Risked his life for Theater!

That's right, I went to Times Square last night to see a show. So this is what it's like being a New Yorker. Nancy and I are on a bus heading down Seventh Avenue when the driver announces "All traffic is being stopped at 49th street." Then he adds casually "There’s some kinda fire, I guess." So what's the first thing that pops into our mind? "Terrorists?" No. "WMD?" No. "Are we going to make the opening curtain?" You bet.

We de-bus and start schlepping down 7th until we hit a roadblock. Cops are everywhere and looking down the Avenue we see...nothing. No cars, no pedestrians, no pedi-cabs, no nothing. Spooky. We speed-walk over to Eighth Avenue while trying not to look at our watches every 30 seconds and thank God Eighth is open. We jam down to 42nd Street, weave over to the theater and breathlessly hand over our tickets. It is 8:05 and the doors to the auditorium are closed, always a bad sign, but an usher rushes us in and we plop in our seats just as the curtain goes up.

What a night.

By the way the show was Everyday Rapture and I highly recommend it. But go on a non-bomb scare night.

A Song in Celebration of the Passage of the Recent Health Care Legislation

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Full Disclosure

The FTC has announced that it will require bloggers to reveal any remuneration they receive in exchange for a favorable mention of a product.

I want to make it clear that this is not and has never been a problem for me. I have never been offered any remuneration for anything written in my blog.

Ever.

For example, consider that wonderful Blu-ray player I’ve had my eye on – you know, the Samsung BD-P4600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player.

Let me see if I can rattle off a few of its amazing features - just of the top of my head:

• Plays Blu-ray high-definition discs (selectable output resolution: 1080p/1080i/720p signals available through HDMI output only)
• Built-in audio decoding to PCM for Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD and DTS-HD Master Audio Essential
• Netflix video and Pandora music streaming (subscriptions to these services required)
• Wi-Fi capable (includes wireless USB adapter)
• Wall-mountable (includes wall-mount hardware)

But one again let me make it clear. I am in full compliance with the FTC new rules for bloggers.

Samsung has never offered to give me a P4600.

Yet.

Republican Prayer Breakfast

"Our Father"

"YOU LIE!"

"who art in heaven,"

"NOT BORN HERE!"

"hallowed be thy name."

"FASCIST! HOLLOW FASCIST"

"Thy Kingdom come,"

"COMMUNIST FASCIST!"

"thy will be done,"

"NAZI!!!"

"on earth as it is in heaven."

"HEAVENIST! COMMUNIST HEAVENIST NAZI!"

"Give us this day our daily bread."

"GET A JOB!"

"And forgive us our trespasses"

"FORGIVER!

"as we forgive those who trespass against us."

"HITLER FORGIVER SOCIALIST!"

"And lead us not into temptation,"

"LEAD-US-NOT-ER!"

"but deliver us from evil."

"DELIVERER! SOCIALIST DELIVERER FROM EVIL!"

"For thine is the kingdom,"

"KINGDOMIST! STALIN LOVER!"

"and the power"

"STALINIST HITLERISTIC SOCIALIZER!"

"and the glory"

"HITLER STALIN!"

"for ever"

"STALIN HITLER!"

"and ever"

"REPEATER! EVER AND EVER REPEATER"

"Amen"

"AMENIST! FINALIZER! STALIN NAZI HITLER COMMUNIST FASCISTIST!"



"I WANT MY BREAKFAST BACK!!!!!!"