January 30th, 2012 → 6:35 am
“So shaken as we are, so wan with care.” – Henry IV
We’re still sick around here….but, thankfully, on the mend…
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
January 28th, 2012 → 7:43 am
“Unwieldy, slow, heavy and pale as lead.” Romeo and Juliet
My boys (both husband and son) have been throwing up since Thursday evening. If I have to clean up any more curdled, stinky stomach contents I think I’m going to be sick myself. It’s actually a wonder I’m not ill yet – cross my fingers.
Update, 9:20 a.m.: Now my cat, NoMe, has jumped on the bandwagon and begun barfing up in various rooms around the house. It is C R A Z Y around here!!!
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
January 26th, 2012 → 7:37 am
“Where is the life that late I led?” – The Taming of the Shrew
It’s barely two weeks since the semester started at school, but already things feel so hectic! Students, classes, lecture notes, problem sets…where did the time go for just sitting at my desk and playing on the computer??!!
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
January 24th, 2012 → 6:37 am
Today is the anniversary (“yartzeit” in Judaism) of my father’s death. It’s been a long time – he died while I was in high school – but I still miss him and think about him every year. I know that at the end of his life he had some joys, but also some serious troubles…if one is now gone, at least the other is too. I wish I could give you a hug, Daddy.
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
January 22nd, 2012 → 10:58 am
“Be bloody, bold, and resolute!” – Macbeth
And ruthless, condescending, and petty, I might add. Look out, here comes Newt…
Filed under: Blog & Politics/Politicians & Stupid/Evil People
January 20th, 2012 → 5:46 am
Why must it ever be so?
Filed under: Blog & Economics/Money
January 18th, 2012 → 4:44 am
School starts again this week at colleges and universities across the country. When I was a student I didn’t creep to class so unwillingly as Shakespeare describes here, but then again, I was sorta geeky. That’s probably why I became a professor, after all. Happy first week of classes everyone!
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
January 16th, 2012 → 7:14 am
“Ay, every inch a king.” – King Lear
Happy Martin Luther King Day.
January 14th, 2012 → 2:50 pm
So I just watched the Swedish version of the movie The Girl With the Dragoon Tattoo (I still haven’t seen the U.S. version). And I thought it was quite good! I even liked the changes they made, like having the run-in with the boys in the subway station, and how that showed early on that she was a fighter. I’m pretty sure this Lisbeth wasn’t under 5′ either, but whatever, I’ll just have to get over that. Verdict: Thumbs up for the Swedish version of The Girl With the Dragoon Tattoo.
Filed under: Blog & Literature/Theatre/Art
January 14th, 2012 → 7:00 am
“Cold snow melts with the sun’s hot beams.” – Henry VI, Part II
I know it’s been crazy in Alaska with snowfall topping 318 inches in some areas (!), but here in St. Louis we’ve barely had any winter at all. There is a tiny skiff of snow out there right now, but I hear that’s going to burn off this weekend with temperatures getting into the fifties on Sunday! In the middle of January! What is going on?!?