Advice given to poet Robert Graves upon leaving his school, Charterhouse, "Good-bye, Graves, and remember this, that your best friend is the waste-paper basket."

I've devised a cunning plan to watch "Maury" guilt-free. (Although I would say I don't like the show, I'm nevertheless drawn to it for some reason, but if I watch it at home, the TV tends to stay on, not only wasting big chunks of prime productivity time, but giving me a bad feeling about the world and people in general.) Today, I'm taking my ear buds to the Y and will watch Maury on the elliptical trainer.

Big news! If a person were so inclined, they could buy a ticket to my play:

http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/shows/god-bless-you-mister-scrooge_160608/

More details to come. Next week--casting!