So... I'm in theater history....

Interestingly enough, Kafka worked as a young man in an asbestos factory. And then he died, primarily of tuberculosis. Though asbestos usually can be harmful to the lungs, which is typically where TB starts, there doesn't seem to be a connection between the two. However, depending on what kind of linen factory B. works at, he could have some kind of lung thing after years of working there. Could we potentially give him a cough or a wheeze or something that might serve to emphasize his elderliness (apparently that's not a word.... oh well) as well as, to anyone who is really paying attention, some other connection to Kafka.

Also, Kafka was essentially afraid of sex, but in a weird way in that he would have purely sexual relationships with women (but maybe they weren't actually having sex... I'm confused on this point). But the main point is is that he broke off a number of engagements and long term relationships because he was afraid of the coital part of marriage. Again, if we're equating Blumfeld to Kafka, which I think is an interesting idea (Blumfeld as what Kafka was afraid he could become?), Blumfeld could have this history of being with a lot of women, none of whom he's had the guts to marry. Which is potentially even more lonely that him just being alone his entire life.

Now, three interesting (to me) images. The first two are cute little girls in berets, just to prove that cute little girls wear them and look cute. The third, well, that's obvious, and I think we're more awesome....