Category Archives: Random Nonsense

Just whatever comes to mind.

The Seasons Are Changing

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Ubu Roi

You know how, when you’re lying there awake, and your mind starts to wander, even though you can’t sleep, you’ll think of the damnedest things? Last night was like that. It occurred to me that the Japanese might not have … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Ubu Roi

WP seems to lend itself more to mega-posts rather than “blitz posting” but maybe that’s my style, not the software, because I can’t think of any feature that makes it that way. So I’m going to string together some random … Continue reading →

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One Advantage to Ikkitousen (and random notes)

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Ubu Roi

The pictures drive a fair amount of traffic my way. I was just checking referrer logs and I noticed that several people in a row came in from Google’s pics, and almost always to post #599. That turns out to … Continue reading →

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Ubu Roi’s Worst of 2007

Posted on January 6, 2008 by Ubu Roi

Side note: A lot of fansub material is in the .mkv format these days. Unfortunately, for some reason, in the middle of prepping this article, Zoomplayer decided that all screenshots would be of the first frame in the file, no … Continue reading →

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Shana II Episode 10

Posted on December 14, 2007 by Ubu Roi

A pleasant filler episode; we get to meet Yuiiji’s dad, who raises a few questions of his own, and (woohoo!) the geezers are back! Wilhelmina meets up with them in Paris to find out more information on Pheles. Shana and … Continue reading →

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Order In 12/07

Posted on December 14, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Yeah, it’s a boring and ordinary title. So I wasn’t feeling too inventive tonight, so what? The Third:The Girl With the Blue Eye, Vol #3. Obligation buy, but I definitely don’t mind. Witchblade,Vol #2. I had stopped watching this series … Continue reading →

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Churchill as Kamina? Kamina as Churchill?

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Ubu Roi

It seems that the secessionist sentiment* in parts of the UK (probably a backlash against the EU, but let’s not go there) resulted in the Telegraph taking open submissions for a new flag design. After that, they took the “top … Continue reading →

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