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Touching the athame's point against the wood, he muttered, "Huessemigadon iao ao baubo eeaeie ..."
Lord of the Isles 1997
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DblAgent M (101 posts) on April 17, 2009 - 12: 00pm. baubo (54 posts) on April 17, 2009 - 12: 39pm. i'm just sad that i'll only have two "seasons" worth of Pushing Daisies in my collection of television shows i loved and lost but will always have on DVD. and will watch in lieu of the ka-ka that mostly fills the airwaves. oh Pushing Daisies. oh Firely and Angel. oh Wonderfalls and yes -- i'd prefer to watch my box set of Buffy for the 5th time than sit through a single episode of Dancing With American Idol's Next Top Smartest Fifth Grader Chef any time. but Marvel? really?
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DblAgent M (101 posts) on April 17, 2009 - 12: 00pm. baubo (54 posts) on April 17, 2009 - 12: 39pm. i'm just sad that i'll only have two "seasons" worth of Pushing Daisies in my collection of television shows i loved and lost but will always have on DVD. and will watch in lieu of the ka-ka that mostly fills the airwaves. oh Pushing Daisies. oh Firely and Angel. oh Wonderfalls and yes -- i'd prefer to watch my box set of Buffy for the 5th time than sit through a single episode of Dancing With American Idol's Next Top Smartest Fifth Grader Chef any time. but Marvel? really?
vanishedone commented on the word baubo
'Perhaps truth is a woman who has reasons for not letting us see her reasons? Perhaps her name is - to speak Greek - Baubo?'
Nietzsche, preface to The Gay Science (2nd. Ed.). Translator's (Kaufmann's) footnote: 'A primitive and obscene female demon; according to the Oxford Classical Dictionary, originally a personification of the female genitals.'
January 30, 2009