Backstage Camera: Forum Pit Orchestra at the Vintage

by philrw
83 words - 1 min read
Film/TV/Theater

This is a live an image of the pit orchestra at the Vintage Theater’s production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. I’m the musical director and I play the keyboard closest to the camera. We run weekends until August 8 and we still have some tickets left. Buy your tickets now before we’re completely sold out.

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Gender-Neutral Third Person English Language Singlular Pronouns, Introduction and Usage of

by philrw
166 words - 1 min read
Personal
I can’t believe I haven’t posted on this before. Back 12 years or so ago when I was in AP English class at BCHS we discussed the introduction of gender-neutral pronouns into the English language. he/she = hesh (pronunciation: hɛʃ) him/her = himmer (pronunciation: hɪmɚ) his/her = hisser (pronunciation: hɪzɚ) There you have subject, object, and possessive pronouns all wrapped up into one tidy little word where nobody can accuse you of being non-PC or sexist. Personally I use the masculine as a default when I do not know the gender of the person, but I believe it is worth a try, as in my post on shortening numbers, to change the pronouns for the sake of equality.
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Litterbug

by philrw
13 words - 1 min read
Auto

Witnessed tossing a cigarette butt out the window at approx. Irving & 35th.

silver Dodge Durango

Miniatur Wunderland

by philrw
74 words - 1 min read
Personal

There’s a model railroading convention in Denver right now and this got me thinking, “what’s the largest and most impressive model railroad I can find?” It’s called the Miniatur Wunderland and it’s in Germany, of course.

I’m totally going to go here. It looks like I could easily spend an entire day here. This is now officially on my list of places to see.

Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg - model building - model railway Hamburg.