"Beware the Ides" [tomorrow]

Tomorrow is the Ides of March. It was a critical date for Julius Caesar. May it serve as such to today’s would-be emperors, if that’s Put’in it properly to trump the idea.

out, out brief candle?

Photo by J. Harrington

Since contemporary society has replaced soothsayers with pundits, and main stream media is forever committed to a malevolent case of “bothsidesism,” and there is more information, misinformation and disinformation than we have enough sticks to shake at, Caesar would be even more hard-pressed today to interpret the warning. Especially if it was a warning about COVID.

Yes, I’m back in one of “those moods.” To dredge up a saying from my long lost past, too many folks these days seem to want all the bonus (good) with none of the onus (work). Obviously, I’ve failed miserably in my intention to avoid news and social media. Tomorrow's another day to try again, which, the way the world seems to be going, prompts a citation of Macbeth's speech, that seems to fit all too well these days. [But I must acknowledge that the Better Half becomes incensed every time I mutter any part of it and yet... if we fail to acknowledge dreariness and pessimism, how can we rise above them?]

Speech: “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow”

By William Shakespeare

(from Macbeth, spoken by Macbeth)

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,

Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,

To the last syllable of recorded time;

And all our yesterdays have lighted fools

The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,

That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,

And then is heard no more. It is a tale

Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

Signifying nothing.

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