ACoD: Annoying & Boring

It's that time of day again. Not sleepy yet too tired to "work". Though I did photoshop this nifty collage of A Confederacy of Dunces covers:

And no, I'm not nuts about the book. The publishers from the 60s were right -- nothing really happens. Plus Ignatius was irritating especially during passages of his first person lengthy, flouty tirades. Yes, Ken probably wanted Ignatius to reach out and peeve the reader and that's edgy and all, but the kiss of death was that those parts were boring too.

Don't judge a book by its title. I picked ACoD for its title and its back blurb that promised hilarity. In the end, the title was more interesting that its contents. Strangely this cheers me up because there are some seriously dry sounding titles on the 162-10 list.

An aside, if you're ever hard pressed for a Halloween costume, put on a green hunting cap, a plaid shirt, call yourself Ignatius J. Reilly, and shout insults like, "What an abortion!" Can you imagine a party that would really get and dig such a costume? Now that is frightening. Ha ha right? Until it dawns -- we'll get it.