Thursday, July 22, 2010

An Idea Whose Time Has Come

If you enjoy literature, politics and satire, you'll love ShakesPalin.

After inventing the word "refudiate" and subsequently comparing herself to Shakespeare as a wordsmith, Twitter is abuzz with posts bizarrely fusing quotes from the Bard on Avon and the Thrilla From Wasilla. Here are some of the better ones:
Alas, poor Couric, I read them all.
But soft, what light from yonder window breaks? It is the East, and I can see Russia from my front porch.

Here's my personal favorite:
Be not afraid of mavericks: some are born mavericks, some achieve maverickry, and some have maverickness thrust upon 'em.