New BlogWatcher change partially implemented

As there seemed to be some interest in my idea for “tagging” posts in BlogWatcher, I’ve begun the process of implementing it. Right now, in every post, you should see a graphic indicating the average rating that post has received from all subscribers. If nobody’s rated it, then it defaults to neutral. You can also set your own rating.

There are five possible ratings for you to use:

  1. Terrible
  2. Bad
  3. Neutral
  4. Good
  5. Very good

Right now, changing the rating you give doesn’t immediately change the displayed average rating, though I may put that functionality in. Oh, and one other thing to mention: I hired by daughter to do the graphic design work to create the rating indicator. So now she’s a professional graphic artist. ;)
This is of fairly limited use right now, but the next step is to provide a means where you can see a list of posts which meet some criteria. Most likely, posts where the average rating is “Good” or better. So please go ahead and rate posts as you see them, so that there will be data available when the changes are in place.

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“The Music Man” cast

The Music ManThe cast has been set for “The Music Man” at BLT. I’m “Salesman #1″ and in the chorus. (The five salesmen have a choral speaking bit at the beginning of the show.) I was in this same show in High School, and I was one of the salesmen then as well, though I don’t remember which number. Once I have a script I’ll know if it’s the same part or not.

I’m a bit disappointed that I didn’t get to read for some of the “meatier” parts (Marcellus, Mayor Shinn) but I really can’t fault the director for the way he cast it. Especially since my daughter was cast as Zaneeta. It’s a non-singing part, so she won’t be showiing off her vocal talents, but it’s definitely the best teen girl part in the show. We’re very proud of her. She didn’t expect to get it, but I think it was during a “whim” reading the second day of auditions when she just nailed the character that got her the role.

Mr Roberts And, as long as we’re on the subject: don’t forget that there are still two weekends left for “Mr. Roberts.” I haven’t looked at the box office results recently, but I’m guessing that there are still good seats available. Come on down and see us if you haven’t already. Or, for that matter, even if you have. ;)

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