We are about to slide, stumble, or crash through the final few days of the Fringe, which means the Jenny is on the straightaway and closing in on the finish line.

Usually on a Thursday I report on the previous night’s escapades at the Midnight Cabaret. I missed this year’s though, so I can’t report on how it went in its new location, (but maybe someone who attended will do that in our final issue tomorrow).

There’s an unfortunate side effect of The Jenny neither advertising or recapping the Midnight Cabaret. Since we didn’t list its participants, any who may not yet have appeared in these pages won’t be eligible for a Jenny Award. (While we don’t nominate every show mentioned herein, we like to have as many options as possible to twist into tortuous categories.) Winning this would be a dubious honour if it weren’t for the unique, hand-made donkey trophy that comes with it.

I would pad the list of eligible shows by listing the Patron’s Picks but I see the only one who hasn’t graced our pages is 2 Ruby Knockers, 1 Jaded Dick: A Dick Darrow Investigation. And now it has.

Pen & Ink—I was happy that Lenora Rose Patrick availed herself of the Reviews part of the Jenny box, where we used to get ALL of our reviews before Email became ubiquitous. And while I am sorry to hear that she’s having trouble connecting with a paper issue, I am happy to hear that the outlying Jenny boxes are being emptied. Of course, all back issues join the current issue in the box in the Beer Tent. And if you want a current issue without venturing there, the King’s Head box usually has copies of the latest issue.

While I don’t miss transcribing reams of handwritten reviews and letters, I am happy that people remember you don’t need to be wired to submit stuff to us.

Of course, it’s a matter of some debate at Jenny HQ, as to whether the Jenny ought to be entirely web-based, since everyone has cell phones and other mobile devices (except Dave Cramer, Michelle Cook, and Coral McKendrick, of course). So we could make the paper, but only read it on our home computers.

There is some suggestion of a smaller paper version, perhaps with QR codes that would take you directly to the review thus tagged. Or something like that. (Long gone are the days when the Jenny was in the forefront of technology because we had personal computers but needed to mail hard copy to almost everyone else. I am now officially the Fringe Luddite.)

Anyone with any opinions or suggestions is welcome to weigh in. Use ­jennyrevue@shaw.ca to email us, or post to our FaceBook page.

The clock is ticking. Well it always does, but now “tick tock” sounds like “dead line”.

Tomorrow’s the last issue, so say whatever you want to say about whatever you want, but do it before noon Friday.

Coral McKendrick