Thursday, August 24. William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day:

[Aristus]

"...diseas'd ventures that play with all infirmities
for gold."

Cymbeline, Act I, Scene 7, Lines 123-124.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Good morning, my dear Aristus!

This is beyond inspired, my dear!

This is amazing.........

"...diseas'd ventures..." indeed.........

Thank you.........

:hug:

[Aristus]

3. Hi, CalPeg!

This week has been a great one for inspiration for WSTFTD. Today is another example of my source book just falling open to a quote. As soon as I saw it, I had my idea. I was grateful that there was a collage of images that carried the concept "Big Pharmaceuticals" without having to be abstruse about it.

Hope you're having a good day today! :hi::hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. I am having a good day today, my dear Aristus!

Thanks sweetie.......:hug:

[Lareina1970]

2. Ah, Big Pharma....

Amazing how relevant Shakespeare is to today's times.

[Aristus]

4. It's a characteristic of genius.

The ability to craft things and ideas that transcend time.

:hi: Lareina!

[LadyoftheRabbits]

5. You never fail..

to hit it precisely. :applause:

[Aristus]

7. Thanks, lelapin.

:hi:

[wildhorses]

8. dude...

:yourock:

[Kajsa]

9. Wonderfully accurate, Aristus.

Big Pharma= diseas'd ventures

Indeed!

:hi:

[u4ic]

10. Brilliant!

and maddening...:grr:

[Aristus]

11. Kick for the evening crowd.

Then into the journal.

:kick:

[DemoTex]

12. Love it! And Shakespeare was ..?

The Second Earl of Oxford? Others? Does it even matter?

[Aristus]

13. Try this link, Mac. Personally, I think Shakespeare was Shakespeare.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=5515327

Hi, Mac! :hi:

[DemoTex]

14. I agree, Aristus.

But I have a crazy B.I.L. (with a Ph.D from UNC, English, Wm. Blake dissertation) who thinks Shakespeare is "others". He has also taught at 12 universities/colleges in the last 25 years. Hmmm.

[Aristus]

15. I think the Anti-Stratfordians are a little ka-wakka-wakka, if you know

what I mean. Does any other author or playwright have whole groups and societies dedicated to disproving the existence or veracity of his identity? Does it solve anything? Don't these people have lives? I mean, it's essentially a harmless vocation, but come ON...

BTW, Mac, have you had a chance to see previous WSTFTDs in my journal?

[DemoTex]

16. I'll check out your journal post haste, but first this: CHANGE OF SUBJECT.

Antique prints. Dr. D. gave me an antique print ten years ago. It was a 1605 print of a dog in the sky, Canicula. I think Shakespeare wrote MacBeth ca. 1605! Anyway, Canicula is the namesake for Nick-Nick. And since Canicula is the Latin for DogStar, I must point out that Sirius is the Greek name. Again, today is the 1st anniversary of the death of Sweet Sirius.

[Aristus]

17. Yeah, I remember poor Sirius. That must have been really rough.

I know you really miss him.

Interesting free-association. B-)