Shakespeare makes life better.
http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/shakespeare_20alarm_20clock#1056301200 Now, see, this one I love. How about an alarm clock that wakes you up by reciting Shakespeare? Even better, though I don’t see anyone saying it in the comments, would be if it also played appropriate quote when you hit the snooze button. 5:58…5:59….6:00 “O now be gone, more light and light it … Continue reading Shakespeare Alarm Clock
Ok, here we go! The easiest way to review Hamlet, I’ve found, is to break it into three distinct reviews : the direction, the rest of the cast, and Hamlet himself. Otherwise it’s just too hard to separate what David Tennant did with what he was given to work with. Let me just first say … Continue reading Review : David Tennant as Hamlet, Nerd of Denmark
UPDATED! This has become such a popular topic that we’ve spun off a completely new site. Please visit Not By Shakespeare for the most up to date research into who actually said what. I was very upset yesterday to discover that in my Shakespeare Day blur I’d retweeted a quote as if it were by … Continue reading Not By Shakespeare
It’s been awhile since we’ve done a sonnet analysis, and given my hunt for wedding content I was cruising through potential candidates this weekend and bookmarked #91 for further investigation. Looks like a good one, until stupid Shakespeare goes and messes it up for me at the end. Note that, as in previous efforts, this … Continue reading Stupid Sonnet 91
I’m not going to bother linking the story that I saw, as I don’t think they care enough about Shakespeare to take their passing (albeit, titular) reference to Shakespeare any further (farther?) But you may see it floating around. It’s from an environmental/green site arguing for the Luddite “tech is bad for us” point of … Continue reading Shakespeare Had No Blackberry