Shakespeare

Isaac tipped me off about Shakespeare's "Love's Labours Lost," about swearing an oath to scholarship, including fasting and avoiding contact with women for three years. Sounds awfully familiar. I'm really surprised that I've never heard of it before, and that it didn't show up once in the scores of Deep Springs application essays I read. (Don't get me started on Thoreau...) Has anyone read it? I know I know people who've guzzled down the complete works...is it worth a read? Erik?

Isaac also sent me a link to an article about Keanu Reeves' 1995 performance as Hamlet in Winnepeg. Isaac, being the Keanu fan he is, must have loved it. I found it to be a hilariously absurd tale of journalistic obsession. Anywho.

Check out this awesome NY Times Magazine peice: The Year in Ideas. I'm throwing together a run through of my favorites, with commentary, but they're all very deserving of a read. Coming later tonight.