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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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Katie: Part One

Posted on April 28, 2007 by ubu507

It was the kind of party where I wasn’t sure who the host was and didn’t particularly care. Maybe it was because we were ostensibly celebrating the end of spring vacation, but the atmosphere was pretty depressing – even the … Continue reading →

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Snakes

Posted on April 27, 2007 by ubu507

Once a serpent was seen stretched out next to the body of Olympias as she slept, and this, more than anything else, they say, abated the ardor of Philip’s passion for her. Accordingly, he no longer came often to sleep … Continue reading →

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The Writing Life

Posted on April 25, 2007 by ubu507

Oh, man, I’ve got to tell you…there’s a certain young lady author whose book I panned on the space not long ago – I won’t repeat her name because she is such a relentless self-Googler (tacky, tacky, tacky). To maintain … Continue reading →

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the Idol

Posted on April 24, 2007 by ubu507

On this bed lies the Idol, The sovereign queen of dreams But how did she get here? Who brought her? What magic power set her on this Throne of reverie and voluptuousness? What difference does it make? Here she is … Continue reading →

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UBU’s got a brand new quotebag

Posted on April 21, 2007 by ubu507

Well, UBU has had one busy (but profitable) week, children, so you’ll have to be content with an entry emptying out the old quotebag. I will say that, as I’ve written before, LAURA LIPPMAN’S new book What the Dead Know … Continue reading →

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Crime Beat: Creative Weaponry: Part Two

Posted on April 20, 2007 by ubu507

Crime Beat: Creative Weaponry: Part Two   Man says boss hit him at work site A construction worker said his foreman struck with a work-site tool Wednesday on the seventh floor of the construction site at the Ross Business School, … Continue reading →

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Gaspard de la Nuit by Aloysius Bertrand

Posted on April 18, 2007 by ubu507

The first time I picked up Rimbaud’s Illuminations as a teenager it blew my mind. I loved it, but still I couldn’t help wondering What is this? Where did this come from? As I got more context and read people … Continue reading →

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