Boaty McBoatface

April 29th, 2016 → 5:51 am

“Ships are but boards…” – Merchant of Venice

Upon which, apparently, to put supremely silly names.

Filed under: Blog & Other

Husbands and Wives

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

Panama Papers

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

Macbeth – The Movie

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