I am shocked, shocked, to find there's gambling going on in a sport that has partnerships with betting outlets.

Some pleasant playwriting news: My play "Jacob and Ebenezer: A Love Story" will have a staged reading at the GoggleWorks Boscov Theatre in #ReadingPA at 7 p.m. Dec. 11, directed by the wonderful John Gancar. If you are in the area, I hope you can make it. #Theater #Playwriting #ChristmasCarol

Do you accept plays that have terrible puns in every line? newplayexchange.org/script/32764...

Is it just me or is the Berks County election site down?

Wasn't this a recent episode of "The Paper?"

Reading Eagle reporters bring you live reports from polling places throughout Berks County for Election 2025. trib.al/A9auAfN

Perfection.

.... You don't gotta hand it to King Charles! It's not as if he found out about Andrew yesterday, like. And Andrew will live out his days as a rich, free man.

I love talking to playwrights, and this conversation with Judd Lear Silverman and Kimberly Patterson about Judd's play "Proud" was a blast. Check it out and get tickets to Proud, opening in #ReadingPA next week. youtu.be/Qf_4Uc2QG98?...

I saw "Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere" tonight. My biggest takeaway: Everyone needs a friend like Jon Landau.

Today in 1641, a plan by Ulster Catholic gentry to seize Dublin Castle and various other strongpoints around the country misfires. Attacks on Protestant settlers break out, leading to large scale kilings. It is the begining of a fateful decade in Irish history. www.theirishstory.com/2010/10/23/t...

On the downside, my Mariners lost last night. On the upside, I have no obligation to watch the World Series this year. Maybe next year. #TridentsUp

This line from a Bruce Springsteen show has been on my mind lately, and I hope it can bring some comfort to anyone who needs it: "The grief that we feel when our loved ones leave us is just the price that we pay for having loved well."

Pennsylvania Dutch ≠ Amish.

3 October, T.A. 3018 in #Tolkien's Middle-earth: Gandalf arrives at Weathertop and marks a stone. At night he is attacked there by the Black Riders. He manages to escape with four Riders behind him. Image credit: "Gandalf vs Ring Wraiths on Weathertop" by @tiwazmannaz.bsky.social

Wikipedia's great

By starting a Tolkien book club at my local library.

Almost finished this year's reading of #LOTR (Just have the appendices to read) and I always forget how fast The Grey Havens moves. What an incredible final chapter.

I had a lovely time appearing as a guest (rather than the host) of "Reading Reading" to feature these lovely actors reading my little play about witchcraft in the 1600s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHpw...

On 2 September 1973 J.R.R. #Tolkien died aged 81. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is the best-selling book of the 20th Century, and is joined by seminal works The Hobbit and The Silmarillion. He may have died 52 years ago but his influence and legacy lives on in us all. Namárië. #BookSky

Today, on the anniversary of his passing, we remember Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Thank you for the light in dark places, and for reminding us there's some good in this world worth fighting for ❤️

NYT also reports these ghouls are killing research for pediatric brain cancer. I will never forgive my country for voting for these monsters.

Promise?

Up with lefties! Down with spiral notebooks!

Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.

The way I say it does, but that's because I pronounce pony 'Ponya."

The way I say bologna does not rhyme with pony

That's because it is — wait for it — a good movie with three-dimensional characters and a compelling plot.

"Out of the quarrel with customer service reps we make plays."

as a writer it’s so essential to complain about being edited and later grudgingly admit they were right

Though it ALSO lets websites see how visitors are coming to their sites, without identifying the users.UTM codes are not aimed at tracking users, but how they got there.

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Under the Closet Door.

"No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination. — James Joyce in a letter to his brother, (cited in Peter Hartshorn, James Joyce and Trieste, Greenwood Press, 1997, p.43.)

In 2023 I wrote a short play in the Japanese Noh style for a writing challenge. After many revisions, I'm pleased to announce: In 2026 "Banshee," now a five-act play (you read that right) will be the first full-length play of mine to get a production.

Thanks to the @readingeagle.com for featuring today's In Nature's Studio by Reading Theater Project. Come to the Reading Public Museum today for some FREE outdoor theater and performance! www.readingeagle.com/2025/07/20/r...

I second that! Ooh!

If it's a ballpoint pen, I would lend it to you and never want it back.

My Fantastic Four.

I did not know this was an option when I visited Ireland.

I assume Gandalf?

Sinéad O’Connor’s father: ‘I visit her grave every week. We have a conversation or I bring her up to date’ www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

I must admit, as an American I never understood this holiday, nor the violence so often attendant with it.

And don't call me Shirley. #lotr

Most voters picked this, which says a lot about the intelligence of most voters.

Happy birthday to Ray Adverb, the writer who made me realize from an early age that I want to be funny. Still working on it. #IYKYK

Excellent essay by @brianklaas.bsky.social on how #AI causes brain rot. I think the same principles apply in #journalism, where a host of seemingly mundane tasks (covering meetings, e.g.) are in fact important training for reporters and should not be left to AI. www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-death-...

Happy Canada Day! Thank you to our northern neighbors for gifting us The Paperboys. (And for being smart enough not to vote for fascism.) youtu.be/buwe8rLksL8?...

Great to see this excellent project in Ireland get a bit more media coverage: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...