Carolyn had fun playing a street urchin this weekend in Stage Right’s production of Little Shop of Horrors.

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This is fine. Really.

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Thank you, anonymous donor of Mardi Gras candy.

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Yesterday my wife took this last known picture of our two teenagers. The boy is 20 today.

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My understanding of biased polls is… (choose one)

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Teen girl standing in front of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" poster (with cartoon Romans)

I played Pseudolus freshman year in college. Haven’t seen the show in a while.

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How Facebook is killing comedy (and other indie content creators)

Facebook has monetized access to online content. The mobile apps make it difficult for you to actually leave Facebook to follow a link, which means Facebook is increasingly showing other people’s content, bypassing the creator’s own ads (and their “subscribe” and “comment” and “contact us” and “archive” buttons). As Internet comedy writer Matt Klinman puts…