{"id":94,"date":"2007-06-16T13:19:45","date_gmt":"2007-06-16T13:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/novaatlantis\/2007\/06\/16\/happy-bloomsday\/"},"modified":"2012-10-03T01:56:12","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T01:56:12","slug":"happy-bloomsday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/novaatlantis\/2007\/06\/16\/happy-bloomsday\/","title":{"rendered":"HAPPY BLOOMSDAY!"},"content":{"rendered":"

"STATELY, PLUMP BUCK MULLIGAN CAME FROM THE STAIRHEAD, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. A yellow dressing gown, ungirdled, was sustained gently-behind him by the mild morning air. He held the bowl aloft and intoned:
\n— Introibo ad altare Dei."<\/p>\n

Almost forgot, today is Bloomsday<\/a>.
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\n"Halted, he peered down the dark winding stairs and saw that Stephen Dedalus had been turned into a zombie. He ran screaming back up the stairs, only to meet Kinch, also zombified, waiting for him at the top. He hurled the useless razor away and held out the mirror, which froze Kinch in place, an undead Narcissus. The bowl made an effective blunt instrument of dispatch. As Kinch fell to the floor, truly lifeless, Buck pirouetted to meet his fellow student shambling up the stairs."
\n–excerpt from Ulysses II: Leopold vs. the Walking Dead<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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