In the musical version of The Producer’s there’s a scene where Matthew Broderick’s Leo Bloom asks “when will it be Bloom’s day?” and in an earlier scene there’s a shot of the calendar that shows it actually is June 16th.

For those who have read it, what’s your favorite episode? I can’t decide between “Scylla and Charybdis,” because I’m a Shakespeare nerd, and “Nausicaa,” because I love that split structure where it suddenly shifts from Gerty’s perspective to Bloom’s.

To me, reading Ulysses is like climbing a mountain. It’s hard and not always fun, but the view from the top is spectacular.

I’ve both read and listened to the audiobook of Foucault’s Pendulum, and here’s a tip, try the audiobook.

I’ve read it three times.

I would argue Against the Day is more difficult than Gravity’s Rainbow. It has the advantage of being more obvious in the stylistic motifs, but the disadvantage of refusing to explain what’s going on. I read it in law school, and at one point the girl sitting next to me asked me what the book I was reading was about,…

I only eat organic in that my entire diet consists of sweetbreads.

Have you ever seen the version that was published after Fred Goldman secured the rights. There’s a tiny little ‘if’ inside the ‘I’ so it looks like the title is “I did It.”

You jacked off while you wrote this. We all know it.

Shelving “Ceuf” was Bryan Fuller’s decision because he didn’t want his show to be in any way associated with the bombing. He later admitted it was an over-reaction on his part.

What kind of monster doesn’t cut their Scotch eggs in half so you can see all the layers?

Nobody cares, you know.

Codified or enforced? Those are two veeeeeeeeeery different questions.

“Why did someone make this?” he asked, before looking directly into the camera and smiling knowingly.

We’re talking about an administration that made a surgeon head of HUD because “hey look, a black guy.” I really don’t think qualifications have anything to do with it.

Of course it’s not thick enough when you first make it. That’s why I said you have to let it set in the fridge for a few hours.

Because it is a YA novel? The fact that the term didn’t exist yet doesn’t change that. I re-read it last year because I was so excited about the movie. It absolutely is YA.

PRtMB has weird problems that he broadcasts here instead of talking to a therapist.

Tip for people who want creamy dressings but aren’t into mayo - coconut milk. Replace the mayo with an equal amount of coconut milk, make the dressing as instructed, then let it sit in the fridge a few hours and it will set into something creamy and flavorful.

I knew someone was going to go there and I said it anyway because I don’t believe in regrets.