Isn't every day Labor Day?

It occurs to me on my ongoing (lifelong) search for work, that when I fail to get the interview/job, it's either because the folks hiring don't know me or because they do.

The merger of Taylor Swift, Inc. and Travis Kelce, Inc. is front page in the financial press. I spoke to a banker who implied the deal's not really a merger, and when I asked what the new entity would be named, she answered (kindly, as one does when addressing an ignoramus): "Taylor Swift, Inc."

My father's been dead a quarter century. Before he left, he thought about his kids and apparently concluded that in some sense or another, we'd not be parted. In some sense or several, he's been correct. However, his typically sly suggestion that we were waiting for him to shut up is pure slander.

Hollywood, 6.14.2025.

May 9 - 11, Lobby Theatre (L.A.) presents a reading of THE ANTIPODES. It's a rare opportunity to see Annie Baker's trenchant portrait of the story-industrial-complex. The outstanding cast includes maestro Arye Gross, and yours truly serves as dramaturg.

lobbytheatre.ludus.com/index.php

Because we've seen it all before .....

The headline's misleading. The government wasn't ordered to return Garcia; indeed, the equivocal ruling suggests courts have no authority to do so. Roberts fears challenging Trump because if Trump ignores the court's ruling, then the court will cease to matter.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...

Folks are only now realizing that laws don't matter if they are not enforced? That courts can rule and order but don't actually do the enforcing? That there's no authority that can enforce an order against the executive branch of the government other than ... the executive branch? A teachable moment