Happy Labor Day! I'm celebrating by being at work. Laboring.

Yesterday, I went with Wendy to see San Francisco Mime Troupe: Veronique of the Mounties and it was a great show.

Not quite what I expected in terms of a mime show, as the actors talked and there was singing, but once I got past that part, it was a lot of fun. From the Guardian:

Inaugurating their 42nd year of free theater in the park, the Mime Troupe serves up Michael Gene Sullivan and Bruce Barthol's punchy tale, which posits the inevitable redirection of the war on terror northward to Canada. The country's only hope is the Ameri-phobic super-Mountie Veronique Du Bois (Velina Brown) and her American contact, a rebel librarian (Keiko Shimosato). Complete with half a dozen musical numbers (backed by composer-musical director Jason Sherbundy's cookin' three-piece band), the wacky but wise story suggests that peace lies in international solidarity as much as homegrown opposition to flag-waving pseudopatriots.

Should you decide to go see their last show today, wear some sunscreen - I was under a tree or a hat all day yesterday and my face is still as bright red as a tomato.

Oh, and they'll be all over the Bay area for a while, so you still have a chance to see them even though they're not in the City.