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John Bowker
Sometimes the sailor, sometimes the giant squid. Theater, fiction, and various other arts are sold surreptitiously from a big overcoat I wear on even the hottest days and nobody suspects a thing.
Sometimes the sailor, sometimes the giant squid. Theater, fiction, and various other arts are sold surreptitiously from a big overcoat I wear on even the hottest days and nobody suspects a thing.
Always is, never disappointed.
August 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Always is, never disappointed.
Sighted around town:
July 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Sighted around town:
Annnnd....it's done. Four months of writing, rehearsal, and preparation, four nights of performance. "Choosing the Bear" is a wrap and stagehands Sully and Mac get a well-deserved vacation. I can't express how good it felt to do this show. Doing it with my nearest and dearest was pure langniappe.
June 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Annnnd....it's done. Four months of writing, rehearsal, and preparation, four nights of performance. "Choosing the Bear" is a wrap and stagehands Sully and Mac get a well-deserved vacation. I can't express how good it felt to do this show. Doing it with my nearest and dearest was pure langniappe.
What a difference a week, a month, a year, makes. Eve of a new show opening tomorrow night and in every way I'm feeling gratitude for being so far away from the place of the last. It's a little too short and it might not land but "Choosing the Bear" is on its feet. Let's see if it can dance.
June 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
What a difference a week, a month, a year, makes. Eve of a new show opening tomorrow night and in every way I'm feeling gratitude for being so far away from the place of the last. It's a little too short and it might not land but "Choosing the Bear" is on its feet. Let's see if it can dance.
I know, right?
January 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I know, right?
Yesterday, Roux decided the best way to show his displeasure regarding his imprisonment in the cargo area for the duration of a long car ride was to gnaw his very expensive leash into multiple irreparable pieces.
Dogs are excellent teachers and there's a lesson for all of us in this.
Dogs are excellent teachers and there's a lesson for all of us in this.
January 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Yesterday, Roux decided the best way to show his displeasure regarding his imprisonment in the cargo area for the duration of a long car ride was to gnaw his very expensive leash into multiple irreparable pieces.
Dogs are excellent teachers and there's a lesson for all of us in this.
Dogs are excellent teachers and there's a lesson for all of us in this.
A friend's Thanksgiving greeting just reminded me to go buy another turkey because that guy behind the meat counter would be lucky to have me.
November 28, 2024 at 7:23 AM
A friend's Thanksgiving greeting just reminded me to go buy another turkey because that guy behind the meat counter would be lucky to have me.
I'm nuts for any kind of mochi/tapioca-like texture and also deeply, irresponsibly on vacation. Realizing I had everything to make the pumpkin version of Banh Bo Nuong means I'm taste-testing at 2am. Nothing to see, neighbors. Move along.
November 27, 2024 at 7:41 AM
I'm nuts for any kind of mochi/tapioca-like texture and also deeply, irresponsibly on vacation. Realizing I had everything to make the pumpkin version of Banh Bo Nuong means I'm taste-testing at 2am. Nothing to see, neighbors. Move along.
Not so much a blue sky.
November 26, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Not so much a blue sky.
Turns out an Osaka-style eel knife is great for prepping.
Italian chestnuts. News you can use, just in time or Thanksgiving.
Italian chestnuts. News you can use, just in time or Thanksgiving.
November 22, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Turns out an Osaka-style eel knife is great for prepping.
Italian chestnuts. News you can use, just in time or Thanksgiving.
Italian chestnuts. News you can use, just in time or Thanksgiving.
A hero rises...
November 20, 2024 at 2:01 AM
A hero rises...
My cactus is about to explode.
November 16, 2024 at 5:26 PM
My cactus is about to explode.
Early photo of Susan dressing for a day in her Washington office.
November 14, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Early photo of Susan dressing for a day in her Washington office.
I'm too burned out myself but someone really needs to do a compilation clip of every time Susan Collins has been "shocked" in the last eight years. Because friends, that would be comedy gold in that "If I laugh at any mortal thing, tis that I may not weep" sort of way.
November 14, 2024 at 3:04 PM
I'm too burned out myself but someone really needs to do a compilation clip of every time Susan Collins has been "shocked" in the last eight years. Because friends, that would be comedy gold in that "If I laugh at any mortal thing, tis that I may not weep" sort of way.
Post something that keeps you sane.
November 13, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Post something that keeps you sane.
In the aftermath of the failed vote to change the Maine state flag to something besides a seal on a blue background, I found out Portland Maine has a *city* flag and it is so perfect it should fly a thousand years. Long live the freaky eels.
November 11, 2024 at 9:24 PM
In the aftermath of the failed vote to change the Maine state flag to something besides a seal on a blue background, I found out Portland Maine has a *city* flag and it is so perfect it should fly a thousand years. Long live the freaky eels.
We call this his dating profile pic.
November 5, 2024 at 8:30 PM
We call this his dating profile pic.
How is it even vaguely possible it took nearly thirty three years for me to realize Turtle was gunned down at the airport making his escape with the Ex-Presidents? Never mind listening, clearly nobody looks for Turtle either.
October 26, 2024 at 2:28 AM
How is it even vaguely possible it took nearly thirty three years for me to realize Turtle was gunned down at the airport making his escape with the Ex-Presidents? Never mind listening, clearly nobody looks for Turtle either.
God help me, I have reached the point in my life where the only answer to "Who's Your daddy?" must be answered "Battery Daddy."
October 21, 2024 at 5:02 PM
God help me, I have reached the point in my life where the only answer to "Who's Your daddy?" must be answered "Battery Daddy."
Has there been a summer when it hasn't shown off?
August 3, 2024 at 2:02 AM
Has there been a summer when it hasn't shown off?
"The Orville" made it a particular alien's heat cycle pheromones that made everyone horny. And that alien was a blue Rob Lowe...which made the whole thing kind of awesome actually?
July 16, 2024 at 8:31 AM
"The Orville" made it a particular alien's heat cycle pheromones that made everyone horny. And that alien was a blue Rob Lowe...which made the whole thing kind of awesome actually?
Strange Days. Setting it on the eve of 2k dated it almost immediately but it still stands up pretty well.
July 6, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Strange Days. Setting it on the eve of 2k dated it almost immediately but it still stands up pretty well.
He's real good.
July 2, 2024 at 1:50 AM
He's real good.
700 calories of cardio is no match for 1200 calories of Haagen Daaz.
June 5, 2024 at 5:00 PM
700 calories of cardio is no match for 1200 calories of Haagen Daaz.
39+ Vegas off-Strip vibes
June 1, 2024 at 4:52 PM
39+ Vegas off-Strip vibes