What follows is my first large scale digression from capping on this blog. It is about Monty Python, which is probably near and dear to a lot of your hearts. If Python and Broadway both bore you to tears, go ahead and skip to the previous article, which gives you a chance to grumble behind my back about how I’m running this place - an activity near and dear to all cappers’ hearts.

Sometimes having a popular blog can pay off with things like free tickets to see Spamalot on Broadway, given with the hopes you’ll write something about it. Of course, I don’t seem to warrant that kind of spontaneous generosity - but my sister does, and luckily enough for me, all the people she thought of before me were either out of town or had thrown out their backs! For those of you scoring at home, my current streaks are:

Trying to make good things happen to me: 0 for my last 700 attempts.

Sitting around waiting for others’ misfortune to become my good fortune: 1 for no actual attempts but a couple of years of sitting around.

I’m not sure why they send free tickets to Spamalot to people with food blogs who dont really talk about Python or Broadway, perhaps it was the good folks at Hormel hoping she’d write up a recipe with Spam. While I’m ranting, I’ll also point out that back in 2000 while my brother and I were paying through the nose for nosebleed seats to see the Mets one victory during the subway series, our sister the non-fan got much better seats for free through her job. But I’m not complaining. No seriously, thanks for the ticket.

Now, onto the umpteenth online fanboy review of the show. (more…)

The Round Robin is dead, long live the Round Robin! Have a gander and what these fine folks wrote for #10.

And don’t miss your chance to participate in #11…starting sooner or later. More fun than a bag full of hammers!