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Bloomsday on Broadway – STREAMING NOW!
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Click here to hear the Bloomsday on Broadway, streaming live now until late in the evening.
Not sure when Stephen Colbert will be on, just that it is sometime before the musical interludes begin at 11:15p EDT.
Enjoy! Feel free to post your thoughts about the performance in the comments.
EDIT:
Um, sorry kids, for some reason he didn’t perform. I don’t know why – hopefully we’ll hear something. Maybe he got too busy with the Peabody awards and had to work late? I’ve been listening during the entire performance, so I know we didn’t miss him. I’m sorry, I don’t know what to tell you.
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June 16th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
You can read along here:
http://www.readprint.com/chapter-6378/James-Joyce
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June 16th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Anyone else having connection issues with it? I keep getting kicked off and I can’t use the iTunes thingy because it says there are too many people on it.
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June 16th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
I’m on now, but it’s been a struggle. I’m on iTunes right now.
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June 16th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Yeah… I guess I’ll have to use iTunes too. My regular media player isn’t compressing the file and I even tried installing the extra plug-ins.
I shant give up!
tally ho
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June 16th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Bloom REALLY admired water.
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June 16th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
HA!
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June 16th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
I thought for sure that Stephen would be reading the Nausicca part when it was referred to as the most erotic chapter.
Alas.
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June 16th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
so conflicted! wanna watch “Larry king” too =S
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June 16th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
It looks like they have 21 chapters to go before “Who’s Been Sleeping in My Bed” is on. We should be ok. The interview will probably be over by that part.
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June 16th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
testing
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June 16th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
cool! lol
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June 16th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
ha no steve tonight either :(
June 16th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Dang! I was looking forward to Steve!! Isn’t he supposed to be on the Daily Show or something Tuesday? He’s a busy man then!
I want him to answer my question.
June 16th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
@ TruthPower
ooooo you asked him a question, what did you ask, if you don’t mind me asking =P lol
yeah he’s on on like Wednesday or something, they filmed his 1/2 hour piece like a while ago maybe even last week when he was supposed to go…but they interrupted it for al gore’s endorsement of Barak Obama…
June 16th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
@ storm
I asked him on the day that they were supposed to tape last week what he liked most about being Maxwell Smart. I didn’t know that the actually taped it earlier. I thought they were broadcasting it live. Maybe not. I asked him another question today about what gadget he would like if he could have something cool like what Maxwell Smart has. Then I told him that he is hilarious and good looking. I hope that I did not ask that last one too late. I’d like to see the reaction if mine was picked. Crosses fingers.
June 16th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
good questions!
i hope they ask yours
yay stephen is coming up! next!
If anyone wants to follow along, it’s online here… unless you have a hard copy…
http://www.online-literature.com/james_joyce/ulysses/17/
June 16th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Damn! It was working fine, and then,,,phtttt.
!!&**!%!…and also…^%^!?@##*!?
I hope one of *our* people are taping this.
LOL recaptcha=buehler e\
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June 16th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
no one has heard Stephen yet, right?
according to someone on the colboards, Stephen is reading the portion called “Who’s been sleeping in my bed?” but of course I don’t know what that is…
right now they’re reading from Calypso, episode 4.
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June 16th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Nope, you’re good. No Stephen yet.
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June 16th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Here’s far until Stephen starts reading:
The Stars at Night (where they’re reading from right now)
A Light in the Window
Before Parting, Two Heroes Enjoy a Quiet Piss
Bloom, Alone
Bloom’s Bookshelves and Their Contents
Leopold Bloom Undresses for Bed
Bloom’s Long-Range Ambitions
Bloom Prepares His Mind for Sleep
What Have You Got in That Drawer?
“Lestrygonians” Flashback: Memory of a Kiss
Summing Up Bloom’s Day, Then
A Lasting Marriage
Getting Into Bed
Who’s Been Sleeping in My Bed? (when Stephen stars reading)
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June 16th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
If you go to the page that you stream the performance from and click “read,” you can see the list of names and the parts they’re reading. Looks like there’s a lot to go before Stephen’s part.
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June 16th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
like 40 more readers to go. getting there. :p
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June 16th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Seems like it may go into “the daily show”… thank god for time-shifting ;)
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June 16th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
If anyone wants to follow along, it’s online here… unless you have a hard copy…
http://www.online-literature.com/james_joyce/ulysses/17/
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June 16th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
right now we’re on “What Have You Got in That Drawer?”
I know this sounds very nerdy but I have actually really enjoying listening to all this. I’ve been at it for 1.5 hours already. the readers have nice voices, and they say some interesting things from time to time, I might be expanding my vocabulary. right now they’re describing some erotic photocards.
I don’t know anything about this book or this author (kind of uneducated, right?) but I want to know who would ever read and care about all of these descriptions!
I don’t mind missing TDS but if this runs into TCR I will … I will … gosh I don’t know.
