I remembered our new security system is operational moments after I tried to beat a stapler into submission. I hope there's no camera in this office. Stapler assault is a misdemeanor, right?

Stapler assault is a misdemeanor, right?

Laga, girl, you don't want that rap on you. Do you know what they do to staple-offenders in prison? Run. Run while you still can.

I checked the monitors- it looks like there's no camera in here. And the stapler will keep his trap shut if he knows what's good for him.

If all else fails, you were here with me and the cats, playing canasta.

canasta, check.

Oooo...canasta! I haven't played that in ages.

I've never played it. That's why the cats won. Right, Laga?

I'm loving the theater discussion - I've got a pretty good background in Shakespear and classical Greek drama, but not a lot else, although I've read plays by Durrenmat, Lorca, Barrie.

And the woman whining about having to buy her kids real shoes ... sigh ... makes me sad but doesn't surprise me. A while ago a woman who worked here (but doesn't any longer) spent a lot of time and effort getting her son into a school with a strict dress code. Then, in his first week, spent three days on the phone telling them they should relax the dress code for him. The issues were tucking in his shirt (he's a "portly young man" and it embarrassed him) and having to wear black dress shoes (not sneakers/athletic shoes). I think she lost the argument, but it wasn't for lack of trying.

And meara's new company - Lesbians R Us?

Both my kids do own leather shoes, but I can totally see little boys only having sneakers or sandals. I mean, I've been to weddings and funerals where little boys were presumably at their dressiest, and that meant khakis, button-down shirt, and sneakers. Heck, I've seen adults dressed like that at those occasions.

Btw, I'm sure the Carly/Caryl thing was a typo on his part which I blithely copied without thinking about it since we've discussed her work in the past and I hear her name as "Caryl" when I think about her.

Oh, sure, it was just the third time I saw the typo I felt obliged to point it out. Because I am a Buffista and that is what I do! I thought ND would appreciate knowing that someone does know her to the extent of being pedantic about it, heh.

In my original comment about Churchill in this thread, my point was that I thought she would be terribly difficult to teach as literature, which Fay's experience seems to possibly bear out. I think she really needs to be performed to be appreciated. And I don't think that means weaker writing. Plays are written to be performed, IMHO.