02-10-2008, 02:40 PM
David,
I've been grappling with this issue for 35 years.
No kidding: It all became so frustrating that I once stood before the alleged Bard's alleged likeness in the South Transept of Westminster Abbey (Of course he's buried elsewhere; would the Trickster have it any other way?) and, according to the report by the alarmed and soon-to-be-former ladyfriend beside me, asked aloud, "Could you even spell your own God-damn name?"
If this pursuit does not represent the ultimate in revisionism, I don't know what does. It is in our nature, I think, to question all authority -- and all authoritative pronouncements on matters historical. I accept this fact as a blessing.
The trick is to know when the cigar, as Marx advised, is just a cigar.
I'll settle the Bacon-Shakespeare controversy right after I reveal the Holy Grail's current zip code.
A Friend (allegedly)
I've been grappling with this issue for 35 years.
No kidding: It all became so frustrating that I once stood before the alleged Bard's alleged likeness in the South Transept of Westminster Abbey (Of course he's buried elsewhere; would the Trickster have it any other way?) and, according to the report by the alarmed and soon-to-be-former ladyfriend beside me, asked aloud, "Could you even spell your own God-damn name?"
If this pursuit does not represent the ultimate in revisionism, I don't know what does. It is in our nature, I think, to question all authority -- and all authoritative pronouncements on matters historical. I accept this fact as a blessing.
The trick is to know when the cigar, as Marx advised, is just a cigar.
I'll settle the Bacon-Shakespeare controversy right after I reveal the Holy Grail's current zip code.
A Friend (allegedly)