You might have, but . . .

"To be or not to be, whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,

or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and opposing them, end them?"

Find this sensible, though you may not.

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Shakespeare through Hamlet is a snippet? Elevates snippet I would think.

I don't deny the genius. But for all you know, he drove his wife insane with his Thag make fire and club you on head manliness.

It's all relative.

Okay now, you've just advanced a modality upon the bard that is interesting. But I have no intelllect for that, for now . . .

People are people – in spite of any genius they may have.

My husband thinks I am insanely talented. He is also pretty sure I am bat $hit crazy. He's probably right. Doesn't remove a lick of my talent. Still – at least I haven't cut off my ear yet.

Shakespeare to Van Gogh. Perhaps my head is spinning.

Hey man – I'm totally down with cultural references. Shall we move on to my favorite composer of all time, Sergi Rachmaninoff, or shall we call it a night? You seem tired. /smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Rodrigo and Albeniz are my faves, but can't argue their genius tonight.

Here – want to have some fun?

http://www.paranormalunderground.net…ost&p=10229

Crudely, but my eldest can humiliate me, should one ask her. I would like her to pursue this gift, and not to brag, she has many, and I want her to chase the muse which most beguiles her.

Yep – I have a musician, too. He's a sax player and quite a good little one. He loves it. Loves jazz.

Again at the most rudimentary, I play percussion, congas, bongos, timbales. I adore Latin Jazz, the crazy-a$$ time signatures.

Yeah – those are fun, huh? In the distant past, I was a percussionist, and our sax player is also a percussionist. I also play flute, piano and very, very sucky mandolin.