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One: I really feel like I ought to get in the habit of posting here, alongside / before my Tumblr.
Two: When I'm feeling down, I find myself seeking refuge in thinking about Shakespeare. I've been thinking about him a lot, this week. As usual, I end up wishing I could chat with his wife and daughters, 'cause I have a whole passel of his words to engage with. And the women in his later plays are a whole lot more complex, and drive more of the story, than the women in his early plays. He must have gotten his inspiration from somewhere.
Three: If humans ever colonize Mars, the different environment probably means the colonists will evolve into a new species within a handful of generations. If so, they'll be the first newly named species (after us) who'll have a say in what they should be called.
Four: Speaking of Shakespeare, Ben Crystal -- my favorite contemporary Shakespeare scholar -- did a TEDx talk on what he's learned from using the methods of theater from Shakespeare's time: Original Practice -- Shakespeare's craft (17 minutes). I've watched it three times, and each time, I get misty-eyed, and lumpy-throated.
Five: Have you seen the (apparently) recent trend of "unicorn" cakes? Two or three layer round cakes with a cartoon set of eyes and vaguely horsey mouth drawn on one side, and a fondant rainbow horn sticking out the middle of the top. One of my mutuals on Tumblr rightly described this as unicorn body horror. I recently got an idea for a more subtle unicorn cake:
Two: When I'm feeling down, I find myself seeking refuge in thinking about Shakespeare. I've been thinking about him a lot, this week. As usual, I end up wishing I could chat with his wife and daughters, 'cause I have a whole passel of his words to engage with. And the women in his later plays are a whole lot more complex, and drive more of the story, than the women in his early plays. He must have gotten his inspiration from somewhere.
Three: If humans ever colonize Mars, the different environment probably means the colonists will evolve into a new species within a handful of generations. If so, they'll be the first newly named species (after us) who'll have a say in what they should be called.
Four: Speaking of Shakespeare, Ben Crystal -- my favorite contemporary Shakespeare scholar -- did a TEDx talk on what he's learned from using the methods of theater from Shakespeare's time: Original Practice -- Shakespeare's craft (17 minutes). I've watched it three times, and each time, I get misty-eyed, and lumpy-throated.
Five: Have you seen the (apparently) recent trend of "unicorn" cakes? Two or three layer round cakes with a cartoon set of eyes and vaguely horsey mouth drawn on one side, and a fondant rainbow horn sticking out the middle of the top. One of my mutuals on Tumblr rightly described this as unicorn body horror. I recently got an idea for a more subtle unicorn cake:
Frost the whole thing in chocolate ganache, and after it's cooled and thickened, imprint tiny cloven hoof marks in a "trail" over the top. Brush those hoof marks with edible silver luster dust, and then cover the top (and sides, if desired) of the cake with candied mint leaves (or other herbs) to be the dew-covered foliage of the forest floor. That's the magic of unicorns.
