Synopsis Hell II

Posted by on Sep 6, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Dream Agent calls and says things are going well, blah blah, going to be out of the country from X to Y, and by the way, would you send a synopsis for Crash Test so we’ll have one in the office?!!!!I thought since it was finished, I’d dodged the synopsis bullet, but nooooooo. And of course, since I’ve revised the final, I had to revise the synopsis to match. Dang!!Turned out...
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The Bed List/The Dinner List

Posted by on Sep 2, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Soulful selections for a rainy Friday:BED LIST: GARY DOURDANI know several cops, and none of them look this good. Then again, Gary Dourdan is an actor playing a crime scene technician on CSI, but who cares. He can play whatever–and wherever–he wants!DINNER LIST: STEVIE WONDERI have admired Stevie Wonder for years. He’s a true inspiration to countless musicians (india.arie for...
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Hurricanes: Been There, Can’t Fathom That

Posted by on Sep 1, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Hollow.That’s the only feeling I can muster when I watch the news reports from Mississippi and New Orleans. Hollow.Hurricane Charley tore through our neighborhood last year, destroyed a huge tree in our yard, left us without power for nine days in an oppressively hot, humid August. Frances and Jeanne added insult to injury in the form of huge branches through our roof, water damage, and...
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Hometown Girl

Posted by on Aug 31, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Tonight was so cool. The City of Maitland had a big celebration for the Little League team–parade, fair, fireworks. I have never seen postal trucks in a parade before, but we had ’em–along with guys on stilts, cheerleaders, half the Little League players on bikes, a couple of bands, Girl Scouts, and Shriners on those teeny little motorcycles. Slice of Americana.Then we had food...
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Zoo Class

Posted by on Aug 30, 2005 in dish | 1 comment After school today, my new office partner and another new teacher and I were discussing the peculiar psychology of the “zoo class.” This is the one period of kids during the school day that can be counted on to act like marmosets on speed. Doesn’t matter what you do to them or with them, they are–as the kids at my school say–“off the chain.”My zoo class...
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You’d Think They, of All People…

Posted by on Aug 29, 2005 in dish | 1 comment Not to get too involved in theological debate, but…A group of folks at my church aren’t happy with the direction the church is going in. You’d think they’d be forthright about their opinions and discuss them openly with the paster, right? That would be the Christian thing to do, I’m thinking. But is that how they handle it? Noooooooooooooooooo. Why be forthright and...
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