| Saw Cymbeline at the Shakespeare Theater with Jaye and Allan tonite. Good story, if a bit convoluted…. but then it is Shakespeare. It’s one of his last plays and is apparently very rarely staged, so the was a treat. We all agreed the casting was odd and didn’t help the play at all. The male lead of Posthumus just doesn’t deliver the voice and stage presence of a bold romantic lead. His arch rival seems equally out of place in his role. But the critics apparently loved it so what do we know....
Over diner we discussed the current political events in the Arab World. It is a wildfire, as if the area has been soaking in gasoline (no pun intended) for many years and now Tunisia has thrown a match on it. That led to a conversation about Wisconsin. What’s going on there has been compared by some in the pundit industry as being like Egypt, but that’s a pretty massive stretch. Allan succinctly pointed out, though, that there is one powerful similarity, in that in both environs it is a large, popular, non-violent protest against the abuse of power. Then we talked about the possibility of a failed continuing resolution and a Fed Gov shutdown. Much worry. How do we get through that, as a company and as people who work for a company? How long could it go on? What happens to customers we support and projects and deadlines? We are hopeful that cooler heads will prevail. But somewhat like the Middle East, our Congress and even our entire political landscape right now seems to have a quality of being a mixture of gasoline and a match. Cooler heads are most definitely needed. |