Monthly Archives: May 2007

“You WIll Be Wiser When You’re Older” by Matthew Delooze

Posted on May 12, 2007 by ubu507

Whenever I do my monthly order from my book distributor I try to make a point of ordering one book from their "Lightning Source" section. These are basically print on demand books, self published or from very small publishers, stuff … Continue reading →

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Crime Beat: Anticlimax Department

Posted on May 11, 2007 by ubu507

Crime Beat: Anticlimax Department   McKeesport Children Missing McKEESPORT, Pa. — POSTED: 10:15 am EDT May 7, 2007 Police are searching for two children missing from their McKeesport home on Evans Avenue. Allegheny County officials told Channel 11 a 9-year-old … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam

Posted on May 9, 2007 by ubu507

This is the dream I had the night before Pierce’s funeral: We’re at my old house in Pittsburgh (which, having been demolished, is literally a ghost house) having a memorial dinner when, suddenly, Pierce is there, sitting at the head … Continue reading →

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Katie: Part Two

Posted on May 7, 2007 by ubu507

I lumbered past the outstretched legs and indifferent glances, unsure of where I was going or what I was looking for. Showing her usual indifference to the schedules the rest of us lived by, my favorite party mate Heather was still … Continue reading →

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Isis, oh Isis

Posted on May 4, 2007 by ubu507

I’ve been busy (goofing off) and am going out of town so you’ll have to chew on this qote for a few days:   The power of Isis is concerned with matter which becomes and receives everything: light and dark, … Continue reading →

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The Steelers Draft

Posted on May 2, 2007 by ubu507

Well, I don’t have a lot to say today — which is good, I guess, because nobody seems interested in hearing it any way! I was just going to point out that even though the Steelers have been one of … Continue reading →

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That Swinging Bird, Agatha

Posted on May 1, 2007 by ubu507

You don’t really think of Agatha Christie as a sixties kind of bird, and yet she was certainly alive and writing in London when it was really swinging. Needless to say, like a lot of people, she didn’t get it, … Continue reading →

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