I’ve got a discussion I hope will be interesting up on the boston.com blog. Check it out.

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I had a lot to say about personal experience with the column that I thought was running today, but the column I thought was running today, isn’t. I haven’t much to say about this one — except that, as far as Facebook games are concerned, if I wanted to help all my friends raise barns, I would go be Amish, and if I were Amish, I wouldn’t be on Facebook, now, would I?

As I posted on my boston.com blog, and as you’ve undoubtedly noticed, my blog presence has been stepping down of late. My absolute priorities in life are getting my health back on track, my column, my Harvard job, and my family, friends, and community. Last week’s Deadline from Hell sent me into a pretty bad relapse that I’m just now coming out of. So blogging has to take a back seat for a while.

I love this blog, and the way it enables me to share all the weird things I notice, to ruminate about theater or psychology or fashion or religion or just about anything. I love your thoughtful comments. And I do hope to get back to daily posting soon. But it’s not going to happen right now. Keep me in your RSS feed (and your hearts), and keep checking my Twitter feed (robinabrahams) for links to stuff I think you’d be interested in. And in the meantime, I thank you for your patience. Once I get off thruster power and back into full warp speed, the good times will resume in full force. I just need a little time to pull my resources — physical, emotional, mental — back together.

I’ll be chatting from noon-1pm today here. Come by, it’s fun! Like talk radio. only with typos.

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I’ve also got an extra feature up — since this was a wedding issue, go figure — about how to deliver a toast. It was written for weddings, but works for other situations, too.

… no posties today.

And there’s so much I want to talk with you all about, too! But we shall have to wait, my dears, we shall have to wait.

Oh, and Happy Birthday to Charles Darwin! I am celebrating by walking upright. Which, as exhausted as I am, is kind of an accomplishment.

It’s another theater ticket giveaway!

“Not Enough Air” at Central Square Theater opens today and runs through March 14. Be the first to comment on this post, and I’ll give you two tickets, along with complimentary parking and drink vouchers. (Previous winners John H. and Elizabeth aren’t eligible; part of the reason I do this is to introduce new people to this wonderful theater.)

I can’t review the play, partly because I am on the board of the theater, but more to the point because I haven’t seen it. However, it sounds absolutely fascinating — a brand-new play about a playwright:

Drawn into the sensational 1920’s murder trial of Ruth Snyder, famed journalist-turned-playwright Sophie Treadwell finds herself compelled to give voice to Ruth’s story through her landmark play, “Machinal.”

And it’s being directed by Melia Bensussen, and that woman can direct the hell out of a play, I tell you what. She did Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s “Taming of the Shrew” this season and “Merchant of Venice” last, both of which were absolutely brilliant. So I think you’d be in for a good time at the theater — I know I can’t wait to see it on Sunday.

Who’s on first?

I’ve got a discussion going on the other blog today about “What is romantic?” in honor of Valentine’s Day. That’s probably where the action will be, so go check it out.

And here’s a little story I’m not sharing with the boston.com crowd: yesterday, I was doing a radio interview on the same topic. What is romance, do men and women define it differently, media versus actual people’s ideas of romance, etc. During the entire interview, Milo was sitting at my feet, happily pleasuring himself.

No, I didn’t mention it. That, my friends, is what it means to be a professional.

From ATF, in response to the “Manic Monday” post:

Right now, I am just tired of being a grownup. I don’t know of a better way to put it.

I feel you. I don’t think there is a better way to put it! Still on day-job emergency mode here; hope to get a post up this afternoon, but no guarantees. In the meantime, want to play make-believe? Are you tired of being a grownup, too? Where would you most like to be right now? A cruise? An Australian walkabout? A bouncy castle? A holodeck? The Puppy Bowl?