Saturday, June 10. William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day:

"With too much blood and too little brain these two may run mad."

Troilus and Cressida, Act V, Scene 1, Lines 47-48.

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Having a good Saturday so far?

How's yours going?

mowing the lawn. It's cool, but not cold, and overcast, but not raining. My wife's gonna be pissed when she gets home and finds it not done.

I'm just procrastinating here, too.

I've lost more hours sitting in front of the computer monitor. The time just melts away when I'm DU-ing.

...out out damn spot...

I re-examine my Shakespeare and find out the material is almost inexhaustible!

I could do this for years. O8)

I believe you have proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that Shakespeare was a man for all times
thanks for doing these.

B-)

Too much blood, and too little brain indeed!

You are a genius!

Thank you, my dear Aristus......:hug:

Nice to see you here today.

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It's as if Will knew Bush & Co. personally.
It just goes to show that history does repeat itself.

Thanks, Aristus.:D

political happenings of his day in a way that still sounds relevant in ours. Elizabeth I was a powerful monarch whose essential benevolence to the common people of England didn't preclude them from flattering and appeasing her; it was still important to hold your tongue on political matters. Elizabeth's grandfather, Henry VII, deposed the previous king, Richard III. Richard was far from the monster portrayed in the eponymous Shakespeare play. He was a brave warrior, a brilliant administrator and a loving husband. But because he was the enemy of the Tudor family, Shakespeare had to portray him as the twisted, crippled murderer we think of today, in order to stay within the graces of Elizabeth and the censors.
Conversely, Henry VIII, for all of his talent, education and ambition, was still a bellowing, bloated, petty, egotistical tyrant. But to portray him as such with Henry's daughter looking on would have been suicidal.

Then into the journal.

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B-)