tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post6833626448042575815..comments2024-03-27T18:13:31.654-04:00Comments on Paco Enterprises: Was Shakespeare the most influential man in history?Pacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-16925058358098392952013-01-18T03:59:08.859-05:002013-01-18T03:59:08.859-05:00Skeeter: Verily, sir, thou hast said a mouthful.Skeeter: Verily, sir, thou hast said a mouthful.Drakezjhrhttp://www.plurk.com/p/hkekcwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-71324721145555762142011-05-22T22:53:56.125-04:002011-05-22T22:53:56.125-04:00Skeeter: Verily, sir, thou hast said a mouthful.Skeeter: Verily, sir, thou hast said a mouthful.Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-32470972081471722102011-05-22T16:11:15.926-04:002011-05-22T16:11:15.926-04:00Paco, youthful dorkishness is a small price to pay...Paco, youthful dorkishness is a small price to pay for mature erudition.Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15372213190811407871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-23609345550439592282011-05-21T23:24:44.143-04:002011-05-21T23:24:44.143-04:00Completely dorkish confession: In my early 20s, I ...Completely dorkish confession: In my early 20s, I would frequently sit in our library (which was known as the "red room" because of the crimson carpet) and read the plays straight through.Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-43685176149492051052011-05-21T23:11:34.420-04:002011-05-21T23:11:34.420-04:00I'm a bit like Rebecca, Shakespeare didn't...I'm a bit like Rebecca, Shakespeare didn't come easy for me. I read copiously when I was younger, but other than The Merchant of Venice, I couldn't make it completely thru any Shakespeare work. And for some reason, I've always felt like I have a hole in my mind that should have been filled with Shakespeare.<br /><br />Especially when I watch Jeopardy, and stare blankly at the Shakespeare answers. :)<br /><br />*rinardmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01084346073021788172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-80173371922024061482011-05-21T16:08:57.404-04:002011-05-21T16:08:57.404-04:00I find reading Shakespeare heavy going, but when I...I find reading Shakespeare heavy going, but when I hear the words spoken, I understand immediately. They're sublime.RebeccaHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15113907852048577121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-54491172076476011722011-05-21T15:07:09.338-04:002011-05-21T15:07:09.338-04:00Full of cliches! Sounds like a Bidenism.
Little ...Full of cliches! Sounds like a Bidenism.<br /><br />Little known or discussed factoid:<br /><br />Cervantes and Shakespeare both died on 4/23/1616.Yojimbonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-25631908106672894182011-05-21T00:08:30.862-04:002011-05-21T00:08:30.862-04:00I read somewhere that Shakespeare introduced over ...I read somewhere that Shakespeare introduced over 1700 new words to the English language. There is a joke about Hollywood producer Darryl Zanuck, that he said he didn't like Shakespeare's plays because they were full of cliches.Michael Lonienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-13689902839961666742011-05-20T22:03:52.071-04:002011-05-20T22:03:52.071-04:00It's amazing how his stuff can stick in your m...It's amazing how his stuff can stick in your mind. I have always admired a line from King Henry VI (I forget which part): "Such safety finds the trembling lamb, environed with wolves."Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-28577973516221171592011-05-20T21:29:11.165-04:002011-05-20T21:29:11.165-04:00not having a television , my mother insisted we re...not having a television , my mother insisted we read. and i did. i have read books i dont remember reading. at work one day a colleague was munching away and i immediately broke out into Macbeth, Act one, Scene three .. where hast thou been sister... a sailors wife had chestnuts in her lap and munch'd and munch'd.....<br />it just came naturally to me, the only passage from shakespeare i can quote by heart, on a whim, to this day. where it came from in my mind, i could not tell you.missredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00231036948849802445noreply@blogger.com