About us
Hello, and welcome to "Lifelong Learners - Las Vegas" (or "L2-LV" for short).
The purpose of this group is to gather folks together who have a growth mindset, and who enjoy discussing sundry, self-help books, podcasts, and talks. If you enjoy reading/listening to books about psychology/human nature, interpersonal relationships, philosophy, and life style change - this is the group for you! We typically meet at least a few times a month to discuss a book, podcast, or talk that relates to self-improvement and living a better life.
If you are constantly yearning to acquire new knowledge that will help you further grow into a wiser, happier, and more fulfilled version of yourself, please join us.
Upcoming events
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weekly check-in (Ulysses ep 12)
·OnlineOnlineThis a recurring weekly online meetup to discuss what we've read, what we're reading, and what we want to do.
The motivation behind this is two-fold:
- I've put James Joyce's Ulysses on the schedule for October, about 20 weeks out. It has 18 chapters, and I promised readers that we would have a weekly meetup to review our progress.
- We keep reading books about self-improvement, and yet this 'self' continues to struggle to improve. Maybe this is a chance to join with other strugglers to move forward.
Here's a link to the Ulysses resources that I find useful.
Episode 12, "Cyclops"
- This episode is narrated by an unnamed inhabitant of Dublin (the "I" of the chapter) who works as a debt collector.
- The narrator goes to Barney Kiernan's pub where he meets a character referred to only as "The Citizen". This character is believed to be a satirisation of Michael Cusack, a founder member of the Gaelic Athletic Association.
- When Leopold Bloom enters the pub, he is berated by the Citizen, who is a fierce Fenian and anti-Semite. The episode ends with Bloom reminding the Citizen that his Saviour was a Jew. As Bloom leaves the pub, the Citizen throws a biscuit tin at Bloom's head, but misses.
- The episode is marked by extended tangents made in voices other than that of the unnamed narrator; these include streams of legal jargon, a report of a boxing match, Biblical passages, and elements of Irish mythology.
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