there is a great pub here in Cleveland, that has the best Guiness in town, called Nighttown, that for years put on a great Bloomsday spread, until the owner finally decided that most of the regulars were there for the free food and drink, and not for the love of Joyce, so it sadly is no more. Though the day is still unofficially celebrated by many of us in our own way, no really connected gathering. Should try to start something, though the idea of the somewhat commercialized Dublin celebrations kind of make me gag.

BTW, any news updates on the Guiness company changing the formula to make a quicker draught? Read about it somewhere, and it is an outrage, an abomination unto the lord, I would even say, to tamper with the sterling of stouts, if you can't wait a few minutes for it, you don't f***ing deserve it. I hope Guiness see the error of their way here.