Big Brown Fire

I just sent a big box of presents back East via Fed Ex, since I can get it cheap through work. Moments later, I discovered Andrew's post over at Gapers Block, about a huge fire at the nation's largest UPS sorting facility out in Hodgkins, Illinois. Usually I rely on UPS for a lot of big package shipping, but for now, I guess I'm thankful for Fed Ex and the Post Office. My stuff could be ashes, otherwise.

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I also wrote about Spamalot this morning. Some great reads at the New Yorker:

If you were too late to get Spamalot tickets this fall, you can at least read about the makings of the theatrical adaptation of the Monty Python and the Holy Grail in this week's New Yorker. Investigated back in its early rehearsal stages by Chicago-native writer man Dave Eggers, the musical looks to be full to the brim with Python laughs (and whether you find those laughs funny is up to you). A bonus to online readers is a special Python Q & A with Eggers and Matt Dellinger. Spamalot opens at the Shubert Theater on December 21st.