It's good to know the classics aren't being neglected.
The Reduced Shakespeare Company ... The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) ... All 37 plays in 97 minutes.
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Culture, in condensed form
On my last visit to London, I came across this marquee in the theater district.
It's good to know the classics aren't being neglected.
The Reduced Shakespeare Company ... The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) ... All 37 plays in 97 minutes.
It's good to know the classics aren't being neglected.
The Reduced Shakespeare Company ... The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) ... All 37 plays in 97 minutes.
Triumph-ant convention
I heard a report on the radio yesterday (July 27) that Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was escorted off the grounds of the Democratic National Convention. I just gotta wonder what the circumstances were. Did he have a pass, or was he trying to crash the place? And what comments, exactly, triggered his alleged ejection?
I haven't found any media reports of the incident, so I'm skeptical. One blog, however, has published a brief first-person account.
I haven't found any media reports of the incident, so I'm skeptical. One blog, however, has published a brief first-person account.
Saturday, July 24, 2004
Mysterious Sprinklers of Stonehenge
I spent the last couple of weeks in the UK, and had a little bit of time to do some sight-seeing on the weekend. So I went to visit Stonehenge. I was struck by just how little anybody knows about the place.
We don't know exactly who built it, why they built it, how they built it, or what it was used for. The audio tour started to get a little comical. It was constantly starting off with a phrase like "while we can't say for sure why it was built" and then going off on some wild-ass conjecture.
Toward the end of the line, I came across a sprinkler watering the grass. I imagined what the audio tour would say about it:
"While we don't know exactly who installed the sprinkler head, experts have theorized that it serves as some sort of irrigation device. Others, however, point to the lack of agriculture in the region and speculate that ancient nature worshippers built it as an homage to water - one of the fundamental elements known to the ancient world. One thing we know for sure, though, is that it is a significant archaeological find."
We don't know exactly who built it, why they built it, how they built it, or what it was used for. The audio tour started to get a little comical. It was constantly starting off with a phrase like "while we can't say for sure why it was built" and then going off on some wild-ass conjecture.
Toward the end of the line, I came across a sprinkler watering the grass. I imagined what the audio tour would say about it:
"While we don't know exactly who installed the sprinkler head, experts have theorized that it serves as some sort of irrigation device. Others, however, point to the lack of agriculture in the region and speculate that ancient nature worshippers built it as an homage to water - one of the fundamental elements known to the ancient world. One thing we know for sure, though, is that it is a significant archaeological find."
Birth of a blog
So I've finally done it ... taken the leap and become just another blogger among the multitudes. The pressure is on. I feel the need to be poignant, witty, topical, and above all persistent. Be gentle. I'm new at this.
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