Never Work with Children or Dogs

Mojo, appearing as Crab in Two Gentlemen of Verona, could have been arrested for stealing...at least, the scenes he was in. Those eyes spoke volumes.

According to the playbill this 150-pound Newfoundland is only 18 months old. He is in training to be a therapy dog and it shows. He did not make a misstep in his time on the stage.

According to his bio, "he is very eager to show off his talents and wants to thank everyone at GLTF for this great opportunity."

He certainly made the best of it.

Mojo at 13 months

Can You Relate? Take Three

What a blast!

My Sweetie and I were filmed for another segment on the local television show, Can You Relate? This is the third time we have appeared.

Kathy Dawson, the show's host, wanted to do a segment fashioned after the scene in When Harry Met Sally in which mature couples talk about how they met.

Of course, we made the five people laugh but we also made Kathy cry. I guess we were a hit.

In case you haven't seen the movie, here is the scene.

To the Barricades

This evening we saw the new staging of Les Miserables. What an amazing production. It did not disappoint the 3 of us who had seen the original version. The consensus was that this one was even more effective than the revolving-stage one we fell in love with 25 years ago.

Using Victor Hugo's paintings and drawings as backdrops is absolute genius.

The use of technology enhances two scenes, in particular, Javert's suicide and Valjean's escape through the sewers. We all expected Javert to jump off the bridge and disappear through a trapdoor. Not so. The bridge disappeared above the stage while Javert seemingly spun through the air and into the river. Valjean ran through the sewers as they were projected around him. I wish I could describe it better. Believe me. It was magical.

My Sweetie now understands why this is my favorite musical.

Enjoy!

These Words Were Music to My Ears

Congratulations! The IRS has accepted your federal tax return. There's nothing else you need to do.

I submitted our 69-page tax return at 3:50 this afternoon. At 9:32 tonight we received the good news.

Thank goodness for e-filing and for being able to import financial information into the tax preparation software. But even with these electronic helpers, there were times that I thought that, perhaps for the first time in 45 years, I might not be able to file our taxes without a CPA.

It certainly does feel good that I triumphed.