THE TRAGEDY OF ERIK

Welcome to The Tragedy of Erik!

2009-07-13T13:29:00.000-07:00

My name is Erik B. Anderson. I am the King of Funny Faces.My father B. Bruce Anderson, was eulogized by me as "The King of Funny Faces" at his Memorial Service in April 2003. As his eldest son, I am honored to inherit this title.Here's something else you should know about my father:Don't believe me? Read this from the National Institute of Health:PSP gets progressively worse but is not itself

Act 1, Scene 1 - It (harrows) me with fear and wonder

2009-06-20T11:06:00.001-07:00

The Tragedy of Erik: Prince of Schooley's Mountain Act 1 - Scene 1 (Abridged) Photos from Erik's Personal Collection Words by William Shakespeare *** BERNARDO: Who's there? FRANCISCO: Nay, answer me. Stand and unfold yourself. BARNARDO: Long live the king! BERNARDO: Looks he not like the King? Mark it, Horatio. HORATIO: Most like. It (harrows) me with fear and wonder. MARCELLUS:

Act 1, Scene 2 - to persever in obstinate condolement

2009-05-20T15:19:00.000-07:00

The Tragedy of Erik:Prince of Schooley's MountainAct 1 - Scene 2 (Abridged)Photos from Erik's Personal CollectionWords by William Shakespeare***KING‘Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet.To give these mourning duties to your fatherBut you must know your father lost a father,That father lost, lost his, and the survivor boundIn filial obligation for some termTo do obsequious sorrow.But

Act 1, Scene 3 - He himself is subject to his birth.

2009-05-20T15:03:00.000-07:00

The Tragedy of Erik:Prince of Schooley's MountainAct 1 - Scene 3 (Abridged)Photos from Erik's Personal CollectionWords by William Shakespeare***LAERTES (to OPHELIA):Perhaps he loves you now, And now no soil nor cautel doth besmirchThe virtue of his will; but you must fear,His greatness weighed, his will is not his own.(For he himself is subject to his birth.)To be continued...

Act 1, Scene 4 - The air bites shrewdly, it is very cold.

2009-05-20T14:56:00.000-07:00

The Tragedy of Erik: Prince of Schooley's Mountain Act 1 - Scene 4 (Abridged) Photos from Erik's Personal Collection Words by William Shakespeare *** HAMLET The air bites shrewdly; it is very cold. HAMLET The King doth wake tonight and takes his rouse MARCELLUS Something is rotten in the state of Schooley’s Mountain. To be continued...

Act 1, Scene 5 - Murder most foul!

2009-05-20T14:49:00.000-07:00

The Tragedy of Erik: Prince of Schooley's Mountain Act 1 - Scene 5 (Abridged) Photos from Erik's Personal Collection Words by William Shakespeare *** GHOST I am thy father’s spirit. Doomed for a certain term to walk the night And for the day confined to fast in fires Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purged away. But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my

Act 2, Scene 2 - to define true madness...

2009-05-20T14:35:00.000-07:00

The Tragedy of Erik:Prince of Schooley's MountainAct 2 - Scene 2 (Abridged)Photos from Erik's Personal CollectionWords by William Shakespeare***POLONIUSMy liege, and madam, to expostulate.What majesty should be, what duty is,Why day is day, night night, and time is timeWere nothing but to waste night, day, and time.Therefore, (since) brevity is the soul of wit,And tediousness the limbs and

Act 3, Scene 1 - To die: to sleep; no more

2009-05-20T14:09:00.000-07:00

The Tragedy of Erik:Prince of Schooley's MountainAct 3 - Scene 1 (Abridged)Photos from Erik's Personal CollectionWords by William Shakespeare***HAMLETTo be, or not to be: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;No more; and by a sleep to say we

Act 3, Scene 2 - my lord, what is your cause of distemper?

2009-05-20T13:56:00.000-07:00

The Tragedy of Erik:Prince of Schooley's MountainAct 3 - Scene 2 (Abridged)Photos from Erik's Personal CollectionWords by William ShakespeareROSENCRANTZGood my lord, what is your cause of distemper? youdo, surely, bar the door upon your own liberty, ifyou deny your griefs to your friendHAMLETSir, I lack advancementHAMLETWhy, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make ofme! You would play upon me

Act 3, Scene 3 - "I am still possess'd"

2009-05-20T13:50:00.000-07:00

The Tragedy of Erik:Prince of Schooley's MountainAct 3 - Scene 3 (Abridged)Photos from Erik's Personal CollectionWords by William ShakespeareKING CLAUDIUS (<----click here)And what's in prayer but this two-fold force,To be forestalled ere we come to fall,Or pardon'd being down? Then I'll look up;My fault is past. But, O, what form of prayerCan serve my turn? 'Forgive me my foul murder'?That

Act 3, Scene 4 - Throw away the worser part

2009-05-20T13:44:00.000-07:00

The Tragedy of Erik:Prince of Schooley's MountainAct 3 - Scene 4 (Abridged) Photos from Erik's Personal CollectionWords by William Shakespeare ***HAMLETNow, mother, what's the matter?QUEEN GERTRUDEHamlet, thou hast thy father much offendedHAMLETMother, you have my father much offended.QUEEN GERTRUDECome, come, you answer with an idle tongue.HAMLETGo, go, you question with a wicked tongue.QUEEN

A Sense of Tragedy

2009-05-20T13:24:00.000-07:00

A Sense of Tragedyby Erik B. Anderson We are constantly bombarded with people telling us to keep our sense of humor, and we are also told, often in the same conversation, that we need to slow down and not be so upset. Lighten up. Calm down. Which is it? Should we be the court jester, or the sober judge? Can we not be both?Not if we want to maintain our credibility among the powers that be.We are