HAPPY BLOOMSDAY!!!! (OT)

TelegramSam · Post by **TelegramSam** » Sun Jun 16, 2002 7:27 am

Yea, I know what you're all thinking. "But I thought it was Father's Day."

Well, it is. But, it's also Bloomsday!

Go read James Joyce's Ulysses!

(just so you know, it's bloomsday because Ulysses takes place on June 16, 1904 in Dublin, Ireland.)

thomlarson · Post by **thomlarson** » Sun Jun 16, 2002 8:19 am

Speaking of Bloomsday...

Follow the link below, you might recognize the band's whistle player. You also might know Kevin (on the right in the pic) as "tunemarshall" here at the message board.

<A HREF="http://www.thewhistleshop.com/bloomsday ... day</A>

Happy Bloomsday!

Ridseard · Post by **Ridseard** » Sun Jun 16, 2002 1:08 pm

Began my third reading of Ulysses last Monday, hoping to finish it by Bloomsday. Ha! No way! Only got to part II (chapter 4) this AM. Have tentatively reset the deadline for finishing it to Midsummer Day (a week from tomorrow). Thought briefly about trying to get a mutton kidney to eat today (in honor of Leopold Bloom) but settled on a pork chop instead.

AnnaDMartinez · Post by **AnnaDMartinez** » Sun Jun 16, 2002 5:15 pm

I loved Ulysses, but I still don't GET it!

TelegramSam · Post by **TelegramSam** » Sun Jun 16, 2002 7:25 pm

Anna - here's a hint: it's a story of a perfectly normal day in a perfectly mundane human. It's an epic of humanity, of the human experience. I do believe that Joyce was trying to capture life in a bottle, so to speak...

The magic is in the way it's told...

*Disclaimer: I'm not a literature major or even a semi-educated. I'm not a genius. I'm not a Joyce scholar. This is just my opinion, so pretentious literary f$%ks, go jump in a lake....

TonyHiggins · Post by **TonyHiggins** » Sun Jun 16, 2002 8:59 pm

On 2002-06-16 09:27, TelegramSam wrote:
Yea, I know what you're all thinking. "But I thought it was Father's Day."

(just so you know, it's bloomsday because Ulysses takes place on June 16, 1904 in Dublin, Ireland.)

It's also my birthday, and I was born in Dublin, but not that long ago.

Tony
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Ridseard · Post by **Ridseard** » Sun Jun 16, 2002 10:29 pm

This is just my opinion, so pretentious literary f$%ks, go jump in a lake....

Why the venom? We are but simple whistle players. The joke, after all, is on the scholars, for as Joyce wrote (somewhere or other), "I've put so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring
one's immortality."

Rod Sprague · Post by **Rod Sprague** » Sun Jun 16, 2002 10:56 pm

I didn't know Bloomsday was Irish, I thought it was just an excuse to hold a marathon in Spokane Washington when the lilacs were in bloom.

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Mon Jun 17, 2002 2:13 am

I thought this was gonna be about Bloomfield having a special day. He deserves one, he's such a card (read: all round thoroughly nice chap).

So can we have an official Bloomsfield Day soon? I'm designing a special banner for the office already.

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Mon Jun 17, 2002 4:43 am

I tried to get into Ulysses several times with no luck. Then I gave it a try using Cliff's Notes, and enjoyed the book tremendously. Anyone else wanting to explore this work may want to give it a try. Still couldn't get into Anna Karenina though...

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Mon Jun 17, 2002 11:12 am

On 2002-06-17 04:13, Martin Milner wrote:
I thought this was gonna be about Bloomfield having a special day. He deserves one, he's such a card (read: all round thoroughly nice chap).

So can we have an official Bloomsfield Day soon? I'm designing a special banner for the office already.

Good job, Martin. Nicely done and not too obvious. I mean, you only misspelled my name once. But I still can't believe you charged me 40 quid... :roll:

Vinny · Post by **Vinny** » Mon Jun 17, 2002 11:58 am

Happy Birthday Tony!!

Vinny

gemm84 · Post by **gemm84** » Mon Jun 17, 2002 9:23 pm

Good! I'm looking for some summer reading. I have a boring job where I sit at a desk. For hours and hours...All the books I've been reading are so FRUSTRATING, it's like people have abandoned the need to tell a good story just so they can use words in a "haunting" sort of way. I've had enough of that. Does anyone know any good books that are good books?

TonyHiggins · Post by **TonyHiggins** » Mon Jun 17, 2002 9:42 pm

Well now...if you're open to the mind-expanding universe of science-fiction, I'm no slouch in recommending good stuff. Fantasy, as well. If that doesn't sound appealing, I have no more to say on the subject (your loss, sniff.) Just kidding.
"Reality is for people who can't handle science-fiction."

To remain reasonably topical to this board, read Ciaran Carson's "Last Night's Fun." It's a very entertaining and funny book about traditional music in Ireland, as well as amusing descriptions of Irish culture and personalities.
Tony

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Tue Jun 18, 2002 3:08 am

On 2002-06-17 13:12, Bloomfield wrote:
On 2002-06-17 04:13, Martin Milner wrote:
I thought this was gonna be about Bloomfield having a special day. He deserves one, he's such a card (read: all round thoroughly nice chap).

So can we have an official Bloomsfield Day soon? I'm designing a special banner for the office already.

Good job, Martin. Nicely done and not too obvious. I mean, you only misspelled my name once. But I still can't believe you charged me 40 quid... :roll:

Hey, I thought the deal was 40 quid, plus that box of Megs you "found" on the back of a lorry in Adare High Street. Now I've gotta repaint that banner, too, I'm out of pocket over this! Goll, where's the gratitude?

I saw Riverdance last night (at the Hammersmith Apollo), starts off with a guy playing a low whistle, and there's a section on the pipes too, but the really impressive musician was the lady fiddle player. There was some bodhran playing too (but it wasn't too long fortunately) and I believe there was a bit of dancing going on between the musical bits. Quite a show!