http://joshkornbluth.com/wordpress The blog of monologuist Josh Kornbluth Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:40:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In his autobiography, Ben Franklin tells how, as a young man, he carried rolls of paper to his printshop in a wheelbarrow.  The point -- as with so many of his actions -- was self-publicity: He made sure to do the wheelbarrowing when the streets were full of potential customers, ... http://joshkornbluth.com/wordpress/?p=660 [caption id="attachment_654" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The Moon Flew Over the Scoreboard"][/caption] Had the great pleasure of attending last night's San Francisco Giants game with Bert Steinberg, whose license plate says something like "I [Heart] Bsebal."  Everyone who works at PacBell Park (weird to type out that corporate name -- what strange times ... http://joshkornbluth.com/wordpress/?p=653 Golda Meir, circa 1948: "It would be more than foolish to expect that we can live here in comfort and in peace and not do everything for the Arab minority," she remarked.  "We have no desire to be a master race and have people of a much lower standard among us.  ... http://joshkornbluth.com/wordpress/?p=650 If you belong to Netflix, could you please add my movies Haiku Tunnel and Red Diaper Baby to your queue?  If enough people do that, then they'll go ahead and make the films available. Thanks!! http://joshkornbluth.com/wordpress/?p=647 For the next couple of weeks, in a burst of irrational midsummer exuberance, I'm offering DVD's of my Red Diaper Baby concert film for only $14.95 each -- $10 off the usual price.  Would Karl Marx approve?  I imagine so. To get to my online store, click here. http://joshkornbluth.com/wordpress/?p=642 Well, you can find out this Friday and Saturday, Aug. 6 and 7, when I'll be doing my latest monologue, Andy Warhol: Good for the Jews?, at the lovely 142 Throckmorton Theatre in Marin County's very own Mill Valley.  Both performances are at 8 p.m.  For tix and info, click ... http://joshkornbluth.com/wordpress/?p=640 There's a cool new device called the EyeWriter that has been developed to empower people who suffer from paralysis: it allows them to write and draw using only their eye movements, and it's way cheaper than any of the current alternatives.  If enough people vote for it on the Pepsi ... http://joshkornbluth.com/wordpress/?p=634 [caption id="attachment_630" align="alignright" width="300" caption="First-Lunchers (Photo by Steve Rhodes)"][/caption] We didn't solve the problems of the Middle East at lunch today, but we had a good talk about our feelings regarding Israel, being Jewish, not being Jewish, and several other things -- none of them being my possible upcoming oboe piece.  ... http://joshkornbluth.com/wordpress/?p=629 We'll find out, as I'll be doing my show Andy Warhol: Good for the Jews? at the 142 Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley on Aug. 6 and 7. Not sure whether the high-school-aged daughter of the owners will home-bake chocolate-chip cookies for concessions, as happened the last time I was there.  ... http://joshkornbluth.com/wordpress/?p=626 There's a guy at my gym who possibly hates me.  Actually, I can't tell.  It's confusing. A few months ago I was changing in the locker room and I got into a conversation with this guy.  He said he works in opera, and we talked a bit about this opera director ... http://joshkornbluth.com/wordpress/?p=621