September 30th, 2013 → 5:54 am
“Now sits expectation in the air.” – Henry V
It looks to me like we’re headed for a government shutdown by the end of the day. I’ll be on pins and needles waiting to see how this soap opera plays out…
Filed under: Blog & Politics/Politicians
September 27th, 2013 → 6:10 am
“He is given
To sports, to wildness, and much company.” – Julius Caesar
On the news feed on my phone this morning was the headline: “Dennis Rodman Reveals Kim Jong Un’s Baby.” I’m sorry, but that is one of the oddest sentences I’ve ever seen in the news feed. I still can’t get over Dennis Rodman’s and Kim Jong Un’s “friendship,” let alone Rodman handling the dictator’s baby. Something about it all just seems so darn weird…
Filed under: Blog & Politics/Politicians & Stupid/Evil People
September 25th, 2013 → 6:19 am
“[Cruz]…that would make his will
Lord of his reason.” – Antony and Cleopatra
Everyone’s saying it now, not just Democrats but Republicans too. Senator Ted Cruz is crazy.
Filed under: Blog & Politics/Politicians & Stupid/Evil People
September 23rd, 2013 → 6:16 am
“It is common for the younger sort
To lack discretion.” – Hamlet
I always thought my husband would be the one to do it. To be there the first time my son peed standing up. But lo and behold, the opportunity presented itself yesterday on the banks of the Missouri River, my husband nowhere in sight, so Mommy stepped in to do the job. After a bit of fumbling (up, up, baby, not down!), a clear, happy arc my son made, with little discretion as to which stone, stick, or blob of river muck he hit.
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
September 21st, 2013 → 7:22 am
“For ’tis the sport to have the [politician]
Hoist with his own petard, an’t shall go hard.” – Hamlet
To say someone “hoist with his own petard” is, of course, a common saying for someone who falls on his own folly, or, shoots himself in the foot, or, has his own evil machinations come back to bite him. This is what Paul Krugman in yesterday’s op-ed says the Republican Party has now done to itself. Baited stupidity and fed lies to its own base enough that now even Republican leaders can’t get them to believe reality. It’d be funny, if it was threatening the functioning of our government and the life pulse of our economy.
Filed under: Blog & Politics/Politicians
September 19th, 2013 → 5:47 am
“Blow, blow, thou winter wind!
Thou art not so unkind as Man’s ingratitude.” – As You Like It
I’m having one of those weeks. Where everything seems to be fighting me. Where I’m pretty sure I’m losing. I feel like a wee wisp this morning, blowing in the wind.
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
September 16th, 2013 → 5:41 am
“A deed of death done on the innocent.” – Titus Andronicus
It was a nice day yesterday afternoon and my son, husband, and I were driving in the car. All the windows were open, including the sunroof. Now in one of the cupholders in my car, for months now, has sat a little stuffed frog named Froggy that my son likes to blame whenever he emits a smelly toot. When it happened this time I picked Froggy up, wagged my finger at him in reprimand, and threw him towards the backseat. But I overestimated the distance and we all watched as Froggy arced up in the air and sailed right out of the sunroof. It was awful and hilarious and completely incomprehensible to my son all at the same time. “Mommy, why did you do that?” I’m afraid I couldn’t answer I was laughing so hard…
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
September 14th, 2013 → 7:01 am
“[The] Man delights not me.” – Hamlet
OMG, there was a hilarious article in the New York Times yesterday titled, “Too Much Shakespeare? Be Not Cowed.” It compared Shakespeare’s plays to The Wire, 24, 50 Shades of Grey, and The Book of Mormon. It talked about hating Shakespearean prose, not always understanding the actors, and being a Shakespeare skeptic, but in the end, admitting that while Shakespeare is hard, so is life. It was a fun, satisfying read. Yeah 🙂 Argh 🙁 Shakespeare.
Filed under: Blog & Literature/Theatre/Art
September 12th, 2013 → 6:06 am
“Britain’s a world by itself, and we will nothing pay for wearing our own noses.” – Cymbeline
A friend of mine forwarded to me the following bit of British Humor, care of John Cleese:
Filed under: Blog & Literature/Theatre/Art & Politics/Politicians
September 10th, 2013 → 5:59 am
“O beauty,
Till now I never knew thee.” – Henry VIII
How exciting, the experts have confirmed the finding of an authentic Van Gogh painting, “Sunset at Montmajour.” I wish I could happen upon one of those hidden away up in my attic! Come to think of it, when was the last time I’ve even been in my attic??
Filed under: Blog & Literature/Theatre/Art