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June 16th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
i feel really uneducated too, i read joyce’s bio on wikpedia, but i really don’t understand what the author is trying to say. is bloom a comically calculating man? i just find this interesting but a little confusing.
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Thanks for letting us know what chapter they are on. I am listening to music and reading and I just keep unmuting my computer to check if I hear Stephens voice at all. lol.
I am not familiar with this book or author either. I have only heard the section that Stephen read for this event in the past.
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
I’m doing the same thing. I’m watching Harry Potter (while DVR-ing TDS & TCR) and I keep unmuting and muting my computer. Now I just have headphones on. Oh, multitasking!
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
lol tiger – I’m on the same boat as you.
I just remembered this was going on tonight like ten minutes ago and jumped in then; so, no idea what’s going on (not that I would know any better if I had listened since the very beginning haha).
Yet I listen on, for the same reasons mentioned by tiger… aaand of course, that little fellow called Stephen Tyrone Colbert. I assume after he comes on, all the reasons that has kept me listening so far will no longer be enough to make me continue. I know, I know, so ignorant. But listening to all this does give me even greater respect for Stephen’s intelligence!
Meanwhile, some of these readers are on for a really short time! Hopefully that won’t be the case with our Stephen?
reCaptcha: doing ployer
insert (my/his/her em) in the middle? hahaha
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
these descriptive statements are driving me crazy.
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
i think stephens part is gonna be tiny…
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
give a paragraph’s worth of answer to a question then ask a question about every single part of that answer then answer all those questions with answers longer than the previous answers……
on and on and on….
Is this what I will face if I should major in English?
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June 17th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Haha! Potentially. It bodes well for you, though, if you can write a 5 page paper on 2 or 3 sets of lines. A large part of being an English major (I think, having been one) is having the ability to take something relatively minor and insignificant and being able to write paragraph after paragraph on the details and nuances embedded within. Or what my professors liked to call being “long winded”.
June 16th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Stephen is one of those people that I could listen to read the phone book for hours. His part coming up will pretty much be the equivalent of that for me as I no idea what’s going on. I feel like I’m AP English class all over again and I’m just letting the words wash over me as I doodle in the margins in my notebook.
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
I HAVE no idea what’s going on. Sentences are fun.
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
I meant, “- I HAVE no idea what’s going on”. Sentences are fun.
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June 17th, 2008 at 11:44 am
oh, me too. I listen to the bit of audio from the Lotus Eaters chapter from the last time he did it, and I just close my eyes and listen. his voice is beautiful.
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June 17th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Isn’t it? It’s so calming and soothing…bliss.
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
ok, we’re on Getting into Bed.
it looks like Stephen is going to be reading RIGHT in the middle of the 11:30 PM half hour of television.
I am going to have to spend 5 minutes weighing my options right now. I really don’t know.
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
just thank god for time-shifting, and TiVo, i can watch it later =P
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
you could always watch TCR online ;)
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June 17th, 2008 at 11:45 am
yeah, but they always chop off the ends of the clips.
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
and now we’re on Stephen’s section, but he’s not speaking yet.
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
i know O_o
maybe he’s in a different part, cus “ithaca” is almost over =S
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
So close.
I am so ready!
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
ok, so the guy’s wife is cheating on him? is that right?
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
I stopped trying to understand it quite some time ago.
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
uh-oh. where’s stephen?
recap: delicious loses
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Yeah, I’m wondering the same thing. Regardless, I’ve been enjoying the reading.
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Yeah, I’m kinda freakin’ out. Did they skip him over? Is he actually in this tonight?
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
no they didn’t, i’ve been listening steadily for 30 min
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Me too. I’ve actually been listening since 8:30. *wants to hear Stephen NOW, lol*
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Imagine if anyone had GONE to see him tonight and he wasn’t there OMG IT’S THE LAST PAGE AND HE HASN’T COME OUT YET
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
OMG! I KNOW, I’d be so piffed off if I had gone.
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
that would be such a letdown.
he was a big name coming to read!
I hope all is well…maybe he was just tired from Peabody award then the show…
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Did I miss something?
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
I didn’t hear him during this section, or else his name wasnt announced.
I was listening with my other ear (thank goodness I have hearing in both, sry Stephen) to TCR on TV. glad he showed the “Bert” thing with Tim Russert.
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
What the heck? Where is Stephen…..?
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
we was robbed!!!!!
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
DAMN.
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
WHAT
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Okay, yeah, freaking out. It says his name in the reader list on their website! So how was he not in there? *is sad*
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
I am also sad. I hope everything is okay. I was really looking forward to hearing him read. I feel a lot smarter…and now I kind of want to read some James Joyce…but c’mon.
:(
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
I KNOW! WHATS GOING ON??? =S
wow they skipped it! :(
but it was great anyhow, sleepy…
i’m gonna watch “the report” in case he does come on later, which i doubt, i hope someone records it =S
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
D: Where was Stephen?!
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
that’s okay… I enjoyed it anyway… now drifting off to sleep…
I hope Stephen’s okay…
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
you are right. i feel better educated now. good night.
