Take real-life FBI wiretaps of two mobsters’ phonecalls to each other, add a soundtrack by They Might Be Giants, and you’ve got the Frank & Fritzy Show, now playing at WMOB, the wiretap network.

Publicity photos for my production of The Hot l Baltimore , opening Friday evening, are on-line, thanks to Bill Akin. Since a director’s work is largely done when the show opens, this Saturday Chris and I are going to build a barn. The lumber was delivered to the farm yesterday. Ten cubic yards of composted peanut shells and manure were delivered today, but that’s another project.

I don’t mean to be laughing at other people, of course, but I’m very, very glad I didn’t turn out like this fellow. So very glad.

This is what it sounds like when mice cry.

Phrase of the night: “Random flaming simian event.” The show was fantastic. I’ve been waiting twenty years to see them, and they didn’t disappoint. Yeah, I’m a fan.

Chris and I received a number of lovely wedding gifts. It’s been longer than Miss Manners would ever allow, but we are beginning to work on thank-you cards to everyone. One gift in particular I can share with you all: Dissection of a Monte Cristo. The El Camino restaurant, located in my former home of Socorro, New Mexico, makes the best version of the Monte Christo sandwich I have ever tasted. In Georgia, I’ve not found a place that makes any version, so it’s been something I’ve been especially nostalgic for. Thanks to KScott, I can now make as many of these at home as I can eat. And so can you. Thank you, KScott!

Tonight: Penn & Teller.

I forgot one. Star Trek Minutiae is just what is says, organized like courses offered at Star Fleet Academy. I hesitate to add that I went search for a site of my own free will, for “research”.

I haven’t been able to write lately. That’s something I hope to rectify soon. The Hot L Baltimore opens next Friday, and it’s going off as smooth as can be. It’ll be a fantastic show I’ll be mighty proud of. It’s kept me mghty busy away from home, though, which is something a newly-wed with a new farm shouldn’t be. Not that I’ve been neglecting the farm. (The wife, well, you’ll have to bring that up with her.) We’ve decided on a name, which I’ll keep a secret for now. I’ve bought the domain and am putting the web pages together; I’ll announce it in a couple of weeks or so. We’re sponsors of the forthcoming Georgia Organics resource directory. Seventy-five new chickens are on order and a couple hundred dollars’ worth of seeds are on the way. When the first of February rolls around, getting the place together will be my full-time second job. Today, I do have a couple links that have come my way: What Really Happened is a conspiracy theory clearing house, focusing mostly on the events on and after September 11. As with any good conspiracy theory, the people here weave a plausible tapestry. Word’s Eye is an amazing research project coming out of AT&T; labs. You feed the program a text description, and it generates a rendered image that portrays your description. There’s not an on-line demo yet, but they have sample output to view and planty of technical documents. This is one worth keeping up on.

Found Magazine has a nice collection of found photos, notes, and audio recordings on their website. I’ve not seen the actual magazine yet, but I’m interested. Found stuff facinates me.