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Patrick Colford
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Anti-capitalist, dancer, nerd, gamer, lizard enthusiast. Banner art by April Hoera.

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Cheney died, Mamdani won, Maine blocked question 1, VA flipped a bunch of shit, and I got to see cool art and eat tasty food with my wife. I danced today and later I'll jam out some harmonica.

It's only one day, but it was very good.
Escalivada, a paté like dish of eggplant, onion, and tomato served cold. It is garnished with pine nuts. The set of "Stereophonic" at the Curran Theater. It is a recording studio, dominated by a control board in the center. The Playbill for "Stereophonic". An engineer sits at the sound board, adjusting the music.
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Time to cry cathartically. The work's not done!
A purple curtain over a theater stage. A hand holds up the playbill for "Suffs".
October 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Shana tovah. Have a sweet new year.
A plate of apples splayed out in a fan around a central bowl filled with honey. The same plate of apples as in picture one from a steeper angle.
September 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Time is an illusion that helps things make sense
So we are always living in the present tense
It seems unforgiving when a good thing ends
But you and I will always be back then
You and I will always be back then
A yellow bearded dragon sits on a person's chest with his mouth open. The yellow bearded dragon from the first photo stands on a log with one eye towards the camera in his tank. If you had to anthropomorphize his expression, you might call it sassy. The yellow bearded dragon from the first two pictures sits on a quilt whose fabric is a field of red poppies. The background is a living room with a bookshelf and a quilt out of focus. The yellow bearded dragon from the first three pictures is in his tank, looking at the camera with his mouth full of collard greens. The tank has one of its sliding glass doors open, and there is a jar of worms in front of the tank. If you had to anthropomorphize his expression, you might call it "guilty at being caught eating greens."
August 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Last show of the trip: John Proctor is the Villain.
A curtain with the words "John Proctor Is The Villain" projected on the fabric. The playbill for John Proctor is the Villain. Five girls are shouting around the title, hair down, leaning over the perspective of the camera.
August 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Operation Mincemeat for the third show. We saw the dramatic version on Netflix as a primer, but this is a musical comedy so I'm interested in the differences.
A yellow curtain across a stage, quite close up. The playbill for "Operation Mincemeat" in front of the curtain from the previous photo.
August 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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No Titus tonight unfortunately, but we're excited to see Conrad Ricomora!

Also, the seats in the balcony of the Lyceum are not made for fat people.
A purple curtain in front of a stage. A hand holds up the playbill of "Oh, Mary!" in front of the curtain from the previous picture. The playbill features Titus Burgess in his role as Mary Todd Lincoln.
July 31, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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"Death Becomes Her" was a lot of fun! Great camp energy, hilarious one-liners, excellent performances. A love letter to the film. Go see it if you can!
The curtain for "Death Becomes Her" The playbill for "Death Becomes Her"
July 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Show number six, a final performance for our last show of the vacation. It was a really fun musical. It may be dead, but may it live on.
A small stage for a band rests on a larger stage. There are three guitars, a banjo, a drum set, and a piano visible. At the back wall there is a map of the Oklahoma Territories and an American flag. The playbill for Dead Outlaw The cast, crew, and understudies for Dead Outlaw's final performance take their bows. The cast, crew, and understudies take their bows for the final performance of Dead Outlaw.
June 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Show number 5: I am the very model of a modern major musical.

