Gettin' S'phisticated

I'm trying to ratchet up the quality of my pastime.

Of course, I could just flip on a sitcom or one-hour drama on tv and veg out. But I can aim a little higher… at least part of the time. So I decided that I would start reading Shakespeare.



That's easier said than done. I've only read three or four plays in school and that seemed a bit of chore at the time. But then I happened upon a copy of Hamlet, published by Arden, at a used book store. I was immediately taken by the footnotes and now I won't read Shakespeare in any other form.



I'm currently working on The Taming of the Shrew. I had to swear up and down to my wife this had nothing to do with her. But it does have some interesting thoughts on marriage. Maybe more on that later.