On the Philly Phront:

It looks like transferring with my current salary and bonus is a go. Now to see if Joe can transfer.

Still not sure what ~~ma to ask for.

Wow, Aimee. Exciting.

And hang on a sec - I'm guessing getting your LA salary in Philadelphia will work out to a defacto raise. So yay again.

Well lots of mystery-ma then!

So important I feel compelled to xpost it!

Sundance Channel Alert!

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"Slings & Arrows," second-season premiere 8 p.m. Feb. 19, first- season encore marathon 3 p.m. Feb. 18, Sundance Channel.

This Canadian import is searingly spot-on and seems effortlessly great, probably helped by having only six episodes per season.

Revolving around a group of actors at the New Burbage Theatre Festival (purveyors of all things Shakespeare), the series attempts to mix art with commerce, real life with drama. It focuses on Geoffrey (the superb Paul Gross), an actor turned director who ran a theater that stood on its values but never attracted an audience.

He was once as thick as thieves with his mentor, Oliver (Stephen Ouimette), and with the love of his life, fellow thespian (and aging star) Ellen (Martha Burns).

But the bitterly mean Oliver was killed while drunk (he now reappears in death) and Geoffrey had to put away thoughts of selling out and instead become artistic director of the New Burbage Festival, where he manages to pull off "Hamlet" despite myriad woes (Mark McKinney of "Kids in the Hall" and indie film guru Don McKellar also star).

In the second season, all hell continues to break loose while Geoffrey must stage "the most jinxed play in theatrical history" -- "Macbeth."

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Highly recommend this show to all Buffistas.

Wow, Aimee! Whatever~ma to you!

And hang on a sec - I'm guessing getting your LA salary in Philadelphia will work out to a defacto raise. So yay again.

Yes and no. It will once we actually get rid of some debt.

All the Best ~ma, Aimée.

Will the company pay to move you, too?

I can't help but think that moving to Philly from LA is some reverse (perhaps perverse) migratory pattern.

I'm not sure why it would be more attractive to do that if you weren't getting substantially more money or a much better job.

It costs a lot of money and emotional energy to uproot. It'll take six months to a year just to get settled and get your financial footing and longer than that to get your social structure in place.

So, granted I'm Cali-centric, what exactly are the big pluses of moving? Maybe I wasn't paying attention.

You would be, after all, moving to a place with lots of winter and way too many Eagles and Phillies fans (the meanest fans in all of sports).

I'm not trying to be a wet blanket so much as a devil's advocate here, Aims. This strikes me as a little impulsive, but that's not to say it can't be a good thing.

Bucketloads of ~ma to you, Aimée.

Mine, probably not. Joe's, maybe. If not, we pass all the write-off tests (I've checked) so there's that for next year.