This Goggle gadget purports to track the progress of the candidates in each of the 24 states in today’s primaries. (If it ain’t working, it’s probably because there are no results) Or you can watch this Google map and see people twitter in their Super Tuesday doings in real time. UPDATE: I haven’t been following the news, but I had … Read More
The Whole World Is Watching
Somewhere in Kenya there is a small village named Nyangoma Kogalo. It is accessible only by a dirt road. Women work the fields of maize and sugar, as have thay have done for centuries. And somewhere in that town is an 86 year old woman named Sarah, living in a modest house with a corrugated tin roof. Many years ago, … Read More
Super Duper Tuesday
Well, today is — for political junkies — the equivalent of the Super Bowl. Today’s primary races amount to the biggest primary day in United States history. Even YouTube is getting into the act. Let me speak first about the GOP side. It’s McCain Day. I think, within the next 24-48 hours, we will see Huckabee and Ron Paul drop … Read More
The Seventh Sense Gives Its Coveted Endorsement: It’s Barack Obama
We, the editors of The Seventh Sense*, believe it is time to get off the fence. We are endorsing Barack Obama for the Democratic ticket and next President of the United States. Why Obama, you may ask? And what’s wrong with the woman? The reasons are wide and varying, but let us touch up on the main points: 1. Obama … Read More
When It Rains….
Kind of a rough weekend show-wise. The audiences enjoyed the show, but a fellow actor was having an off-day yesterday, and he kinda threw me a little. Hey, it happens. Then the Patriots lost. And this morning, word is out about David Wright, a local community theatre actor in Greensboro who died Friday night. A really nice guy, very congenial. … Read More
Sunday Night Propaganda
"The Door To Heaven"
Foreigner Review
It’s good: It’s a crazy mix of zany characters. Some are Southern, some are British, and all of them have eccentricities that spread laughter through the audience like buckshot. The Foreigner, which opened Friday night at the Little Theatre, is one of playwright Larry Shue’s best known works. Laughs are guaranteed. This is a farce, and as such, relies on … Read More
Will Mississippi Ban Fat People From Dining Out?
Remarkable legislation from the State of Mississippi: HOUSE BILL NO. 282 An act to prohibit certain food establishments from serving food to any person who is obese, based on criteria prescribed by the state department of health; to direct the department to prepare written materials that describe and explain the criteria for determining whether a person is obese and … Read More
Hooked On Lost
Dammit, they got me. It’s been a while since I tuned in, or even thought about, the show. But I caught the Season 4 debut last night (via TIVO), and I think they still have me. It was tough pulling the threads together. Where did we leave off on all the storylines? But I think I got it. Charlie is … Read More
Forty Years Ago Today
On February 1, 1968, this famous photo was taken on a Saigon street. Life Magazine places it in its list of "100 Photographs That Changed The World" and describes it this way: With North Vietnam’s Tet Offensive beginning, Nguyen Ngoc Loan, South Vietnam’s national police chief, was doing all he could to keep Viet Cong guerrillas from Saigon. As Loan … Read More
Anatomy Of A Brainfart
Scene: A group of Klansman storm the lodge where Charlie, an Englishman pretending to be a foreigner, is staying. The robed and hooded men are armed with rifles, bats, crowbars, etc. The leader of the racist Klan, Owen Musser, raises a bullhorn to his mouth and addresses Betty (the owner of the lodge) with the following line: Are you prepared … Read More