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    Happy Bloomsday!

    June 16th, 1904 was the date on which Poldy Bloom wandered through Dublin.
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    Wasn't that Leopold Bloom ?
    When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent

    ~ Isaac Asimov

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    Isn't Harold Bloom an American critic?
    "I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
    Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row

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    I blew it.
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    confession: I forgot who Harold Bloom was until Danik pointed out he was a critic
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    "I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
    Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row

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    In fact Harold Bloom loved the novel Ulysses.
    When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent

    ~ Isaac Asimov

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