June 5 Always by Steven Spielberg was Audrey Hepburn’s last role. 7 [ongoing] {Ulysses (Joyce), from a few pages in} A little Newtonian physics in Ulysses, a rumination on weight by Bloom. A voyeur he is, no doubt about that. No denigration towards Joyce – Bloom is a character he created, nothing more. Gem of a line: Hate company when [it’s] you. He (Bloom) seems to have kept a valise lent by one of his friends, Bob Cowley. His father was fond of Kate Bateman (promoted by P T Barnum, no less) when she acted at the Adelphi in London. Same line: he was born in 1966. Italian seems to be the second language in this part. People singing Mozart’s Don Giovanni. A little stream of consciousness in flowery language while reading his paramour’s letter. Coombe, a Dublin landmark, is mentioned twice – but in the same, rather unflattering, context. Buddha is compared to Jesus (Ecce Homo). Christianity’s sacraments are dwelt upon, mostly unfavorably except in the...