Musings on Shakespeare

Sometimes I wonder if some of the things Shakespeare wrote wasn't so much because of the poetry, symmetry or imagery but simply to mess with the actor playing that part.

I have a line as Cordelia that goes as thus: "To be opposed against the warring winds/to stand against the deep dread bolted thunder/in the most terrible and nimble stroke of quick cross lightening."

Go ahead, try and say that and not stumble at 'quick cross'.

Musings on Shakespeare

Sometimes I wonder if some of the things Shakespeare wrote wasn't so much because of the poetry, symmetry or imagery but simply to mess with the actor playing that part.

I have a line as Cordelia that goes as thus: "To be opposed against the warring winds/to stand against the deep dread bolted thunder/in the most terrible and nimble stroke of quick cross lightening."

Go ahead, try and say that and not stumble at 'quick cross'.

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I got a letter from my college today, invite to some alumni thingy. Can't go, it is the same day as Charlie's birthday, but that's not why I'm posting.

I'm posting because the back of the envelope held what I can only assume is the university's slogan, and it has to be one of the stupidest slogans ever"

"Where leaders look forward"

It's like they went to a random slogan generator and picked the first thing that had the nouns and verbs in the right place. It's so...lame.

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I got a letter from my college today, invite to some alumni thingy. Can't go, it is the same day as Charlie's birthday, but that's not why I'm posting.

I'm posting because the back of the envelope held what I can only assume is the university's slogan, and it has to be one of the stupidest slogans ever"

"Where leaders look forward"

It's like they went to a random slogan generator and picked the first thing that had the nouns and verbs in the right place. It's so...lame.