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Crafty Tuesday: Etsy Where Hand-made can now mean Made In China

| October 29, 2013

As of October 1st 2013 Etsy had some major rule changes to the site that set off a firestorm of comments and complaints. Almost a month later and people are still trying to figure out “what it all means”. I think if you distill it down to the basics, Michael Korrs could open a shop […]

RTBTCKI Monday Morning Musings

| October 28, 2013

The coffee maker broke this morning. I fixed it but I am being to think that it is on its last legs. It has something to do with the electrical because it resets while grinding the beans. Then I have to reset all the controls to get the coffee the way I want it. Took […]

Waiting for Godot: A Review

| October 27, 2013

Last night we went and saw “Waiting for Godot” at the Cort Theater in Manhattan. It was starring Patrick Stewart as Vladimir and Ian McKellen as Estragon. Shuler Hensley played Pozzo and Billy Crudup was Lucky. We saw Aidan Gemme as the Boy. This is a play I know all to well having stage-managed it […]

The Friday Four: Entry the First

| October 25, 2013

New thing I am trying out. Not sure if it is going to stick but I thought I would give it a go. More recently I have found that if I have a topic for the day (i.e. Crafty Tuesday or Conventional Wisdom) it gives me a focus rather than this being a series of […]

When words don’t make sense

| October 23, 2013

Last night Jon Stewart had Malcolm Gladwell on to talk about his new book entitled “David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants”. I have read a couple of books by Mr. Gladwell including Blink. I find his style easy to read however I tend to take some of his simplifications of […]