September 17th, 2014 → 5:46 am
“I found him under a tree like a dropped acorn.” – As You Like It
I keep reading reports, posted alongside gruesome photos, of people dying in the streets, outside of hospitals, under trees and beside rivers where the Ebola virus struck them down or family members abandoned them for fear of catching the disease themselves. It is ghastly.
September 14th, 2014 → 5:53 am
“You are as a candle, the better part burnt out.” – Henry IV, Part II
Apparently the age-old Shakespeare denier conspiracy theorists are at it again. This time a bunch of scholarly professors, battling out whether the theory is worth an academic publication or not. I can tell you that I did do a bit of research on this myself a number of years ago, and I found it all bunk. No one wrote Shakespeare but Shakespeare.
Filed under: Blog & Literature/Theatre/Art & Stupid/Evil People
September 10th, 2014 → 6:54 am
“Get thee a good husband, and use him as he uses thee.” – All’s Well That Ends Well
Two girlfriends of mine just announced their engagements this week. How exciting!
September 7th, 2014 → 5:41 am
“Study is like the heaven’s glorious sun.” – Love’s Labor’s Lost
We’re three weeks into the fall semester and homeworks are being turned in, essay written, exams stressed over. All you students with slumped shoulders and drawn-out gait, remember, that study is like heaven’s glorious sun – as it brings knowledge, light, certainty, and understanding. What could be better?
September 4th, 2014 → 6:08 am
“Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all.
Close up his eyes, and draw the curtain close;
And let us all to meditation.” – Henry VI
Bernie Madoff‘s second son, Andrew, died yesterday. His first son committed suicide two years to the day of his father’s conviction. Andrew died of cancer, but he has said the cancer came because of the stress of his father’s actions. I don’t know if the sons are also guilty (they always claimed innocence), but their death is certainly tragic. The entire Madoff arc is tragic. One big, enormous, heartbreaking tragedy.
Filed under: Blog & Other & Stupid/Evil People
September 1st, 2014 → 6:04 am
“I am a true laborer; I earn that I eat,
get that I wear, owe no man hate,
envy no man’s happiness, glad of other men’s good,
content with my harm.” – As You Like It
We should all be so lucky…
(Note: “harm” here means the burdens of life.)
August 26th, 2014 → 8:05 am
“O brave new world,
That has such people in ‘t!” – The Tempest
The new term begins at the university this week. And we have record enrollment this year. Here’s to a new semester and great new students!
August 24th, 2014 → 6:17 am
“He has strangled
His language in his tears.” – Henry VIII
All kids cry. What differs, appears to be adults’ reaction to them. When my son cries I want to know what happened, what is wrong, what he is feeling and why. My husband wants him to just stop. I no longer try to figure out which one of us parents better – we simply parent differently oftentimes – but it is interesting how people can respond to such commonalities so very disparately.
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
August 21st, 2014 → 7:37 am
“A maid
That paragons description and wild fame;
One that excels the quirks of blazoning [fastballs].” – Othello
A 13 year old girl on the cover of Sports Illustrated. The first female to throw a shutout in a Little League World Series game. Only the 18th female to play in the Little League World Series in its 68 year history. I love it! You go girl.
August 19th, 2014 → 6:00 am
Gonzalo: “Comes to the entertainer–“
Sebastian: “A dollar.”
Gonzalo: “Dolour comes to him, indeed: you have spoken truer than you purposed.” – The Tempest
Shakespeare loved to play on the double meaning of words/sounds – here it’s with “dollar” and “dolour.” A radio announcer (I’m afraid I can’t recall which one) used this quote yesterday in relation to the Family Dollar bidding war. You get a dollar, but really it leads to dolor. Ain’t this true of so many mergers? Ain’t this true of so much in life!
Filed under: Blog & Economics/Money