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Yes, it’s been several days since I posted. I could try to be funny and say I haven’t posted since last year … but maybe I won’t do that.

Whoops, too late, I did.

Life has been busy. Obviously, there was Christmas, and I was sick. I barely recovered, and Rachel’s family arrived, and I played lots of poker and put off reading Getting Things Done. Rachel’s family left, and I took it easy for a bit. Then my cousin, who has been in Africa for three years (he’s a missionary there) came by. My parents are here now.

The fun doesn’t stop … next week my brother will be here.

I’ve also agreed to play a (very small) role in the musical 1776, despite my most regrettable and generally unpleasant experiences with theater back home with a director who set a new standard for "egotistical."

I only have a small part … I’m playing the part of Joseph Hewes, the delegate from North Carolina. I get to say "North Carolina yields to SOUTH Carolina" several times (if I’m not being interrupted by irritated people saying "Yes, Mr. Hewes, we know!"

I’m not thrilled about "yielding" to the lesser Carolina. Perhaps I’ll ad-lib and say something like "North Carolina regretably and inexplicably yields to the fire-breathing seccesh half-wit no-count yokels from the lesser Carolina" instead.

Speaking of inexplicable … I can’t find any evidence that Mr. Hewes spent the better part of his time in Philly yielding to South Carolina. I did discover that he had been granted more power than any other delegate from any other colony, and North Carolina apparently supported indepedence quite solidly from the beginning. My best guess is that the writer took some liberties in order to  "spice up" the sectional conflict over slavery.

For those of you who are interested, performances are going to be the the first two weekends in February, at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church off of Hixson Pike. I’ll post more information about the performances later …

Some time during all this mess I’m supposed to get work done.

Actually, I’ve gotten quite a bit done this week. I even managed to open a business checking account, which was no small feat because the bank hadn’t ever dealt with an LLC with a sole member … their "account creation" program insisted that they enter two members … and there aren’t. But, it’s done now.

So, I’m all ready to send out my first bill as "4-8-4/IntuiWorx" (my business alias) … and that time should come here in the next few days …

Tags: small business, christmas, 1776, theater