June 11 - Chapter 6, pages 126-160

Suddenly, I am finding the text familiar enough for extended reading (at least 25 or more pages).

This is more a frame of mind than anything. I think I have finally caught up with the flow of things and rhythm of the stream of consciousness and the run-onned-ness of the sentences.  I guess its just getting familar after a long break-in period (for my brain).

Chapter 6 is quite interesting, starting with a series of questions, the first being "Who?"  Joyce goes on answering this question for 13 pages very humorously, before giving the ultimate answer, "Finn MacCool".   This question and answer section is quite hilarious.

The chapter then veers off into an encounter (from translation) between the Mookse and the Gripes in which the discuss and argue on many things, not the least of which is the theory of relativity (the Dime Cash problem).  The expands out circularly.

A couple more Joyce-words:

"Muddlecrass"
"Tellesphorously"