"Pass the Salt, Please." That dirty play people can't get out of their minds.

Boca Raton Magazine featured a review of this year's Summer Shorts Festival at City Theatre in Miami. My short, "Billy Balfoor Wants An Apology" , wasn't accepted. That's OK though. Seems one reviewer (John Thomason) can't seem to shake my play that was featured in last year's festival:

"Matterhorn": A so-called "festival favorite revival", this comedy stars Stephen Trovillion and Elena Maria Garcia doing their thing as a dysfunctional couple in line for a Disneyland ride. It's pretty funny, but not nearly as uproarious as last year's "Pass the Salt, Please." Summer Short, which presented Trovillion and Garcia at their finest.

My question to City Theatre is why dredge up plays that have already appeared at Summer Shorts when you've got a thousand new plays to choose from for this year's festival?

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The Territory Ahead and my lost shorts.

I lost a pair of shorts I purchased in Santa Barbara a couple years ago. Maybe it was last year. I have no idea where they could've gone. I had them with me in Miami in May and when I arrived home they had disappeared. I called the hotel in Miami and I didn't leave them there. So where did they go? Truth be told, I've lost or misplaced more shit in the last three years since living in Culver City than I've lost or misplaced the entire 7 years I've lived in a two-story guest house in Bel Air. I'm not saying it's not me - maybe it is. I'm just saying it's odd that I've never lost or misplaced as much as I have since moving to Culver City.

The shorts pictured above are the exact shorts I'm referring to. I picked up a replacement pair at The Territory Ahead, whose corporate office is located in Santa Barbara. $14.95 at TTA outlet store. Sweet.

Check out their website. I'm gonna try and not lose my shorts this time.

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