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cultural literacy
Filed Thursday, April 15 2004.

While at Yale, I ended up playing the pit of one of Sondheim's musicals, which featured a number in which the two leads pretend to be Jackie and JFK, accents and all.

Following a run through at the pit band's first rehearsal with the performers, I couldn't help but shout out "Chowdah! Chowdah!". Onstage, the female lead responded 'Chow-dehr! Chow-dehr!", and I fairly leapt to my feet. It's the closest I've ever been to love at first sight.