Category: Boobtube Bob

Caroline Weber launched an awesome opening paragraph in her review of “Paris: The Secret History” in today’s New York Times Book Review:

“Years ago, while strolling through a Parisian flower market, I was accosted by a man with a posy in his hands and a poem on his lips. “Here are some fruits, some flowers, some leaves and some branches,” he declaimed, quoting the poet Paul Verlaine, “And here is my heart, which beats only for you.” At which the stranger dropped his bouquet, unzipped his pants and presented me with an organ quite different from his heart. In Paris, I reflected as I hurried away, the boundary between lyricism and squalor is as fragile as a rosebud, and as permeable as a man’s fly.”

Nice. I’ve also added Andrew Hussey’s “Paris” to my reading list. Sounds like a fascinating book …

For Six Feet Under Fans …

At the close of last week’s episode, there were previews of the season finale, during which Nate has a eureka moment looking at a photo of Lisa on the beach taken shortly before she died. Someone had to take the photo, right? And that person would be a suspect? Maybe Lisa didn’t die by misadventure or her own hand.

My theory, which came to me yesterday as I watched Ozzy in yet another fruitless squirrel pursuit at the lake:

Lisa was murdered … by Billy, Brenda’s wacko brother. Here’s the method to my madness. Billy is a photographer (thus the photo). He has tangled with Nate in the past. His incestuous feelings toward Brenda resulted in a major rift with her. In Billy’s twisted mind, he decides that if he kills Lisa he can get back near Brenda again. Lisa’s death paves the way for Brenda and Nate to get back together (which has happened). Basically, Billy decided that if Brenda is with Nate and happy, he has a better chance of circling back and re-establishing his relationship with her. A happy Brenda is a Brenda more likely to re-bond with Billy. And Billy has re-established his relationship with Brenda. Also, kinda interesting that Billy shows up as the new instructor for Claire’s class. Coincidence? I think not. Now Billy just needs to deal with Nate …

Or maybe my interpretation is as empty as Ozzy’s pursuit of the squirrel, which by the time I had hashed out my theory was dancing merrily in the branches above a frustrated Osbourne, taunting him wihtout pity.