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2026

Self Portrait 2026 #1

Acrylic on Panel 12in x 12in Previous: Balance / Next: Self Portrait 2026 No 2 2026, Acrylic Paint, Panel, Black, White, Medium Works, Figure Paintings, First Self Portrait Series, Available for Purchase

2026

McLintock! [1963] and The Hottie and the Nottie [2008]

I'm watching 50-some odd Shakespeare adaptations this year and then writing about them for My Year of Shakespeare. When I was growing up during the 90s, when I started reading my parents' Entertainment Weekly, there seemed to be a consensus opinion that the mid-to-late 90s was the

My Year of Shakespeare

Deliver Us From Eva [2003]

Finally, a Shakespeare adaptation that tackles real issues people have: What if baked beans too spicy? Mouth is on fire, how to put out baked beans fire? Oh no he's eating the beans! It's like if Quora wrote a screenplay.

2026

Wildcard Saturday: Oscars pool

I threw together a for-funzies oscar pool. You can play along here. I'll put up a followup post announcing winners/points standings upon completion. Wildcard Saturday, Blog, Off-Topic, 2026

My Year of Shakespeare

10 Things I Hate About You [1999]

This week we're going back to the place where the caliber of goofy drama that The Taming of the Shrew evokes is appropriate: High School.

My Year of Shakespeare

Kiss Me Kate [1953]

I like to think I'm capable of being a fun person who can enjoy things. Kiss Me Kate doesn't happen to be one of those things.

2026

Blue Forms II

Oil on Sheet Metal 12in x 12in Previous: Echo / Next: Balcony Sunset 2026, Oil Paint, Blue, White, Black, Yellow, Abstract, Impasto, Sheet Metal, Available for Purchase, Medium Works

2026

Blue Forms I

Oil on panel 12in x 12in First piece of the year. Previous: The Taming of the Shrew (1967) / Next: Echo 2026, Blue, Yellow, Abstracts, Geometric, Oil Paint, Panel, Available for Purchase, Medium Works

My Year of Shakespeare

The Taming of the Shrew [1967]

What if the two sloppiest people you know started dating? What if they were both so high strung that it was exhausting being around them all the time? If you're anything like me, your response to those questions was "yes yes my twenties were spent in bars, what of it?"

My Year of Shakespeare

The New Year's Project: "My Year of Shakespeare"

Some people like to try to change, fix, or better themselves for a new years resolution. This seems to end in disappointment for a lot of people; maybe that's not surprising, changing a habit is hard. What I've done since 2023, though, is a New Year&