13 Replies to ““And the Best Supporting Actor Oscar goes to…””

1. Dan Collins says:

   January 24, 2007 at 3:57 pm

   He’s better looking than some quality women who share his name.

2. Simple Voice says:

   January 24, 2007 at 4:20 pm

   Interesting note on the Haley nomination. According to IMDB, Jackie Earle’s role in LITTLE CHILDREN was his 1st acting gig since 1993. Nice way to get back into the acting game, eh?

3. Slartibartfast says:

   January 24, 2007 at 4:25 pm

   I thought he was great in Breaking Away.  One of my faves, that is.

4. Jeff Goldstein says:

   January 24, 2007 at 4:26 pm

   Mine too.  But, well, he’ll always be Kelly Leak to me.

5. Slartibartfast says:

   January 24, 2007 at 4:50 pm

   Believe it or not, I’ve never actually seen Bad News Bears, so I had to go look to see who this Kelly Leak fellow was.  Never made it through Ulysses, either, just to show what an uncultured swine I am.

6. Carin says:

   January 24, 2007 at 5:31 pm

   I looked at Ulysses a few weeks ago, embarrassed by the knowledge that it was on my “not read” list. I read a few pages, and decided it would have to remain on that list for a while longer.

7. Slartibartfast says:

   January 24, 2007 at 5:43 pm

   My brother read it, and he says he took it as a project.  To prepare for reading it, he read the works of Ibsen, Chekhov and probably a few others.

   I lack that kind of patience and dedication.  I tend to be the easy-gratification sort of reader.

8. Lost Dog says:

   January 24, 2007 at 5:58 pm

   How many times do I have to repeat this? Instant gratification is just not fast enough for me. I am a BOOMER!

9. Carin says:

   January 24, 2007 at 6:04 pm

   Well, IMHO. it is the type of book for which book clubs SHOULD exist.  Instead, book clubs usually pick books I have little interest in reading, and certainly need no help in interpreting.

10. Nuke 'm Hill says:

    January 24, 2007 at 6:45 pm

    Hmm.  Interesting timing.  I just got back from the mall, and was browsing the bookstore shelves.  I pulled down Little Children completely randomly.

    Is it good?

11. markD says:

    January 24, 2007 at 10:15 pm

    Ulysses.  That’s one of many reasons they invented Cliff’s Notes.

    I like to read, but 5 books by one author followed by a ten page term paper on a manual typewriter is punishment.

    I still hate Hemingway, and he was my choice from a list of authors…

12. Meg Q says:

    January 25, 2007 at 2:23 am

    Look: Learning Russian and then reading almost anything by Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky, or learning Italian and reading Dante, etc., is worth it. Reading Ulysses, even if you are a native speaker of English, is not. Believe me, because I read the whole damn thing. Not for school, on my own. I thought it had to get better. It does not.

    I’m sorry the Jesuits and vile Ireland screwed you up, James. That doesn’t mean you have a right to take it out on the rest of us.

13. Farmer Joe says:

    January 25, 2007 at 4:05 pm

    I loved Ulysses. I too took it as a project, but I read a lot of commentary and explication. Reading that book made visiting Dublin a very… resonating experience.

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