Watching the Tony Awards makes me consider auditioning for a community theatre show again, after I thought I was done.
Lee Schlesinger
@leeschlesinger.bsky.social
Writer and editor. Interested in Broadway, musical theatre, good fiction. I'm looking for a mind at work. Philadelphia-based for now - formerly Austin, Sarasota, Natick, and Brandeis.
I don't like an overwhelming quantity of Lord of the Rings, but I can stand a Tolkien amount.
Overheard at school: "If you're a tomboy or a stud you could be a femboy." #seventhgrade
I've read 33 novels and novellas so far this year.
My wife says if I write a book it should be called "Things I Shouldn't Have Said."
I wish I could live forever. I'm having so much fun.
I was excited to watch the Artemis II launch. I feel like that makes me an old-timer — "When we watched the Apollo launches..."
I was going to make a clever post, but then I realized that no everything that comes into your head needs to be shared with the world.
T-Mobile's annual support of free streaming on the MLB app makes my life better. #baseball
Heritage is grandparents and great-grandparents and all those older generations looking down at you fondly and wishing you success.
The first Red Sox spring training game, with Joe Castiglione no less, was just what I needed as a reminder that spring will come someday.
I have mad DJ skills, by which I mean I can crossfade, make great, segues, and slip-cue LP tracks. Man, I'm old.
I would like to work this week but our plowing service hasn't been here and doesn't respond to phone calls or texts. We've turned to Plan B — cross your fingers.
Wouldn't it be cool if snow falling came with a musical accompaniment that reflected the mood of the storm?
No one has phoned me so far this year. Or texted me for that matter.
You know what glitter is? It's fairy feces. Yeah.
Donald Trump is doing what the 9/11 terrorists tried to do — demolish the White House.
A lot of Wordle streaks are going to be broken today.
I'm not interested in reading any article whose headline begins, "I asked ChatGPT..."
Red flag in an adult: interest or belief in astrology
Tried to read two classic novels today. Couldn't get into either. For the the record, Mrs. Dalloway and Angle of Repose
I sadly conclude, after many efforts, that Virginia Woolf is not for me.
The power's out. My phone battery is low. Might not make it. Send brownies.
I'm heading into Manhattan on Wednesday - time to see some theatre.
Top 1%, baby!
"Of 1,500 Americans surveyed, 46% finished zero (0) books in 2023 and 5% read just one. If you read more than two books in 2023, you're in the top half of U.S. adults. Reading 5 books put you in the top 33%, and 10 in top 21%. 1% read over 50 books. Free link: archive.ph/2024.01.25-2... .
Turns out it's OK to step in a puddle but not in a puggle 🤷🏻♂️ #liveandlearn
I've been on Snapchat for more than 12 years, and in that time I think I've had two conversations on the platform - and I'm fine with that.
Student 1: My dad draws. Student 2: My dad farts. Great way to to start a day of substitute teaching!