Month: April 2008

http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=2649 Well, sure, it’s small potatoes (linking to my “What are you doing for Shakespeare’s birthday” post), but still – it’s FOLGER,man!  I feel special. Thanks, whoever did that :).  Nice to know I have fans in high places.

Wow my feeds are full today with Shakespeare’s Birthday posts :).  I’d like to say I’m doing something special, but as discussed, not so much.  I’d like to announce that I’ve finally begun my own little side publishing project, but I’m far too chicken to commit myself like that.  Apparently I’m to spend Shakespeare’s 444th birthday reading Germaine Greer’s book, Shakespeare’s Wife.  It arrived today.  (Yes I do realize that earlier this year I wrote that I had no interest in reading this book, at least not in the sense that I go seek it out like I did for Greenblatt or Rosenbaum.  This one was sent to me for review.) I can’t wait to see how Alan’s opinion of me changes after I’m done!

I’ve already blogged about Hamlet 2 previously, but now there’s a trailer!  You know what?  It looks good!    The “doesn’t everybody die at the end of the first one” question is asked and answered in the trailer — time machine!  Out steps Hamlet…and Jesus!

http://community.livejournal.com/metaquotes/6644038.html Making the rounds.  Absolutely brilliant, wish it was longer.

Here’s a question that just came to mind (thanks, Alan).  Are you “in the business”, so to speak, of Shakespeare?  What’s your connection?  Do you get to do it as a full time job, a side job, a hobby?  Wish you could do more? As I’ve said in the past, this blog is really it for my connection to Shakespeare.  I do it as much as I can.  Lately it’s also turned into “book reviewer”, which I kind of dig, because I get to read books I wouldn’t normally, which in turn has definitely increased my exposure to all things Shakespeare. One of these days I hope to get something published on the topic of teaching Shakespeare, if for nothing else than to put my money where my mouth is and see if I know what I’m talking about.  Of course, I’ve been saying that for years.  Maybe by the time my kids get to high school?  The computer programmer geek in me keeps trying to turn the project into something interactive, technologically speaking, but then I go down that path for awhile before falling back on good old print.   Ok, who’s next?