on Passing Thought by D.

D. — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:42:55 +0000

The problem is not that the rhinoceroses have become dangerously skillful at disguise.

What with all the rhinos not even bothering with the funny hat anymore, I would say that there's a lot of river-in-Egypt going on.

Comment on Moan of the Day by dsmarley

dsmarley — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:06:32 +0000

Where?

Comment on Moan of the Day by Jon Delfin

Jon Delfin — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:31:06 +0000

Squirrels!

Comment on The Most Happy Fella at Festival Opera by Jon Delfin

Jon Delfin — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:57:58 +0000

Accompanied by an orchestra, I hope, rather than the two-piano version….

Comment on The Most Happy Fella at Festival Opera by Ted

Ted — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:32:56 +0000

I’d love to see your informed opinion of the Festival Opera production when you have time.

“Tony”

Comment on The Most Happy Fella at Festival Opera by dsmarley

dsmarley — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:27:28 +0000

I’ll say more when I have some time to sort out my thoughts. I think the second act starts and ends very well, but in between I always come away feel that it’s too long, or at least too weakly structured to sustain that length.

A few cuts have become traditional, and I think Festival’s production takes at least one more cut, and a wise one, that I noticed (unless cutting “Love and Kindness” has become traditional too), and I would have taken at least one more if it were up to me (Cleo’s and Marie’s duet, which is very funny but which could be replaced by a few lines of dialogue to the benefit of the overall pacing of the act).

Comment on The Most Happy Fella at Festival Opera by trippayne

trippayne — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:59:18 +0000

I’d be curious to hear more from you about the weakness of the show at some point. I’ve never seen it performed, but I love the score.

Comment on Toga by D.

D. — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 22:25:14 +0000

You have an unclosed italics tag that italicizes the entire blog, probably after “Dictionary.”

I enjoy your accounts of puzzle-solving and only wish the puzzles were accessible on-line.

Comment on INSANE CONGRESS DESTROYING NATION! by D.

D. — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:51:47 +0000

Link to cartoon is http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/tom-toles-cartoons/2011/06/30/AGuECVsH_gallery.html#photo=1 . At least, at the moment.

Also, grown-ups playing “chicken” are stupid.

Comment on Call Me Madam at 42nd Street Moon by dsmarley

dsmarley — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:43:13 +0000

This is not a review, it’s an entry in a journal.

I don’t regard comma splices as an error here, the conversational style is part of the very point of this journal. Work is different, we edit to more formal principles there.