March 21st, 2012 → 5:58 am
“If all the year were playing holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as to work;
But when they seldom come, they wished-for come.” – Henry IV, Part I
Thank goodness for spring break. I’ll be taking some time off myself, so this will be my last post for a few days…but I’ll be back next week with some good quotes about family vacations!
March 19th, 2012 → 6:32 am
“He…curses all Eve’s daughters – of what complexion soever.” – The Merry Wives of Windsor
There’s been a lot of commentary lately about the G.O.P.‘s apparent “war on women.” And it is true, that the increasing discussion and reappraisal of many issues and rights long thought decided is worrying. But as an economist I have to wonder if much of this isn’t recession related. When societies (like people) enter hard times, their worst tendencies tend to emerge. Yes, much of this is emerging from Republican lawmakers, but I think the reason it is coming out now is partly because of this darn recession. When times are good people are happy, forgiving, tolerant. When times are bad people are resentful, accusatory, and, sadly, surprisingly intolerant. I pray the effects of this recession end soon, so that we can return to being a relatively decent, tolerant society again.
Filed under: Blog & Economics/Money & Politics/Politicians
March 17th, 2012 → 7:38 am
“How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!” – Merchant of Venice
My son has his favorite words: “Car” “Airplane” “Cracker”. All of a sudden, he’s added “Moon” to the list. Before he goes to bed at night he wants to see the moon up in the sky, and when he wakes up in the morning he wants to search for it again. I’m not sure why he’s so enamored of the moon all of a sudden, but it is cute.
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
March 15th, 2012 → 7:19 am
“O tiger’s heart wrapped in a woman’s hide!” – Henry VI
A friend from my writing group (thank you Reggie) alerted me to this Jane Austen Fight Club video yesterday. It’s hilarious! I just had to share it with readers of this blog as well. Enjoy.
Filed under: Blog & Literature/Theatre/Art
March 13th, 2012 → 7:17 am
“That’s the wavering commons, for their love
Lies in their purses, and whoso empties them,
By so much fills their hearts with deadly hate.” – Richard II
I’ve been doing our taxes the last couple of days. It’s exhausting! But this year it looks like we’re getting a refund (thank you adoption credit), so my purse isn’t empty and my heart is not filled with deadly hate!
Filed under: Blog & Economics/Money
March 11th, 2012 → 9:23 am
“Wife and child,
Those precious motives, those strong knots of love.” – Macbeth
Here’s to a Sunday at home with the family. Too bad it’s an hour short.
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
March 9th, 2012 → 6:00 am
“I am nothing if not critical.” – Othello
I tend to come home from work and while making dinner tell my husband about my day. I had never really noticed it, but I guess most of what I tell him is critical. “This colleague pissed me off…this person cut me off in traffic…can you believe what so and so said??” Jokingly he pointed out to me how critcal I am. And he really meant it in a light-hearted way. But now I can’t stop noticing it and I don’t like it. So I’ve been coming home from work and trying to come up with nice things to say about everybody. But – ha! – it’s hard! I can’t believe how hard it is to come up with nice things to say about the world every day!
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
March 7th, 2012 → 7:32 am
“The task he undertakes
Is numbering sands…” – Richard II
It’s all a counting game now. Just a steady slog racking up the delegates until Romney (more than likely) hits the magic 1,144 that wins the nomination.
(Side note: finding counting/number related quotes in Shakespeare is hard! I can only assume he wasn’t that into math?!?)
Filed under: Blog & Politics/Politicians
March 5th, 2012 → 6:06 am
“O teach me how I should forget to think.” – Romeo and Juliet
O, wait, I think he already has.
Filed under: Blog & Stupid/Evil People
March 3rd, 2012 → 8:26 am
“Your heart’s desires be with you!” – As You Like It
I figured it was about time for something positive, with all the not-so-positive posts lately. So here’s to happiness, health, and a fun weekend!!