A fair or a festival, perhaps? I was thinking of "Araby" when I mentioned Joyce's shorter works. It's a delight to read even if the mood is very somber.
Yeah, that's the one! I don't recall liking that one or seeing the point of it.
Hey! What do you two think you're doing? Fightin' at a time like this. You'll use up all the air!
Jayne ,'Out Of Gas'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Polter-Cow - Jun 16, 2008 9:19:13 am PDT #6164 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
DavidS - Jun 16, 2008 9:19:27 am PDT #6165 of 28370
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I await your apology, sir.
I'll save the quip and just tell you that you won't get one.
erikaj - Jun 16, 2008 9:19:43 am PDT #6166 of 28370
Always Anti-fascist!
Steph L. - Jun 16, 2008 9:19:43 am PDT #6167 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
gibberish" is a very blunt way of putting forth an opinion (certainly blunter than Buffistas typically are)
Uh. I must be subscribed to different threads than you are.
But that's neither here nor there.
Dana - Jun 16, 2008 9:20:26 am PDT #6168 of 28370
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I think connie's comment was ill-timed, which she has admitted.
But I also think she deserves an apology.
DavidS - Jun 16, 2008 9:21:50 am PDT #6169 of 28370
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But I also think she deserves an apology.
See above.
Jessica - Jun 16, 2008 9:22:39 am PDT #6170 of 28370
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think Connie's initial comment was obnoxious, Hec's response rude, and they should both take it to email so the rest of us can get back to talking about books.
flea - Jun 16, 2008 9:22:50 am PDT #6171 of 28370
information libertarian
Well, I can at least take some comfort from this shameful episode in the fact that we are at our rudest over literature, and not, for example, Britney Spears' tube socks.
amych - Jun 16, 2008 9:23:13 am PDT #6172 of 28370
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
People! You're all welcome to your opinions of Ulysses, but this isn't a good place for duelling. Getting bloodstains off a server is such a messy task.
erikaj - Jun 16, 2008 9:25:06 am PDT #6173 of 28370
Always Anti-fascist!
keeping such a hard line on the subject is not inspiring to a person to change her opinion. Joyce survived obscenity trials; he might not need you to protect him.