What's in a Name: Anonymity (now and then)

early in the film: Mordecai (Billy Curtis): What did you say your name was again? The Stranger (Clint Eastwood): I didn’t. Mordecai: No. I guess you didn’t at that, did you? just before the conclusion: Mordecai: You know, I never did know your name. The...

How can I roll when the wheels won't go?

Here’s the entire interview with Donald Simanek from this week’s Art in Paradise story about perpetual motion machines: 1) Is it safe to assume that nature will allow a machine that runs for an unusually long time without input of energy? Are the kinds of...

The Carrot Seed

Yesterday afternoon, I got a tummy ache, of the suddenly doubled over with cramps variety. I’d planned to work out (didn’t happen), roll on the floor (didn’t happen), have dinner with the kids (didn’t happen), put them to bed early (also...
StageStruck: On the Road

StageStruck: On the Road

Even before he graduated high school, Daniel Plimpton was ready to hit the road. In 2008, while still a senior at the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts charter school, he auditioned for the national tour of the musical Spring Awakening. Two years and four callbacks...