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About Me

I always have a wonderful time, wherever I am, whoever I'm with. Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, "In this world, Kenneth, you must be," - she always called me Kenneth - "In this world, you must be oh so smart, or oh so pleasant." Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me.I am me and you are you and we are all together . . . Toy Cows in Africa from Northern Exposure. An unreconstructed Yankee who enjoys . . . many things. Art, music, theater, intelligence, and humor. Especially the serial comma.

My Interests

You name it . . . people, live theater, poetry, PEOPLE, photography . . . lots of stuff

I'd like to meet:

Robert Frost, Don Quixote, Juliet

Music:

Bach, Beethoven, Django Reinhardt, Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald, Paul Simon, Iron Butterfly, Siegal-Schwall Blues, The Little Sparrow, The Queen of the Blues, shape-note and Sacred Harp singing, mountain music

Movies:

Young Frankenstein, The Enchanted Cottage, Princess Bride, Branagh's and Olivier's Shakespeare films, Harvey, lots of others

Television:

BBC America, Countdown, Reliable Sources

Books:

Terry Pratchett's Discworld and other novels; Shakespeare; Paul Clifford ("It was a dark and stormy night . . . "); Beowulf; Plato; British murder mysteries

Heroes:

My Mom and Dad; people who get up and go to work every day, who create the art, theater, music, food, and all the other things we enjoy without much thought. Thanks . . .

My Blog

Love Sonatas

If you ever have the chance to see a 5-play cycle called "Love Sonatas," do whatever you have to to see the shows. Each play explores one or more facets of this thing we call love, whether it is the l...
Posted by Ken on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:44:00 PST