scene from next week's BSG

Not a spoiler, plot-wise. You can right-click and save, or just click and watch -- it loads pretty quickly. ETA: Spoilers in comments. ;)

( just a teeny bit more summary under the cut )

Chicago-area people: wonderful play from Theater Wit

This past weekend, shrift and I (and four non lj-ers) went to see Thom Pain (based on nothing), put on by Theater Wit. The play was written by Will Eno, garnering him a Pulitzer nomination; The New York Times called the play "Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart generation". The production is directed by one of my best friends, Jeremy Wechsler, and stars my friend Lance Baker. It is seventy minutes of emotional and intellectual rapture, and I highly recommend it for anyone who has twenty bucks and a free evening.

(If you think I might be a little biased *g*, you can check out the reviews at The Chicago Sun-Times or the Chicago Reader.)

It plays Thursdays through Sundays, but it's only running until April 14, so hit the Theater Wit website now!

Record from your LPs and cassettes to CD-R !

Brookstone has a turntable with a built-in CD recorder. You'd think someone would have put one of these out before! It also plays (and records) cassettes. Plus it plays cds, and has an AM/FM radio. And it's *lovely* to look at.

*plots how to re-jigger finances over the next few months*