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Incognita Nom de Plume

Pulvis & Umbra Sumis

About Me

I just need somewhere to get away from the Museum of Dust ; a hide-away where no one -- and most particularly not my own staff -- can find me. Somewhere I can just be myself.
I am an ordinary person with ordinary interests. I collect dust, but I'm also interested in bones, shadows and misrememberings.
My best friend is a spider called Inky-Blinky... but he disappeared. I decided to use thisSpace as the global nerve-centre of the international search for my errant arachnid. Like a certain other aspirational old girl, I have relied on the kindness of strangers… who have been more than generous. They have searched their pockets, looked in their shoes, and forwarded me anything that might provide a clue as to Inky’s whereabouts. But despite an intensive world-wide hunt, no one could provide more than hints and rumours.
I admit, I was beginning to despair. Then came the stunning message on the spaceship-to-shore communications thingy! And now I don’t know what to think.
Everything is on hold whilst I wait for the fleet to return from the other side of the galaxy where they are looking for the missing Khan of the Republic of Tinselman . It is, of course, imperative that they find and secure the Khan before the Enterprise gets there. We can’t have the Khan fall into Shatner and Murdoch’s grubby paws. That would be a disaster. But I do wish that they’d stopped long enough to let Inky off.
All I can do is wait… and hope.
I’ll be dusting the collections at Museum of Dust (making room for our new ‘Pulverised Pluto’ exhibit), if anyone wants me.
PS here’s a picture of our fleet… just in case you thought that it might be a good idea to go out there and rescue the Khan yourself. If Inky is indeed on board, you won’t stand a chance. Not only did he design the spaceships AND their weapons systems, he enjoys nothing more than blowing up UFOs. In space, he told me, only spiders can hear you scream.


Stock Photo credit: Capt. Demarius Pike. Spaceship design © MoD MoD Studly Wilcox-Lusher the Third

My Interests

Apart from finding Inky-Blinky...I like dust.

I have started keeping a definitive history of the Museum of Dust here -- that'll show them who the winner is.

My passion and main interest in life continues to be Museum Of Dust .

I collect extra curiosities in the Wunderkammer

And I collect dust in the Dust pool

I'd like to meet:

Someone who can organise ‘welcome home’ festivities for Inky.

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You can catch up on what's been happening in my life by going to Museum of Dust , reading myDiary above, and or even dropping into one of the burgeoning number of Republic of Tinselman -related sites such as Rock Bridge and the Province of Nos'leoj .

Music:

Nick Cave - Joy Division - The Smiths - anything, Early Dead Kennedys - The Cure -- Sacred Cowboys, Fugues - Bach, The Funeral March

Movies:

Kircher, Etienne Gaspard Roberts, Emile Reynaud, Emile Cohl, Thomas Edison, Lotte Reiniger , "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari' Wiene, Nosfuratu by Murnau, 'Last Year at Marienbad' by Alain Resnais, 'The Seventh Seal' Bergman, (and a secret fondness for Chris Marker -- Les Grande Jette and Sans Soliel mostly).

Television:

youTube, Google Videos, channel 32

Books:

'Les Chants de Maldoror' by: Le Comte de Lautréamont , 'Fantomas' by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain, Jan Potocki 'Manuscript Found in Saragossa', Kathy Acker 'Blood and Death in High School', John Donne 'A Nocturnal Upon St Lucy's Day', 'Against Nature (A Rebours) ' by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Charles Baudelaire's 'Fleurs du Mal', 'Fantastic Kingdom' by Kubin, 'Ghormanghast trilogy' by Marvyn Peake.

Heroes:

I am my own hero... but I secretly admire Musrum

My Blog

Spider in Space?

I hardly know where to start! Or what to believe! One moment I'm neck-deep in planning and strategising and resourcing and mustering and training and plotting and worrying and searching (and so on..);...
Posted by Incognita Nom de Plume on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 06:54:00 PST

Who is La Cacaracha Libre?

  Who is La Cacaracha Libre? If anyone has any information about who this handsome masked stranger is, I'd be VERY interested in receiving it. As you know, he (?) appeared out of nowhere, taking...
Posted by Incognita Nom de Plume on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:07:00 PST

War a go go

Things have been getting hotter .. and wetter .. in our row with the RoTters. First I enlisted a few thousand giant isopods. Well, that wasn..t REALLY first .. it was in response to the RoTten Khan bu...
Posted by Incognita Nom de Plume on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 06:47:00 PST

We will fight them on the beaches...

You may have wondered why I have been a little quiet lately. You may have thought that it was because I've been busy with the search for Inky, but things have taken a turn for the worse. Actually I ha...
Posted by Incognita Nom de Plume on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 06:17:00 PST

Professional Arachnid

Some of you want to know more about Inky. I thought one good place to start is wih his CV. View larger...
Posted by Incognita Nom de Plume on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:51:00 PST

What's Your Technique?

An unnatural number of people have contacted Museum of Dust to get more information about the correct procedure for checking ones pockets. Let me say this one more time, people: SAFETY FIRST! Read the...
Posted by Incognita Nom de Plume on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 02:32:00 PST

Are Your Pockets Bare?

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Posted by Incognita Nom de Plume on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 03:06:00 PST

Winston NOT Inky

The invaluable Mr X, an agent in MoD's secret service (or at least he is until Inky comes back and we can get things organised properly) has posted this image of his friend Winston so that if you se...
Posted by Incognita Nom de Plume on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:12:00 PST

Mysterious Inky Crop Circle

I dont care what those punctilious pedants in Admin say, I think that this really is evidence that Inky has been and possibly still is in the rural UK. Somewhere. If anyone can provide any further inf...
Posted by Incognita Nom de Plume on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 05:43:00 PST

PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE! CHECK YOUR SHOES.

The ever multi-faceted Mandy has raised a new and slightly terrifying possibility. What if Inky has secreted himself in someones shoe? The possibilities are hideous for both the unwary foot-owner tha...
Posted by Incognita Nom de Plume on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 09:18:00 PST