…that I’m a Shakespeare fan, now did ya? Can’t help it. Mom had a PhD in English and would literally stand in the kitchen reciting Old Willy’s lines. It drove me crazy most of the time but now that I’m older I find myself thanking her for teaching me how to read and appreciate his plays.

Right now I’m writing a film review on Henry V and I was just rereading the infamous Saint Crispin’s Day speech. It’s truly beautiful. Take a gander (here’s a hint to reading Shakespeare…read two lines then stop briefly and think of how it makes you feel, or what you think it’s saying…then read two more lines and do the same….repeat):

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