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Steve has gone home

At least I think he has. He left for the airport yesterday and then called me. “My flight’s been delayed. To Wednesday.” I uttered an impolite questioning phrase. “No warning, no notice. Just a new itinerary.” Anyway, they got him on a flight for this morning, in theory. Because he was flying out of Newark, […]

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My brother is in town

Steve was going to come visit for Mom’s birthday, but when my folks had to cancel their trip we also rescheduled my brother’s. It looked like this would be a more convenient time. However, when we bought the tickets, we didn’t realize that I would be in tech week for a show (which seems constant

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The Yankees vs. Tampa Rays

Katherine and I headed to Yankee Stadium tonight for the game. She was a Tampa fan amidst a sea of Yankees; I was just there to watch the game. My understanding is that the Durham Bulls (her hometown minor league team) funnel into the Rays so she knows a lot of the players. The game

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Spring Awakening on Broadway

Katherine and I just got home from seeing Spring Awakening on Broadway which was an outstanding production. Smart, with an excellent cast, the musical is both moving and funny. It’s based on an 1891 play by Frank Wedekind which deals with themes that I can’t even imagine audiences watching back then. Sexuality, puberty, homoeroticism and

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Madame Tussaud’s

I was so horrified about the Braves’ game that I completely forgot to tell you about taking Katherine to Madame Tussaud’s wax museum. One of her school chums told her that if she did anything in NYC, she had to go there. I was, to say the least, skeptical but I am nothing if not

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The Braves game

Now, it should be obvious that I’m not really a sports scene sort of person. That said, if there’s a sport I enjoy, it’s baseball and the Braves are the only team that I’ve ever seriously followed. So I was not dreading going to see the game with Katherine. I called around, found a place

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My niece is here

Katherine has arrived safely. Her flight got in twenty minutes early, so she had already claimed her bag by the time I got there. Flights arriving early! Since when does that happen? We’re heading out in a quest for a bagel and Diet Dr. Pepper in a bottle.

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Dad has the flu

Well, phooey. Mom and Dad were scheduled to come visit on Friday. My birthday is the 8th, Mom’s is the 11th and she is attaining a Significant Number this year. We were going to do a joint celebration. I had all sorts of things planned. But, he is ill — as in influenza and in

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