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Editor Dave Kovenetsky and I stand in to test lighting in the AOL Studio. I think this would make a great cover for the all keyboard prog rock album Dave and I want to make called “Hines and Kovenetsky: Journey to Aurora.”

Tabitha and I saw August: Osage County last night. Here’s a shocking opinion: I think it’s good! It long (3 hours and 10 minutes plus two ten minute intermissions) but you don’t notice it. The characters are instantly interesting all by themselves and also begin f*cking with each other in compelling ways. My one very minor quibble is that I started to be aware that everyone in the family seemed to have a ready supply of interesting and smart comparisions to movies and books. I mean, writers write plays of course — and then all of their characters seem to like books and movies and talk about them. More than people do in real life. I didn’t really mind.

Stepfathers won cagematch, barely. Derrick packed the house with an awesome crowd. I felt a bit desperate in the walk-on department, but also had a blast. Thank God we won. Derrick are hilarious and great guys and are to a man many times more successful than I am, but I was placed on a Harold team before they were in college and would have felt like crap losing. Good times.

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