WAKE rolls on like so many thunderwords, as we explore the first part of Chapter 1.2 of Finnegans Wake. We consider the slanders heaped on poor old HCE (Here Comes Everybody), tiptoe around racially problematic language, and ponder whether speedcasting Joyce on a treadmill is an incentive for cardiac health.

This week's readers: Toby Malone

Progress: 44 pages complete, 584 pages to go; 7% read.

Contextual Notes:

On Thunderwords: https://www.finnegansweb.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Thunderwords

https://hatterscabinet.com/pages-fw/fwtheme-thunderwords.html

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