The marvelous cast and crew of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. The show is now over, but it had a great run, drawing large, enthusiastic crowds. You can see that the cast was primarily young people, and I think it was an enjoyable learning experience for them. They put in great performances and were well-behaved backstage (well, at least at a 95% level -they are kids, after all).
This was my last play performance until after tax season, and I will miss it. Directing and then performing a small part was nice, but I am hungry for something a little more. The reality is, at my age, the number of parts that I am qualified for are becoming fewer and fewer, But I still love to act. It's one of those rare things about myself that I have a great deal of confidence in.
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Getting the boot refers to my horrible experience with the COMIC BOOK COLLECTING group on Facebook. I got booted out because I posted a blog entry onto their group. Now, this was not new, it was something I had been doing at rare intervals for about a year, rare because I don't post many blog entries about comics. And that's all I would post to their site. I was accused of self-promotion, and trying to make money, I guess.
Everything they said about me was wrong. I have no advertising, and I have no means of making money from it (sad but true). I'm not mining the group for followers - I have very few followers. I'm not even quite sure what it means to be a follower. I have 28 listed on my blog, but some of those are people who are on there more than once but with different icons, and I don't know what they do that anyone else reading does. And what comic book fan in their right mind would want to follow a blog that is 99% NOT about comics? I have only half a dozen or so comic book posts out of over a thousand posts.
My only goal was to communicate ideas that take more than a few sentences, something they might enjoy. Something more than the "I liek comix" and "how dare they cast a black person as Human Torch" and "Is that comic I just bought new last week now worth lots of money?" The article I wrote was one of my rare researched pieces and took several hours of preparation.
And as far as self-promotion, here's a shocker - Facebook IS self-promotion. Everything you say and do on Facebook is about expressing who you are and your interests and ideas.
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Advent is soon drawing to a close, and Christmas season will begin. We have started the slow roll out of Christmas decorations, but that has not included the tree yet.
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The Detroit Lions had a close game, but the final outcome was in their favor. With the Packer's unexpected loss, the Lions are in first place, and I'm actually beginning to think they have a shot at qualifying for the playoffs. It's December and the Lions are in first place in their division. Rare and exciting words!
The Atlanta Falcons, on the other hand, took a giant step towards elimination, as they lost to Pittsburgh. What you can you do when Matt Ryan has about a millisecond as to think what to do, and the other quarterback has enough time to go out for coffee and eat brunch?
In football I like the running game, and a well protected quarterback, The passing and circus catches are interesting, but my favorite receiver is Detroit's Golden Tate III. He is a YAC (Yards After Catch) leader, and he is just as exciting after catching the ball as he is catching the ball as after. Run, Golden Tater, run!
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Oy. The clock is slamming into me again. I have just three work days this week, so I have that to look forward to.
Until next time,
T. M .Strait
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