The show normally has one of my favorite actors (Alex Gibson) in it which would've been a treat, but he is tragically out tonight. Quelle tragedie!
June 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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I forgot to mention show number 3, which was a ghost story in a cemetery.
The set for "Ghost Quartet" in Green-Wood Cemetery. The audience surrounds a central performance space adorned with rugs. There is a broken chandelier on ground in the middle, and lights in the air. The playbill for Ghost Quartet
June 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Show #4; what's to discuss?
A gauzy gray curtain in front of the stage for "Stephen Sondehim's Old Friends". Portraits of Sondheim are on either side of the stage. The playbill for "Stephen Sondehim's Old Friends"
June 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Show #2!
A black curtain on which "어쩌면 해킹 엔딩" and "Maybe Happy Ending" are projected. The playbill for "Maybe Happy Ending"
June 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Show number 1! We're getting to see it before closing and I'm happy to be out of this dreadful New York heat.
The stage of "Real Women Have Curves". A brick facade on which is a mural of six women surrounded by flowers and plant life. The sign above the mural reads "Somos Boyle Heights" The playbill for "Real Women Have Curves"
June 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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June 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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This is my mom's cat, Freya.
A tuxedo cat looks up at the camera while sitting on a rug with a black and white pattern. The cat is a master of blending in with her environment.
May 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Pretty packed auditorium here at Oakland High School.
March 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Because I emailed him about voting against cloture and the CR last week.

To his credit, he did! One cookie.

But his response to me was highlighting how voted for federal funding in the Biden administration. Look at this nonsense reply.
Senator Padilla's reply to a constituent: "I believe Congress must provide significant new investments in our communities to strengthen our economy, combat climate change, and improve access to healthcare, education, and housing for those who need it most. That is why I was proud to vote for the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-42) and the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-47), which funded the federal government through September 30, 2024. In addition to critical investments in federal programs, these bills included over $316 million that I secured for 198 local projects across California. These projects will bolster our drinking and waste water infrastructure, expand mental health and workforce development programs, help address our housing crisis, and make our streets safer. I also voted for the American Relief Act, 2025 (Public Law 118-158), which former President Biden signed into law on December 21, 2024, to fund the federal government through March 14, 2025. I was also proud to vote for the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-169), which former President Biden signed into law on August 16, 2022. This historic law will reduce the deficit to fight inflation, lower healthcare and prescription drug costs, invest in domestic energy production and manufacturing, and reduce carbon emissions by roughly 40 percent by 2030. This legislation is the largest investment in history to combat the climate crisis. It will also ensure the wealthiest Americans and the largest corporations pay their fair share in taxes, while reducing the deficit by an estimated $300 billion over the next 10 years."
March 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Detective Columbo reads "Gender Trouble" while telling a parable about how gender is a construct using Tumblr style hashtags to relate the story of his wife's cousin "lew", who doesn't have a gender. He ends his story noting that humans have created the concept of gender and contrasting it to his dog who doesn't know the difference between meatloaf and cigar ash.
February 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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I certainly hope so M-W.
A screenshot of the word "uplifting" with the logo of Merriam-Webster as a watermark.
January 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Last show of the year. Great production from the touring cast of a fun show that doesn't take itself too seriously. Great prop work.
A photograph of a neon sign saying "Betelgeuse", pointing to a stage. A photograph of the program for "Beetlejuice: the Musical"
December 28, 2024 at 5:03 AM
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Happy Thanksgiving to folks. Hope you're with loved ones, hope you're eating well, and hope you're enjoying a good evening. May there be more peace and more plates for those without either in the days to come.
Two pies are in the picture. The one in the front is a double-crusted apple pie, with a pinwheel design in the top crust. The one in the back is a pumpkin pie. A tray of green bean casserole, prominently covered in fried onions. A dinner table for American Thanksgiving. It features a salad of greens, a bowl of bread, pickles and olives in the center, and five people seated with plates. On the plates are slices of roast chicken, mashed potatoes with mushroom gravy, and green bean casserole. A close up of a plate of an American Thanksgiving dinner. In the front is a salad of little gem lettuce and greens, with beets, feta cheese, and a honey-mustard vinegarette, mashed potatoes with a mushroom gravy is to the right of the plate, in the back is green bean casserole, and to the left is slices of roast chicken.
November 29, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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Anyhoot, recent cooking and lizard pictures:
November 14, 2024 at 5:17 PM