I.T. Erudio

Category: literature

  • Sisyphus, “Say Anything”, The Seeker

    The tragic part of living a life of “quiet desperation” (in the Henry David Thoreau sense) is usually the lost opportunity to do good as opposed to “intentional malice.” For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. Sonnet 94 (William Shakespeare) In 2023 Merriam-Webster tells us that a…

  • Random thoughts on Time, Distance, and Faster Than Light Travel

    The good folks at Merriam-Webster give us 14 definitions for “time” as a noun, another 5 as a verb, and then 3 more as an adjective. A quick peek at the etymology tells us that the “time” came into the English language by way of Old English and (Old Norse) words for “tide.” That “time”…

  • George Lucas, Jedis, and the Knight errant

    Full disclosure: “Star Wars” was released in 1977 – when I was 8ish years old. This post started as a “reply” to something else – and grew – so I apologize for the lack of real structure – kind of a work in progress … I am still a “George Lucas” fan – no, I…

  • In Memoriam 16

    … then THIS poem is directly about Arthur Henry Hallam — “who died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage in Vienna in 1833, aged 22.” (Thank you Google and probably wikipedia) Published in 1850 – which is the same year Alfred Tennyson married Emily Sellwood. Arthur Hallam’s death would have been 3 or 4 years earlier…

  • Tennyson – Ulysses

    also learned how to add subtitles with Davinci Resolve – which is not complicated but is time consuming. I’m sure there is a better way to create the subtitle file for youtube upload – e.g. there is “markup” in the subtitles which I didn’t intend. The picture is where Tennyson lived from 1853 until his…

  • parenting, birth order, destiny

    Recently noticed a “social media post” from a well meaning individual about individual responsibility – that I would tend to agree with, but is still slightly specious … Before starting, I feel obligated to point out that no one has “perfect parents” – we are all imperfect human beings. I will argue that MOST parents…

  • A rose by any other name …

    The Bard reference:An optimistic young singer named Sara Niemietz responded to a fan question by saying something like “she never met a flower she didn’t like” (or maybe it was she “never saw an ugly flower” – it was on her Instagram feed – the exact quote isn’t important) Which brought to mind Mr Shakespeare’s…

  • An Introduction To Shakespeare

    A pdf version of what was probably used in college classes 100 years ago: An Introduction to Shakespeare: “This little volume aims to present what may benecessary for the majority of classes, as a background uponwhich may be begun the study and reading of the plays.“