April 29th, 2016 → 5:51 am
“Ships are but boards…” – Merchant of Venice
Upon which, apparently, to put supremely silly names.
April 16th, 2016 → 4:51 am
“Am I your self
But, as it were, in sort of limitation,
To keep with you at meals, comfort your bed,
And talk to you sometimes? Dwell I but in the suburbs
Of your good pleasure? If it be no more,
Portia is Brutus’ harlot, not his wife.” – Julius Caesar
Marriage. Like a sine wave. Except, not that it can be good and bad. But that it can be exciting, and then boring. Comforting, and yet alienating. Always, I guess, an adventure.
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
April 12th, 2016 → 5:40 am
“You smell this business with a sense as cold
As is a dead man’s nose.” – Winter’s Tale
The quote above implies that those who hide money overseas don’t quite get how smelly that is. And I love how so many articles have been written lately explaining the various legitimate reasons for secret offshore bank accounts. *Sigh* It just stinks, admit it.
Filed under: Blog & Stupid/Evil People
April 3rd, 2016 → 5:42 am
“What’s done cannot be undone.” – Macbeth
I watched the latest movie version of Macbeth last night (the one with Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard), and found it to be a bit overdone. Very Hollywood with gratuitous fight scenes, prolific blood spurts, and melodramatic music in every single scene. I think I need to watch a comedy now…
Filed under: Blog & Literature/Theatre/Art
March 21st, 2016 → 5:44 am
“Appetite, an universal wolf.” – Troilus & Cressida
Just got back from a short trip to Cincinnati. I way overate. Darn hunger when you travel, and there’s no healthy food options available!
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
March 17th, 2016 → 6:04 am
“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” – Hamlet
Or, as The New York Times noted this morning – NOT. For yet another year Denmark has come in at No. 1 on the World Happiness Report. In large part, apparently, because of a relative lack of inequality (at least as compared to much of the rest of the West). Go Denmark!
Oh, and Happy St. Patrick’s Day ☘️
March 4th, 2016 → 5:34 am
“A woman is a dish for the gods.” – Antony and Cleopatra
I guess March is Women’s History Month. To be honest, I wasn’t even aware that March was supposed to be a celebration of women’s history; it certainly doesn’t get much play. Anyhow, in honor of this, I tried to find an applicable quote from Shakespeare, but it was hard! Shakespeare has a ton of quotes about women, of course, but most of them are actually rather degrading. Even the one chosen above is sort of degrading. I’d rather women be less a dish for the gods, then an admired member of human kind. It’s 2016 already – let’s focus on women’s minds and not their looks please!
February 25th, 2016 → 6:16 am
“We are but warriors for the working day;
Our gayness and our gilt are all besmirched
With rainy marching in the painful field.” – Henry V
It was a snow day here in St. Louis yesterday, and the whole family stayed inside playing games and watching movies. Now, alas, it is back to work…through wet, sluggish fields.
Filed under: Blog & Other & Self/My Life
February 21st, 2016 → 6:37 am
Rosalind: “Not true in love?”
Celia: “Yes, when he is in, but I think he is not in.” As You Like It
I didn’t blog about Valentine’s Day, but here’s an entertaining after Valentine’s Day post. Apparently Goodwill stores in Florida and Nevada have a campaign going about exs that break up with you on Valentine’s Day – Don’t Hate (them), Donate (their stuff)! I love the image of hundreds of jilted women (and men) throwing insensitive ex-lover’s stuff in boxes and giving them away to charity.
February 16th, 2016 → 6:22 am
“Dead as a doornail.” – Henry VI, Part II
I think we’re all in a bit of shock over the announcement of Antonin Scalia’s death over the weekend. Shakespeare has many quotes about death (almost as many as he has about love), but I chose to use this one because it seemed so abrupt, succinct, and in your face. Much like Scalia himself.
Plus, I love putting up quotes of phrases we use today, but which so many people don’t even realize come from Shakespeare!
Filed under: Blog & Politics/Politicians & Stupid/Evil People