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Hamlet shirt redux
I rabbit-trailed into tweaking the one shirt design of mine on Zazzle that consistently sells a few shirts each year. That and my WWTD (What Would Tartuffe Do?) mug, a personal favorite ironic joke of mine. Anyway, the 2007 NCS production of Hamlet was a high point in my experience working with high school theater,…
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Late August Notes
Hey folks! I offer here an overview of some of the cool media I’ve been reading/watching/playing/eating (you can’t eat media, but I need to give a shout-out to some great August food) this month. I’ll be honest, it’s been really busy at work and things aren’t going to let up until later this fall. I’ll…
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August Game Reviews
Been playing a lot more board games lately. Check these out: Top picks for August: Archipelago is a clear winner for me among everything I’ve played this week. It’s a semi-cooperative game that’s like Settlers on crack. “Semi-cooperative” means the game is definitely competitive because each player pursues a personal objective (win! in a certain…
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Leading and following
I appreciate the people who, as leaders or directors or administrators, must confront hard decisions and the discomfort they cause. It is the burden of leadership to pick up the awkwardness of change or hardship and clear a path for the people under their care. Today, it’s cool & hip to distrust anyone in authority.…



