Pilobolus!

Yesterday, we drove north to Bellingham for a performance by the Pilobolus Dance Theatre. Now, what I know about modern dance would fit in George Bush's brain with room to spare. So, I won't even attempt a serious critique here except to say that I, who would normally flee from any kind of dance as if it were an opera bearing down on the gang from Cheers, was utterly mesmerized. Let's just say that Pilobolus is a harmonic convergence of the genius of the dancers with the genius of the artistic directors. The company performed five dances of one to six dancers, including this duet called "Symbiosis:"

You can watch three of the other four performances on the Pilobolus web site under Menu > Works > Active Repertoire. The dances are called "Rushes," Pseudopodia," and "Day Two". If you get a chance to see Pilobolus, don't pass it up...

If there's one thing Americans -- regardless of political persuasion and anything else -- it's a politician who doesn't pay his taxes. It's not like Tom Daschle was the first, but his Olympian disregard for the consequences of his behavior for health care reform is the height of arrogance. From what I've read, Daschle is not a cheat. But he is a politician and he well knows the game. How, then, could he not inform the transition team that this problem lurked? Had he been up front, the issue might have been settled to everyone's satisfaction, and President Obama's first choice to lead health care reform might be in the cabinet...

How about Dr. Howard Dean to replace Daschle?...

Don Parker has reason to believe that the pope will move to canonize Grand Inquisitor Tomas de Torquemada...

The Krewe du Vieux stimulus package, feauring "Investments in Stocks and Bondage"...

Thanks to Renegade Eye for turning me on to Pilobolus...