Shakespeare and Star Trek

http://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2009/06/juliet-at-darmok.html

No, not a link to a generic list of Shakespeare references in Star Trek that’s been going around the net since we were all using ftp and gopher.

No, BardFilm is actually digging up video of Startrekkian (ha!) Shakespeare references, and then discussing them in context of the story.  He’s been doing it for quite a little while, so if you enjoy the linked post (I’m a language geek so I found this one particularly interesting), be sure to check out the rest of the series.

New Portrait of Edward deVere?

http://shakespeareportraits.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-portrait-of-edward-de-vere-suggests.html

In the next week SP will be posting pictures of a newly identified portrait of Edward de Vere. This mystery portrait, long affiliated with William Shakespeare, will add even more fuel to the bonfire of evidence suggesting that the 17th Earl of Oxford Edward de Vere wrote under the name William Shakespeare.

I don’t usually post every Authorship story I come across, but people tend to like pictures.

Ye Olde Willy Shoppe?

http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2009/05/31/shakespeare-porn-shocker-66331-23749752/

Seems there’s a bit of trouble, or perhaps irony, brewing in dear Stratford on Avon.  “Romeo and Juliet’s Adult Boutique”, purveyor of … well, I’m sure you can guess … got a license to open up shop in Shakespeare’s hometown.

Given all the sex jokes Shakespeare wrote, I think it would be funny if they just themed the whole store and had nothing but Shakespeare puns everywhere you look.  The “Much Ado About Nothing” section could be right next to “Country Matters.”

…and that’s about as far as I’m gonna take that. :)