When I was nine years old I would jog with my father. He was an avid jogger who even finished a marathon back when we lived in Cincinnati. I never went great distances with him, and I’m sure I slowed
New Frontiers in Turkeydom
We in the Thurkettle family were proud deep fryers for many years, and had very very few dangerous incidents during all that. But we’ve left it behind. This is the new hotness: Infrared. Clean, fast, inexpensive, and almost insultingly-simple. And
Hunger No More
Sad day for the Orange County theater scene – long-tenured local company Hunger Artists, most recently located in Fullerton, is closing its doors after 16 years. I was invited to perform in one of their “Missed Connections” staged readings of
MOVIE REVIEW – Skyfall
Skyfall Director: Sam Mendes Writers: Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and John Logan, based on characters created by Ian Fleming Producers: Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli Stars: Daniel Craig, Dame Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Bérénice
Acting by the numbers
On Thursday we revived Shakespeare Orange County’s summer production of Much Ado About Nothing for two performances at the La Mirada Performing Arts Center. This is the theater owned by Cathy “Peter Pan” Rigby – one of the ropes in
Meaningless expressions of non-interest
Apparently last month I attracted more visitors than ever to this site. I’m not sure that’s really representative of anything, since I think of my readership as “Russian Spambots + Statistical Noise”. Increased traffic at this level graduates me at