Monthly Archives: February 2010

Crime Beat: The Ypsilanti Michelangelo

Posted on February 26, 2010 by ubu507

YPSILANTI Man agrees to remove ‘obscene snowman’ A man who helped build a snow structure "resembling that of the male anatomy" destroyed it Tuesday after someone who was offended called Ypsilanti police. An Ypsilanti police officer responded to a North … Continue reading →

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Quotebag: Wittgenstein

Posted on February 25, 2010 by ubu507

  I know That this world exists That I am placed in it like my eye in its visual field That something about it is problematic Which we call its meaning – Ludwig Wittgenstein 　 I believe that a certain … Continue reading →

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Overheard Conversation of the Day

Posted on February 23, 2010 by ubu507

Don’t tell Kaitlin cause I don’t think she wants to know that both her parents are fucking locked up.

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An Ypsilanti Nap/Returning To The Scene Of The Crime

Posted on February 22, 2010 by ubu507

YPSILANTI Man steals, abandons car A man abandoned the car he stole from a store parking lot in Ypsilanti when he discovered a woman sleeping in the back seat, police said. The woman was unharmed , and police were able … Continue reading →

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Quotebag: For a Good Time Call Unrealized Futility

Posted on February 17, 2010 by ubu507

  Flaubert clearly saw the real, the devastating emptiness of men’s hopes and dreams and aims and plans as they so often work out. What he did not always sufficiently convey directly in the path of realistic truthfulness is a … Continue reading →

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Print the Legend by Craig McDonald

Posted on February 16, 2010 by ubu507

Print the Legend, Craig McDonald, Minotaur Books, $24.99. Considering that it revolves around Ernest Hemingway’s 1961 suicide by shotgun, I suppose it would be indelicate of me to say that Craig McDonald’s Print the Legend blew me away, but in … Continue reading →

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Happy Valentines Day!

Posted on February 14, 2010 by ubu507
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Highway

Posted on February 12, 2010 by ubu507

High on the border of Ohio An intermediary state Between the familiar driver And the absolutely and Eternally divided highway

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Crime Beat: Ypsilanti Sortsmanship

Posted on February 11, 2010 by ubu507

YPSILANTI   Man accused of assault   A man told police his roommate assaulted him, slashed a rear tire of his Dodge Stratus and wrote a curse word on the driver’s-side door after he lost in a video game, Ypsilanti … Continue reading →

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Snow

Posted on February 10, 2010 by ubu507

  What matter if the snow Blots out the garden? She shall still recline Upon the scented balustrade And glow with spring.   — Li Po

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