So often on the internet people are asked what their favorite school subject was.  (Personally, I've found a disproportionately high amount here answer English.)  I'm curious what sorts of passions they have; obscure details or even not-so-obscure niches that are fascinating.  Some of them are easy to guess just in the everyday chatter of people ( Read more... )

Well.  I've never seen Shakespeare like this before.  How to describe it?  Perhaps some hints will give you an aid in envisioning the performance: Puck had full body tattoos, a blue tipped mohawk, and rode a twisty skateboard thing for part of it; the attendants to the Fairy Queen rode scooters; and, all the set changes were deliberately done ( Read more... )

A random little question that is the result of intensive procrastination on essay writing: what do you think is the best way for anyone to contribute to culture? Or (especially if "the best way" is too exclusive): what parts of culture, of culture that has already been proven valuable or had its existence proven, do you value the most and why? Or: ( Read more... )