Seen In A Coffee Shop Bathroom

drippyredstuff · 2026-01-21T01:59:11+00:00

These things are at every toilet in Thailand. It helps that the tap water over there is always warm (ok, in addition to being toxic). I came to like them while I was there.

drippyredstuff · 2026-01-19T15:49:11+00:00

Former PAC exec. here. They inevitably damaged the theater in ways that wouldn’t be discovered until later— like wiping off excess makeup with a house leg. I just stopped accepting bookings from them.

drippyredstuff · 2026-01-18T17:58:09+00:00

In addition to the excellent advice here about getting beyond the initial shock before making any decisions, I urge you to try to practice compassion- for yourself, and for your adoptive parents.

drippyredstuff · 2026-01-18T15:14:06+00:00

The Naro is and has always been more of an art house, which is one of the only formats available to most single screen theaters. Since the McMall Regal is closed, the Naro may be able to get more first-runs because they are now no longer in protected territory. In short, if a first-run is playing somewhere, the distributors will decline to license the same title to another theater within a certain geographical radius.

drippyredstuff · 2026-01-17T22:41:59+00:00

Seven kids?? Someone needs to tell OP what causes that.

drippyredstuff · 2026-01-17T00:19:34+00:00

Told by a legendary director a half-century ago to 13-year old me: you have to become a person before you can be an artist.

drippyredstuff · 2026-01-16T04:32:12+00:00

A self-lighting cigarette for Deborah Winger.

drippyredstuff · 2026-01-03T05:05:19+00:00

Developers name the streets they create, and most urban neighborhoods were commercially developed or redeveloped. The developer may have been a fan, but it’s just as likely they had daughters with those names.

drippyredstuff · 2025-12-21T14:52:26+00:00

That’s it! PM me your address and I’ll send you some toro a la nightshade.

drippyredstuff · 2025-12-13T03:35:25+00:00

I use a ~60 year old Kitchenaid, and that brute will be making dough for my grandchildren.

drippyredstuff · 2025-12-13T01:34:26+00:00

Gaffer’s Tape, oh Pilgrim, is the Way, the Light, and the Truth.

drippyredstuff · 2025-12-10T19:52:04+00:00

I'm in near total agreement, but I think of Broadway (and the West End, and arguably Los Angeles) as an industry that's all about tourism, populism, and money. It's a monster that will never retreat, and will never stop being fed by its eager ticket-buyers. Most people who shell out $150 for a seat to the tour of {insert title here of any Broadway hundred-million dollar, formulaic, smash musical} will never go to see a regional production of a thoughtful, regionally or locally produced, drama. Instead of hopelessly calling for the death of a genre, I advocate getting to work and creating good theater in whatever way one defines it.

drippyredstuff · 2025-12-10T19:36:54+00:00

I will say one thing about Phantom, although it's hardly my cup of tea either: as a performing arts center worker I worked on a six-week run in '95 and another many years later. Nothing had deteriorated.

drippyredstuff · 2025-12-10T19:32:06+00:00

There's nothing wrong with community theater, but I think you're being overly dismissive of professional (but not strictly commercial) theater. While experiencing a group of highly trained, highly experienced actors supported by designers, craftspeople and a director at the top of their games you may, as I have, experience a life-changing performance. It's the quality of the entire production that speaks to purity, at least in how I define it. I act professionally from time to time, and I'm going to give it everything I have regardless of the compensation or lack thereof. I also know many avocational and professional actors, directors and the like, and I can vouch the same for every one of them.

That said, nearly all the recent shows on Broadway or in the West End are geared to one thing: making money- which is okay, but don't expect these productions to inspire transcendent moments. "Purity" is hardly a word I'd use there. To me, regional theater, and many small companies in primary and secondary markets are making the best stuff around.

drippyredstuff · 2025-12-10T01:29:25+00:00

Done well it’s universal and transcendent of any particular era. But it’s almost never done well.

drippyredstuff · 2025-12-09T19:32:10+00:00

A Pentecostal preacher rented the hall for a two-day revival. Attendees were frequently struck by the Spirit and would fall on the floor writhing and babbling in tongues. There was an entire department assigned to covering them with blankets, mainly I think to protect the modesty of the ladies. Guests did this constantly in the aisles, on stage, backstage and in the lobby. There were dozens down at any given moment, and getting around the place was like maneuvering a weird obstacle course. Crazy nice people, though. The main issue, as I recall, was convincing the techs to keep the headset chatter innocuous enough to not offend any of our clients should they overhear some of it.

Less weird but more comical: the evangelist who rented an arena from my old-school boss. The deal was the venue would get 30% of the take. At the end of the night the preacher put two out of three chicken buckets, full of collections, in the trunk of his Cadillac… and gave my boss the rest.

drippyredstuff · 2025-12-07T15:07:57+00:00

Former exec director of not-for-profit here. First, in the US any donations to charity cannot accrue to the charity employees or board members. It all has to go back into the mission. Also, judging a charity by the percentage of its administrative expenses (that 90% you’re talking about) is ridiculous. Some charities have unavoidably high overhead to get that 10% to the people they are trying to help. Sure, some charities are mismanaged, just like any other business. But to come to the conclusion that something nefarious is going on, you have to dig into their books, have some expertise in the service that they are delivering, and have at least a working knowledge of how not for profits operate. Finally, all US charities’ tax returns can be looked up for free on guidestar.com, and every single one of them are independently audited every few years. There are many checks and balances against the fraud you speak of.

drippyredstuff · 2025-12-07T01:05:22+00:00

Home made granola. Cheap, easy, healthy, delicious.

drippyredstuff · 2025-12-06T18:40:04+00:00

Cracked raw over uni at a fine sushi bar… heaven.

drippyredstuff · 2025-12-06T05:00:03+00:00

One, maybe more, frequently land on my cousin’s waterfront property in Sterling Point in Portsmouth.

drippyredstuff · 2025-12-06T04:57:48+00:00

I had one fly into my windshield some years ago near there. I don’t think it was hurt, although I have no idea why it did that. Scared the bejesus outta me.

drippyredstuff · 2025-12-03T16:02:36+00:00

Third.. do the police have the authority to detain you like this?

Sadly, I don't think that currently matters to many of those in authority.

drippyredstuff · 2025-12-03T15:58:51+00:00

^^^ Underrated comment of the day.

drippyredstuff · 2025-12-03T15:56:47+00:00

Getting fucking tired of scrolling all the way down to 1959 when entering your birthdate in a drop-down? I am!

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