Happy Bloomsday!

Happy Bloomsday, all the way from:

to

Take a walk around your town today.

Cryptic. It must be from one of those "book" things you're always enjoying.

I guess google is broken and you never took English 101.

/snotty

Happy Bloomsday, PB.

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That's more my speed.

No idea what that is. My English 101 was comprised with learning about how to write essays on Roadside Attractions.

You mean Opus isn't running for VP again ? I thought this thread might be about a official announcement of some kind from the bird who wishes for wings that work .

Lit 101.


/Stupidme.

I could get into the pub crawl part of it , the rest not so much , sorry .

Don't forget your bar of lemon soap.

I really need to read that god forsaken book. I am tired of NPR lording it's knowledge over me every Bloomsday.

You, "for one", use that phrase too much.


(I was kidding, BTW.)

mean

yes I said yes.

For those intent on comprehending, I'd suggest this trinitarian method:

The Vintage "corrected text," with pagination from the original in the margins

Ulysses Annotated by Don Gilford (just hundreds of pages of annotations, maps, etc.; not the text itself)

Stuart Gilbert's study guide, with summaries of each episode, and other helpful analysis; "written under Joyce's supervision," whatever that means.


Read the general analysis by Glibert, then zero in on one episode at a time: first, Joyce's text; second Gilbert's take; third, the individual annotations for that episode (Gilford); finally, a second (third...fourth...) look at Joyce's text.

If you knock out an episode and a half every month, you'll be finished by Bloomsday '09.
The transmigration of souls will, thus, be assured.

Hope you all had a pint yesterday.

I use the Julian calendar so I observe Bloomsday on June 29