The Flipacabra
Just when you thought it was safe to go into the yard…
(Subtitled: The kids and I had some fun with the camera, and our dog FlipFlop…)
Sunday Night Quotes: Upward or Bust!
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
-Benjamin Franklin
An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.
-Edward De Bono
To swear off making mistakes is very easy. All you have to do is swear off having ideas.
-Leo Burnett
When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choice of a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious, from somewhere within ourselves. In the important decisions of personal life, we should be governed, I think, by the deep inner needs of our nature.
-Sigmund Freud
I hate to see things done by halves. If it be right, do it boldly,–if it be wrong leave it undone.
-Bernard Gilpin
Thursday Pic Post
Yep, it’s hot today.
Thankfully, I’m in my office, where we have air conditioning…
(Hey! Don’t judge me, ALL our desks get messy SOMETIMES!)
Last night we had a blast hanging out with our friends Ann and Duncan, playing “Last Night On Earth” (the zombie board game) outside, under the trees, in the dark, by candlelight! It was great fun. 
Here are the ladies, beating the heat with some ice cream before the game!
I can’t tell you what the picture below is yet…
…. but I can tell you that it’s:
A) work related
2) awesome
III) part of something else that is also awesome. 🙂
Also, in case you’re wondering whether we’re pet friendly here at Williamston Theatre…
I helped John feed his snakes this week. The ones he keeps in his office. Â Here’s one of them. The small one.
(And by “helped” I mean stood and watched from the other side of the room waiting to see if he got his arm bitten off.)
(He didn’t.)
Happy Thursday everybody!
Tuesday Miscellaneous
It’s a magical world, Hobbes, ol’ buddy…Let’s go exploring!
-Calvin
Max got 3rd in his diving meet!
AND he was named Diver of the Week by the Chelsea Aquatic Club!
The set is coming together nicely for Red White and Tuna!
This is going to be a ton of fun – don’t miss it: Red, White and Tuna!
Last week and this week have been a blast, as we’re prepping for next season and getting ready for our final show of this season at the same time. Next season includes a couple of world premieres, a collaboration with Michigan State University and a co-production with the Jewish Ensemble Theatre. (It’ll be my first time directing out there, I’m looking forward to that, too – they’re good folks out there, and I love the script!) Here’s a link to our upcoming season, and very soon we’ll have show logos to share too.
Um… this is awesome, and everyone should listen…
Yes, it’s 15 minutes long. Just push play, and then keep working on whatever you were working on…even though it’s SO good you’ll want to keep watching the video! 🙂
Happy Tuesday!
Sunday Night Quotes – Integrity
INTEGRITY
1: firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility
2: an unimpaired condition : soundness
3: the quality or state of being complete or undivided : completeness
Synonyms: character, decency, goodness, honesty, morality, probity, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, uprightness, virtue, virtuousness
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“Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.”
– W. Clement Stone
“What is left when honor is lost?”
— Publilius Syrus
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.”
– Cecil Beaton
“If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.”
– R. Buckminster Fuller
“If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.”
– Moliere
A great shot
I love this picture!
I took it yesterday, it was a beautiful morning. The kids had friends over, and this is a great shot of Max and his friend Tim in the backyard. I love the sun coming through the trees, and the fact that the boys are clearly having fun!
(Yes, Max’s shirt has ZOMBIES backward – it say “SEIBMOZ can’t read backward”. 🙂
A good reminder…
…because I know there are days when I don’t make enough of a difference.
Sunday Quotes: Happy Father’s Day!
To all you Dads out there – especially mine – Happy Father’s Day!
My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, “You’re tearing up the grass.” “We’re not raising grass,” Dad would reply. “We’re raising boys.”
-Harmon Killebrew
The thing to remember about fathers is, they’re men. A girl has to keep it in mind: They are dragon seekers, bent on improbable rescues. Scratch any father, you find someone chock full of qualms and romantic terrors, believing change is a threat like your first shoes with heels on, like your first bicycle it took such months to get.
-Phyllis McGinley
The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering-galleries, they are clearly heard at the end and by posterity.
-Jean Paul Richter
You fathers will understand. You have a little girl. She looks up to you. You’re her oracle. You’re her hero. And then the day comes when she gets her first permanent wave and goes to her first real party, and from that day on, you’re in a constant state of panic.
-Stanley T. Banks, from the film Father of the Bride
Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later… that the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a sense of duty and, perhaps love, adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life.
Tom Wolfe, from The Bonfire of the Vanities
Saturday Miscellaneous!
Preparations are underway at Williamston Theatre for the final show of the season, Red White and Tuna, as well as prepping for next season! I’m SO excited about the lineup of shows between now and August 2013! Here’s an article about our 2012-2013 Season!
Closing The Understudy this weekend, it’s been a terrific run. I couldn’t have asked for more fun people to be onstage with, Drew and Michelle are great, and the whole team of director, stage manager, designers, crew, staff – it’s been a fabulous ride! I can’t remember if I linked to our wonderful review from The Rogue Critic, so here it is!
So, here in Michigan we’ve had a giant political thing happening: The Republican lead legislature is waging a war against women (they wouldn’t call it that, but it is). In the midst of this, a Democratic State Representative, Lisa Brown, made a statement that got her banned from speaking on the house floor! 
The public outcry from her being banned has been huge, with a ton of people speaking out on her behalf, showing up to the Michigan capitol with signs saying “Vagina is not a bad word!” and “Stop The War On Women!”, etc.. The theatre community in Michigan has been very vocal, and I’m proud to say that my friend Carla Milarch, Associate Artistic Director at the Performance Network Theatre, has organized a reading of Eve Ensler’s play The Vagina Monologues at the capitol! It’ll happen Monday, and the playwright will be there in support! Truly an amazing moment – speak out, people, you will be heard! Here’s an article!
Maggie and I are getting ready to run the Warrior Dash next month! In related news: I have some catching up to do in the “Get in shape to run the Warrior Dash next month” plan… Still, here’s the course we’ll be running, if you want to check it out!
Happy Saturday everybody!
Tony Caselli 