{"id":1808,"date":"2007-12-24T23:03:49","date_gmt":"2007-12-25T05:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=1808"},"modified":"2007-12-24T23:04:44","modified_gmt":"2007-12-25T05:52:44","slug":"its-a-fable-it-must-be-wise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=1808","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s A Fable, It Must Be Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got a filthy book in the mail.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not unusual. I get a lot of filfthy stuff in the mail.<\/p>\n<p>Strictly for journalistic purposes, mind you.<\/p>\n<p>But this one was different.<\/p>\n<p>To begin with, it was sent to me at the Jewish Journal.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a good one.<\/p>\n<p>The book is called The Transformations: A Tale Of Modern Sin by Dex Quire.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a paperback and light.<\/p>\n<p>When I&#8217;ve gone out to photograph things at night, I&#8217;ve stuck it in the back of my jeans and while waiting around for celebrities, I&#8217;ve read a few chapters.<\/p>\n<p>The thing is filthy. It&#8217;s obsessed with sex. It&#8217;s about a man who wants a bigger nob, so he buys some ointment, rubs it on and turns into a donkey.<\/p>\n<p>So I get home from digesting a few chapters and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Transformations-Modern-Apuleius-Golden-updated\/dp\/B0010XS3IC\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1198130920&amp;sr=8-1\">Google the book<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out to be an ancient fable updated. So then I realized it was art, not filth.<\/p>\n<p>Just like my blogging.<\/p>\n<p><!--adsense--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got a filthy book in the mail. That&#8217;s not unusual. I get a lot of filfthy stuff in the mail. Strictly for journalistic purposes, mind you. But this one was different. 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