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
eep. now ya got me worried!
reCap: relief frankly
I think not!
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
yeah…it was fun compared to other junky ways I could have spent my night.
edit cuz I expressed the same sentiment in two different places, duh.
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Ummmm….I’m a bit confused. Where was he? *is sad*.
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
they just keep talkin’! and now they’re singin’!
sigh.
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
lol
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Perhaps “Stephen” realized that this was way to elitist to be involved in and he ran home to cuddle his guns and Bibles.
Seriously though, that was a cop-out!
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
or maybe, this was his way of getting us to be more educated?
Teh children is learning, as they say.
“they”
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
I really thought for a glorious moment at the end there that he might be singing. ALAS.
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
I was hoping the same thing for a split second too.
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
lol.
That would be glorious.
Unfortunately it’s just “chamber music” which is apparently music for when you are going to the bathroom.
Maybe he’s in the bathroom?
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
I went downstairs to get some milk during the getting to bed sequence. After I came up, they announced the pillow talk chapter. I was only gone for a minute or two!!! What the heck happened to Who’s Been Sleeping in My Bed?
I’m glad it was not just me that didn’t hear it. I’ve been paying close attention mostly since it began at 7pm!!!!!!
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Bloomsday people, you have upset the Nation! We want Stephen!
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Well…off the bed for me.
I’m sure there will be some sort of explanation in the morning.
:D
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June 17th, 2008 at 12:00 am
I’m sure he’s fine. He probably just had a scheduling conflict.
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June 17th, 2008 at 12:01 am
Well, even tho he didn’t perform, it actually was interesting. It’s way more fun/comprehensible when you can read along with the speakers.
Thanks, DB, for the link to the hard copy.
Poor Eris–all the way from Boston.
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June 17th, 2008 at 12:02 am
I know of at least three Zoners that were there, but I think Eris traveled the farthest of all.
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June 17th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
I had fun!
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June 17th, 2008 at 2:06 am
Well, Stephen did have a busy day today: he had the show AND the Peabody award ceremony. Poor thing was probably exhausted…
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June 17th, 2008 at 4:00 am
That’s what I was thinking, but I feel bad for the Zoners who travelled there specifically to see Stephen.
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June 17th, 2008 at 2:20 am
For anybody who was disappointed not to hear Stephen perform in this year’s Bloomsday, may I suggest visiting (or revisiting) his 2005 performance as Leopold Bloom in the Calypso and Lotus Eaters episodes? They’re available in their entirety at Colbert’s Heroes (here: http://colbertsheroes.org/media.shtml) and aside from the delight of hearing Stephen perform, as somebody who’s not particularly familiar with James Joyce I found them a lot more accessible than the Ithaca episode they did tonight (which, while interesting… frankly hurt my brain).
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June 17th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
This is a long shot, but heck, this post is (at least partly) about James Joyce.
I’ve been trying to remember about an audio version of “The Dead” that someone once told me about (it might have been in a larger compilation of Dubliners material); it was a rare version featuring someone like Jeremy Irons as Gabriel, and I remember the reviewer simply raving about it. Does this sound familiar to anyone? As I said, I know it’s a long shot, but I’d be interested in finding it if it rings a bell for anyone.
(Note to self: Track down that John Huston version of “The Dead” … )
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June 17th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
um i remember there was like an old BBC play from the 70’s with Jeremy Irons but it’s the closest i can think of, and it’s not an audio version, but in the synopsis, it’s compared to “the dead”…
“If you enjoyed movies based on literature (such as James Joyce’s wonderful story from “Dubliners” : “The Dead” directed by Huston) you should find this film well worth watching.”
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077830/
and then this one… the one you mentioned right?, but he’s not in it, i believe it was a movie, not sure about the audio thing though =S
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_%281987_film%29
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June 17th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
No, this was definitely an audio version of either Dubliners or “The Dead”. The John Huston version of “The Dead” is a separate thing (and one that always comes highly recommended); the audio version is something that I would just be interested in finding. I’m not even sure it was Jeremy Irons, truthfully enough (and heck, he’s not the first actor that comes to mind for such a quintessentially Irish story), but it was someone very like him (in terms of acting caliber/”star power”), if it wasn’t him.
Kind of a needle in a haystack, I know; I just thought I’d throw the question out there. Thanks for chiming in.
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June 17th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Does anyone think that, maybe, possibly, Stephen had a “Tim Russert realization” and decided not to appear at Bloomsday for the sake of his health?
There comes a point when one cannot push one’s self to the point of exhaustion any more without jeopardizing health and/or sanity. I know this is presumptuous, but I can’t help considering it.
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June 17th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Woah. Interesting point. I could see that happening.
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June 17th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
yeah i just hope we find out soon i really wanna know what happened
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June 17th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
since nothing has happened yet I doubt nothing will. they don’t really owe anyone an explanation…they got *basically* what they came for, which was the readings.