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Mother, I don't want you to go off on him about this one, but he's your son, not mine.

My frustration is hereby expressed for all to see. My dear brother, having decided to come down this weekend, was asked by my mother to deliver some fresh bread and other food items.

He was in town starting around 7PM.

My mother called him, which I'm sure he appreciated. I called him separately, which I'm sure he appreciated. Both calls were around 9:30 or so.

He never showed, and it's 1AM now. The bread's going to closely resemble a baseball bat by the time I get it, assuming it doesn't fall victim to his friends' munchies.

I was very tolerant of this, going so far as to ask mom to relax a bit, it wasn't that big a deal, but you know what? I sorta hoped he'd turn up before the end of the evening, making the food actually fresh as opposed to left-in-the-truck-for-a-day.

Thanks, bro.

things to see on stage:

Big fan of the stage, I am. Don't get to see enough of it.

Currently high on my list:

Baz Luhrmann's La Boheme.
King Lear.
The Scottish Play. (you know, the one actors aren't supposed to name. Not that I'm an actor, just respecting tradition.)
Hamlet (Going to try to get north this summer for this one)
R&G are Dead, stage version. Would kill for this one.
Grand Hotel. Only ever heard the soundtrack, sounds like a great piece.
JC Superstar - seen it once, would like to again.
Phantom.
Joseph.
Cats, if only because I think my love has never seen it. (I've been twice)
Marriage of Figaro - Shakespeare Santa Cruz' version, if it could ever be recaptured. Not the opera.
Much Ado about Nothing.
Arms and the Man, George Bernard Shaw. Again, Shakespeare Santa Cruz's version was fun.

Am I missing any must-sees?

"Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing."
Robert Benchley
"This isn't right. This isn't even wrong."
Wolfgang Pauli
on a paper submitted by a physicist colleague
"I might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound - if I can remember any of the damn things."
Dorothy Parker
"An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger."
Dan Rather
"If you shoot at mimes, should you use a silencer?"
Steven Wright