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Shakespeare Lipogram: Cymbeline

This is the third in a five-part series of Shakespeare Lipograms. For my third lipogram, I have chosen to summarize a Romance, Cymbeline, using “I” as the only vowel. Enjoy! British King British King did wish his kid, Inspiring Girl, did hitch with Swindling Witch’s kid, Insipid Nitwit. Inspiring Girl did this which British King didn’t read more..

Shakespeare Anagram: Richard III

From Richard III: Come; I have heard that fearful commenting Is leaden servitor to dull delay; Delay leads impotent and snail-paced beggary: Then fiery expedition be my wing, Jove’s Mercury, and herald for a king! Shift around the letters, and it becomes: I entered the legal raffle contest by adding a nerdy note to Duane’s savvy blog. Playing referee, he picked read more..

Googleplex - 11/28/08

I’ve done this feature before, but this is the first of what I hope will be a series of weekly opportunities to check in on what searches people do to find themselves at Shakespeare Teacher, and to respond in the name of fun and public service. All of the following searches brought people to read more..

Thursday Morning Riddle

I am South by Southwest; I am North by Northeast; When presented with Power, I’m bullets, at least; I’m the moment in water where steam is released; And a single percentage that dropped or increased. Who am I? UPDATE: Riddle solved by Ro. See comments for answer.

Autopilot

Well, I’m off to Pennsylvania for the holiday weekend. I don’t know what kind of Internet access I’ll have, but I’ve already set the blog on autopilot for the next four days. The posts are written - all regular features: a Riddle, a Googleplex, an Anagram, and a Lipogram - and are scheduled read more..

Win!

It seems that I am the winner of the Shakespeare Geek’s comment contest. I won by posting a comment thanking him for blogging about my lipogram experiment. First prize is the Manga Shakespeare edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Sweet! Thanks, Duane!

Question of the Week

Barack Obama campaigned on some pretty progressive issues: health care as a right of citizenship, a measured withdrawal from Iraq, a tax increase for Americans making over $250,000/yr., fighting global warming, increased spending on education, and more. But he also campaigned on changing the tone and ushering in a new era of post-partisan cooperation. read more..

Shakespeare Lipogram: As You Like It

This is the second in a five-part series of Shakespeare Lipograms. For my second lipogram, I have chosen to summarize a Comedy, As You Like It, using “E” as the only vowel. Enjoy! Between the Trees The elder gentle begets three men, then meets the end. He cedes the eldest, the Stern Keeper, the effects. read more..

Shakespeare Anagram: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

From A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare Shift around the letters, and it becomes: The simple merry drama wins us, makes him a big deal.

Ties (and the tying tiers who are tied)

Via Electoral-Vote.com, we find a website with pictures of some of the disputed ballots in the Minnesota Senate recount. You can also vote on whether each ballot should count, though it’s just for fun. If Franken wins the recount, the eyes of the nation will be on the December 2 runoff election in read more..

Thursday Morning Riddle

When in bridge, I’m the suit that is mostly desired; When I’m up, I’m false charges that have been conspired; When I’m last, I can wake those already expired; But you probably know me for saying “You’re fired!” Who am I? UPDATE: Riddle solved by Ro. See comments for answer.

Googleplex

I’m always curious to see what search terms bring people to this site. Here is a list of some of the search terms that brought people here today: shakespeare and technology tudor riddles riddle for a waste paper basket plays genres josh lymon secret service codename descendants of king george vi shakespeare reading group what did the tudors find and bring back to read more..

Meanwhile…

We know who our next president is going to be, but political junkies are still keeping a close eye on the race for the Senate. If the Democrats can take 60 of the 100 seats, they will have a filibuster-proof majority. Right now, they have 57. All signs point to Democrat Mark Begich defeating read more..

Question of the Week

Is Obama president yet?

Shakespeare Lipogram: Henry IV, Part One

I am excited to announce a new (though temporary) weekly feature to the blog, inspired by the book Eunoia by Christian Bök. The book has five chapters, each using only one of the five vowels (A, E, I, O, U), and excluding the other four. I thought it might make a fun constrained read more..

Shakespeare Anagram: Richard III

From Richard III: Hear me, you wrangling pirates, that fall out In sharing that which you have pill’d from me! Which of you trembles not that looks on me? If not, that, I being queen, you bow like subjects, Yet that, by you depos’d, you quake like rebels? Shift around the letters, and it becomes: Following an ugly primary, we see kooky read more..

A Chain!

Via the Shakespeare Geek, we find a website that uses a Markov chain to generate an alternate version of Hamlet. Check it out! From what I can tell, the site works from a table of which words follow other words in the play, and how often. It then constructs a chain by looking at read more..

Thursday Morning Riddle

I’m the final frontier, as a few would suggest; I loom large on the keyboard, but nothing when pressed; I’m a Washington needle; your car’s place to rest; And I’m traded on TV, as Paige can attest. Who am I? UPDATE: Riddle solved by a Glo County H.S. student. See comments for answer.

Purple America

Via Electoral-Vote.com (which I’m still reading for some reason), we find another really cool map. This is an animated GIF showing the electoral results by county for every presidential election from 1960 - 2004. It’s called Purple America, and it was created by from Robert Vanderbei from Princeton University. You can watch counties change read more..

Renaissance

Michelle Obama’s Secret Service code name is Renaissance. Very cool. Her husband’s codename is Renegade, and the kids are Radiance and Rosebud. More codenames can be found here and even more here. At first, I thought it was odd that they would give all of the family members names that start with the same letter. read more..