Friday, February 4, 2011
Not a book review blog
The last few blogs I've put up have been about books and while that's fine and all I like to think there's other things I can discuss as well. So... , so I've also been reading through the Complete Works of William Shakespeare (it seems so funny not to write abridged here) I thought I'd go comedy, history, tragedy and then some sonnets, (wash, rinse, repeat) and save the long poems and the apocrypha until the end. And I did this until I read King Richard the Second which led right into The First Part of King Henry the Fourth which, by strange coincidence, led right into The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth, which is where I am currently. Judging by King John I didn't think I'd really like the histories but these others have really moved right along and that's mostly thanks to Shakespeare's Falstaff. Falstaff and often Prince Hal spend a lot of time calling people names and Falstaff is constantly finding ways of getting out of doing things. For example the famous line, "The better part of valor is discretion..." is said by Falstaff after successfully playing possum to avoid a fight and then after Prince Hal has killed the other guy (I can't remember his name right now) and walked away, Falstaff gets up stabs the guy in the leg and throws him over his shoulder as though he's just slayed him. Hilarious. This isn't a book review in case your wondering because these are plays I'm reading. Okay that doesn't hold water. So what? What else should we talk about? Politics? Religion? I get on my nerves talking politics and religion to myself I don't want to drag you poor folks into that. Fitness? I'm still on my diet, though I'm still having a hard time sticking to a fitness regimen, life can be hard on us lazy people sometimes. Work? It's going good, finally got 40 hours in this week, first time all year I do believe. Oh! The elephant in the room, Super Bowl XLV, I'm excited. I like football, I love the Super Bowl. Years when I've barely followed the teams I've watched the BIG game and this year we watched football every Sunday and we are soooo ready to see Pittsburgh vs. Green Bay. I say we because you see, dear hearts, my lovely wife loves football even more than I do. So every Super Bowl is a big event at the Spurling household, we have decorations even, but this year is even bigger because my number 2 team and possibly Rain's favorite team is the Steelers. I also really like Rodgers and the Packers, so I think this is going to be a great game. No blow out like it has been at times. So tomorrow is all about getting ready for Sunday and Sunday is like Christmas and Monday is like the day after Christmas but without the long return line at Wal-Mart. The game starts at about 6:30 but pre-game shows start at about 10 a.m. (I told Rain I might not be able to go to Sunday school with her). Well actually pre-game shows started this past Monday, but you know what I mean. Okay I've rambled on (it's in the blog name) long enough. Live long and prosper Orson, Mork out na-nu, na-nu. Shazbat, it's the finger thing makes me confuse them.
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lmao, any blog that ends with a Mork and Mindy reference has to be a classic.
ReplyDeleteEven in a non-book review blog, you still spend most of your time writing about BOOKS! You really have an addiction, and I might need to schedule an intervention;) I'm really looking forward to the big game and spending time with my most favorite people in the world-my hubs and kids! GO STEELERS!!!
ReplyDeleteYou've read more Shakespeare than I have! Good for you - I'm in the middle of teaching ROMEO to my drama class and SERIOUSLY thinking about adding in "the clip" from the show! I think they'd really get a kick out of it, since my approach to the play is pretty much the opposite of "Masterpiece Theatre." As for the game - I haven't really followed things this year; I was too busy mourning the Panthers. But I'm going to be the spoiler and say I'm pulling for Green Bay - you have to love a town that tailgates when it's ten below! (we're still friends, though, right???)
ReplyDeleteRight Dale, I like the Pack too. When the Panthers went way south this year I wavered between pulling for the Packers and the Steelers. I like that the town of Green Bay owns the team but I've like the Steelers since I was a kid, sooo. You should definitely include some Reduced Shakespeare Company into the class, I think the students would get a kick out of it and it really brings the Bard to a modern audience. I still can't believe Falstaff wasn't in the show.
ReplyDeleteAraine, I don't need an intervention. I just need more time to read. So try to keep the kids quiet. (OH no he didn't. Oh yes he did.)