Typos are like spinich in your teeth.

As a writer, I'm always on the lookout for typos. I don't always catch them, but sometimes they just jump out at you.

When I was engaged in the online dating game, I used to say that typos in a person's profile were the online equivalent of spinach in the teeth. Yuck.

Online and in most other media, correcting the occasional typo is pretty simple.



But when you're using giant stencils and permanent paint, you might want to take an minute or two to REALLY read what you're about to jot down. Just a thought

Are YOU happy? Why not??

"Silly" theatre isn't typically my bag, but I had a great time at Arts West last night seeing Measure for Pleasure - a "restoration comedy" of British tradition full of quadruple entendre and nearly as many story lines.

It really is a fun romp - the theatre space is great - and if you can stand it, there's even a heartfelt injection of serious philosophy a bit too explicitly spelled out at the conclusion. But no matter - if you enjoy theatre, comedy, sex and lightning fast rhyming - get there (thru Nov 14)