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An Advice Column by Macbeth, King of Scotland, and Certified Life Coach by Corey Pajka Dear Macbeth, I’m in line for a major promotion at the multinational corporation where I work. It would mark a significant pay raise, but the person who had this ro... More »
Worst Side Story Star-cross’d lovers when first they met The tale—Romeo and Juliet— Contains Love, Death, Betrayal…the lot. (Without which, of course, there’d be no plot) Alas our Juliet and Romeo They loved too much and had to go! Had they s... More »
“Harmony has software that remembers birthdays and can quote Shakespeare. . . . Harmony is also equipped for intimate human-robot relations. Sex doll maker Realbotix, in its marketing materials, bills Harmony as ‘the perfect companion.’” —Ben Guarino... More »
(Our Pardons to Shakespeare) By Rfreed 21 November 2015 Dramatis Personae IAGO- Advisor to Othello – played by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton CASSIO- Lieutenant to Othello, husband of Iago – played by Bill Clinton OTHELLO- A noble Moor leader – p... More »
By Rfreed 10 October 2015 Researchers in Wales have discovered evidence that one William Shakespeare, author of theatrical plays famous throughout the world, was also a businessman who dealt in grain and hoarded it during a food shortage. He was arrested for t... More »