And while we’re on the topic of anniversaries…

…it was 50 years ago yesterday that My Fair Lady was first staged.

It was 80 years ago today…

…Robert Goddard launched the first successful liquid-fueled rocket. (Via Transterrestrial Musings.)

Photo of the Day: Regina from a Distance

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"I think this project still has a few bugs in it…"

“Good. It’s supposed to.”

Star Wars TV

Apparently there’s going to be a Star Wars TV show. It’s gotta be better than the last three movies.

Thinking of tongue-piercing?

Think again.

Photo of the Day: One Week ‘Til Spring

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Sweep! Sweep!

I know, I know, I wrote about curling during the Olympics. But with the Canadian Men’s Curling Championship (a.k.a. the Tim Hortons Brier) currently being decided right here in Regina, did you really think I could choose any other topic this week? Besides, curling, despite having been around since the 16th century (the first identifiable …

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Candide in New York, Candide in Regina

Terry Teachout blogs a snippet of one of his current theatre reviews for The Wall Street Journal at About Last Night: “Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide” is back on Broadway—almost. New York City Opera, whose Lincoln Center headquarters is a block from Broadway and slightly north of the theater district, has revived its 1982 production of Bernstein’s …

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Photo of the Day: Leftovers

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A good review for The Most Happy Fella

Here’s a review of the New York City Opera revival of The Most Happy Fella I blogged about earlier. The critic liked it. Ah, but if only he’d seen my performance…oh, look! There I am now!

Is this cool or what?

Now you can Google Mars. Wow!