All Apologies, but I’m neck deep in this shit.
Scott relished his morning coffee and his “Today” show. The coffee prepared his mind for the day and imparted a delightful, lingering, rich flavor on his palette for some time afterward. His wife, upon hearing him stumble downstairs to operate the coffee maker remarked how droll it [...]

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James Joyce’s version of taking a piss into the sea

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Anyone up for any of these events this year? If not, we need to find something good to celebrate Bloomsday in Atlanta or domestic this year.
Much like “stately, plump Buck Mulligan”, we would relish the pints, and like our man Leopold Bloom, we would take great delight in devouring the innards of beasts.

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A cool passage from one of my all-time favorite books, Heart of Darkness:

Seventeen pages of close writing he had found time for! But this must have been before his—let us say—nerves, went wrong, and caused him to preside at certain midnight dances ending with unspeakable rites, which—as far as I reluctantly gathered from what I [...]

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The Age of Wire and String by Ben MarcusI just finished reading the remarkable The Age of Wires and Strings by Ben Marcus and I can honestly say I’ve never read anything like it. Marcus uses methodical, encylopedic language to define a completely new world.The book warrants another read, as it’s not a hefty [...]

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