TO THE READERS OF RICK ON THEATER:
If you logged onto ROT since my last post, the
conclusion of the two-part “Merrily We Roll Along” on Sunday, 14 July,
you found that there hadn't been any new pieces. Here's why, and what
should happen in the next days and weeks:
My old computer—I can’t even remember when I bought it!—finally aged
out. It was limping along enough for me
to research, write, and post new articles, but it became more and more a chore. Both the outer device—that is, the case—and its
innards and software were deteriorating and, finally, it just became unusable.
So, I decided it was time to replace it. As you all no doubt know, that’s not just a
simple exchange, like getting a new vacuum cleaner, and I tried to work it out
so I could get the new one, all primed and ready to go, within a few days.
That didn’t work out as planned, and I ended up missing several posting dates for new articles. In all the 15 years and 4 months, plus, since I launched Rick On Theater, that has never happened. It’s going to take me a week or so more to get the new device set up for my work, and maybe a little longer to recover the sites I had saved for use in upcoming posts. Fortunately, one site was a quick recovery, and it may yield two posts—a two-parter—and I have begun working on that.
With a little luck, I can have a new post on ROT on Saturday,
3 August, and its companion post on Tuesday, the 6th. (If I miscalculate, I’ll shift everything back
until the 8th and 11th.) If you’ve
missed ROT, check back on Saturday.
I apologize to all loyal ROTters; as I used to tell my
theater students: Don’t rely on technology.
I hope that you, I, and the blog will be indemnified against glitches
and technical problems for a while, at least, and I’ll be back posting on schedule
for months, and maybe years to come.
On the other hand, as Fats Waller used to say: “One never knows,
do one!”
Thank you, ROTters, and let’s welcome back Rick On
Theater with a rousing “Break a leg!”
~Rick
