Shakespearean Facepalm!

The little film is brilliant. I'm sure when I have the chance to explore the other links in this (stolen) post I'll like many of them as well. However, the film on it's own was a gem worth sharing RIGHT NOW! Soo... there. ;)

Writer’s Block in Stop-Motion, Shakespeare-Style

By Maria Popova

What Romeo and Juliette have to do with William Shatner and modern justice.

395 years ago tomorrow, the great William Shakespeare took his last breath. Shakespearean Tragedy (A Comedy) is a lovely Claymationesque animated short film about Shakespeare’s writer’s block by 24-year-old Jerusalem-based animator Anna Cohen, exploring something we have an ongoing fascination with: What is creativity, and how do we overcome the obstacles in its way? After previously hearing from the very real Scott Belsky, Rainn Wilson, Kurt Andersen, Stefan Sagmeister, Steven Johnson and Isaac Asimov, it’s time we heard from imaginary-Shakespeare:

Bonus points for the Spakespearean facepalm, no?

Here are a few more intelligent ways to commemorate the iconic playwright:

• How To Read Shakespeare, part of Simon Critchley’s excellent How To Read series on the Western classics
• Approaching Shakespeare — fantastic free iTunes U course from Oxford University
• How to Think Like Shakespeare — ambitious BigThink series featuring a number of video interviews with and articles by cultural critics, neuroscientists, theater directors and more
• A Thousand Times More Fair: What Shakespeare’s Plays Teach Us About Justice — fascinating new book by Kenji Yoshino, incredibly timely in the cultural context of today’s global politics; TNR has a thoughtful review
• William Shatner on Shakespeare vs. new media

Read more: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/04/22/shakespeare-writers-block-animation/#ixzz1KjjVrhp0

LOLZ.

Gotta love LOLsaints.com!

Lunch of the East Beast

I made inari sushi for lunch and ate it with some mild Indian turkey kebobs.
There is no particular reason anyone needed to know this.
Lunch just felt a little more special than usual.
:)

Dubious Action Hero

Have you ever needed to reach for something while in bed, but rather than actualy getting up, you reach as far as you can, pretending that you are being held captive and your fate rests on reaching that item (pen, pillow, blanket, computer cord , teddy bear, book etc)? Have you ever pretended that if only you could reach that item, scootching it closer with your fingernails or a nearby clothes hanger then you would be freed?

Perhaps that's just me.

But then again, I was that kid who tried to chew through my seat belt just to see if it could be done in case of being kidnapped.

P.S.
You really can chew through your seat belt, it just takes a while. I don't think my parents ever noticed that one of their seat belts was a bit "frayed". ;)

John Paul II the Awesome!

*giggle*

Pet Rock

I was recently introduced to Moses' pet rock by a friend. Reference 1 Corinthians 10:3-4.
This LOLcat pic reminded me of it. Yeah, I have a strange sense of humor.

Silly Icon

I nabbed this from a site somewhere. It made me giggle.

Sanity

I love this!

Pope's Response to "American Messiah"

I hear ya, man. I hear ya.

LOLSaints

I love books! This statue is awesome.

Found at lolsaints.com

Saint Obama!?! Oh my!

The media deification of this guy has gone too far!