Vero Beach Hotel & Club

... we have to hear about being a Christian in the states. It has been nice to be around heavily christian cultures in Brazil and Colombia and not be inundated with all of the all of the other stuff. The culture here is very happy being christian and not telling you all about it. I have also found that even the Europeans are the same way.  (I hope you are smart enough to know I am being general and that not all people are this way) It is a great way to be.
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... I came to visit, but don't tell them). They had a new puppy that liked to steal pizza out of my hand, barf, and then try to eat that. Clearly the dog and myself have a lot in common, as we have much to learn about this crazy world. Going out on his boat was pretty fun, exploring secluded islands in the Intercoastal Waterway of the Atlantic, kneeboarding ...

We had an amazing show in Melbourne.  It was our last show.  The audience was wonderful.

Afterwards we went out for a night sail.  

Then a few of us had a late night jam session on the porch.  We did some free form poetry with accompaniment and then sang a couple improvised blues style songs.

It was a perfect closing night party.  But this show is too fun to end.  There will be more Shakespeare in December....

theatre is art is life....

 

 

3am

My good friend from high school Justin Bunda who now goes by the name Lear (his middle name) just showed up to my dad's place. He lives in Atlanta now and works as an editor/writer for Adult Swim.

We had a few whiskeys, a couple of cigarettes, and some very interesting conversations out on the porch.

We started out with small talk: what we've done this summer, my show, his new ...

11:30 pm  

My dad and I sailed downtown for dinner tonight.  We ate at a steak joint, went to a couple of bars and then sailed home.  One of the bars was a piano bar owned by the same guy who owns the Continental Flambe', which is the restaurant where Matt and Ash had their rehearsal dinner. Anyway we had a drink with him and he told us this joke....

This good looking wealthy guy is walking on the beach and he comes across a ...

... br>Here is an example of a press release that I sent to the Florida Today newspaper....

Hello,
I am with The Skrank Tank Theatre Company and this summer we have been touring "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged" throughout Florida.  We have performed in sold out houses in Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, and Amelia Island.  Next Friday (Aug, 14th) we will be in Gainesville performing before their ...

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I was glad to find time to meet with Jamie.  We both stay quite busy year round and it can be hard.  As ironic as it sounds, the guy is like a drug to me.  I need my fix of Jamie at least twice a year.   We had such a great lunch discussing life, relationships, travels, blogs, books, blogs about books, books about blogs…. Anyway, it was nice to see him.

As far as this Shakespeare show goes, I’m a little worried.  We have given ourselves quite ...

... properly as it is designed to drip water. A long tube to the bilge well might get pinched or obstructed and cause the valve not to work properly with the consequence possibly of water siphoning back to the engine. Benteau seem to think the valve should emit only an occasional dribble. Some phone calls will have to be made in the morning as the current solution of having to regularly empty a plastic soda-pop bottle is not satisfactory. More heavy rain and some wind ...

... needed supplies (nuts, soup, hiking food and juices - all cheap). After a late lunch, I checked out the beach bunnies on North Miami Beach -- most of the bikini clad women were older than me :-). I'm still surprised at the number of people sucking up the sun when it is bad for them -- anything for the bronze skin, I guess. My nose is red but I have been taken care of it by using the SPF45 everyday, hopefully I won't peel and I do use ...

... rarely sought. There is camaraderie in a warmed wooden room filled with recent memories; there is solidarity in a greasy red booth, hushed whispers drowned by music from a creaky speaker. There is a smile and a look at the meeting of such two; a wrought heart tied to an un-severable bond at the parting. ... And then there's the sneaky thought that everyone struggles with the light and the dark, the appearance and reappearance ...