Books

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

And praying for death at 39?

I'm drinking whiskey and climbing ladders every day.

[Eoin McLove]

They can put these immortal words on your headstone- "He fully intended to read Ulysses by 40, no seriously. "

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

I'd prefer this: "The Battle Below Giltspur > Ulysses"

[StoutAndAle]

Sure Joyce didn't finish "Ulysses" until he was 40 either.


I wonder if James Joyce actually read "Ulysses" himself?

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

He read some of it at least!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhW0TrzWGmI

[StoutAndAle]

I must give that a listen.

I wonder what the Audiobook is like?

"Right, Steve. Ulysses by James Joyce, section 2, chapter 4. Take 3."
   
"....Omnis  caro  ad  te  veniet.  No  question  but  her  name  is  puissant  who  aventried  the  dear  corse  of  our  Agenbuyer,  Healer  and  Herd,  our  mighty  mother  and  mother  most  venerable  and  Bernardus  saith  aptly that She hath an omnipotentiam deiparae supplicem, that is  to  wit,  an  almightiness  of  petition  because  she  is  the  second Eve and she won us, saith Augustine too, whereas that other, our grandam, which we are linked up with by successive anastomosis of navelcords sold us all, seed, breed and generation, for a penny pippin....."

"Why have you stopped, Steve?"

"I don't understand a word I just said"

"No one does, Steve. Just keep going."

"Mr  Mulligan  however  made court to the scholarly by an apt quotation from the classics  which,  as  it  dwelt  upon  his  memory,  seemed  to  him a sound and tasteful support of his contention: Talis ac tanta  depravatio  hujus  seculi,  O  quirites,  ut  matresfamiliarum  nostrae   lascivas   cujuslibet   semiviri   libici   titillationes   testibus   ponderosis  atque  excelsis  erectionibus  centurionum  Romanorum  magnopere anteponunt, while for those of........ Fuck this!"

"Steve? Where are you going?! Steve! Shit, he's gone now too. That's 4 people this year and we still haven't gotten past chapter 4.... Would anyone notice if we released that bit?"




Halfway through that "Steve" became Steven Seagal in my head. Imagine that. "Ageing action stars read post-modern classics" Netflix might pay for it.

Steven Seagal reads "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey
Jean Claude Van-Damme reads "The Torture Garden" by Octave Mirbeau

[Pedrito]

Finished up The Importance of Being Ernest, just an incredible piece of writing/drama. Decided to give the Rupert Everett/Colin Firth film a watch and was definitely not disappointed. A little bit off topic, but if you're looking for something that you and the missus (or your ladyboy) might want to watch with a bottle of wine, it's well worth it. Captures the play perfectly.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

The 1950s version is far superior imo

[Pedrito]

Sweet, will check that 

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Though maybe the modern one would be more fitting for a date night 

[Pedrito]

Is there a porno? 

The importance of rimming Earnest

[Eoin McLove]

I'm juggling at the minute.  The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe in work,  The Narrow Land by Christine Dwyer Hickey as my bedtime read and I picked up Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker today,  which I'm sneaking into now.  I've been meaning to read his work for a while as I always find him an engaging and inspirational speaker so let's see what this offers.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

The thinking man's Jordan Peterson.

[Scáthach]

With reference to Ulysses above, there is an audio version that's essentially a radio play, with different voice actors doing the different characters, may be worth checking out.
Currently reading Fire and Blood by George Martin. It's okay, not as addictive as the Song of Ice and Fire novels but will have to do until the Winds of Winter gets published. (get the finger out George!)

[Carnage]

Currently reading Dissolution by C.J. Sansom, a murder mystery set in a monastery during the Reformation. It's alright.

Also started The Dogs Of Riga by Henning Mankell, the second Wallander book. First one was decent, so...