Michael Popek's Blog, page 246

Only In My Dreams

This is the photo I was going to post before I found the Carrie Fisher card.

Turns out these two inspired a nightmare.

I woke up Monday morning with a very clear narrative about this set of blonde twins, abandoned by their mother in an isolated rural town. The locals quickly adopted them both, as they were the most beautiful children anyone had ever seen. Their beauty hid a psychotic evil, however, and as they grew up, they consumed all the kindness, all the humanity around them (I have also been watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer recently). After a few generations, the entire town were all blonde inbred psychopaths. Yeah, lovely stuff.

I had forgotten about the photo I had found a few days earlier, so this dream seemed to come out of nowhere and kind of freaked me out. Now it makes sense.

The photo was found in "Ten Days' Wonder" by Ellery Queen. Published by Little, Brown and Co., 1948.


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Man's Fate Is Delicious

Recipe for cheese cake:

II)

1 lb cottage cheese
3 egg yolks
3 tbs. flour
1 c. sugar
pinch salt
1/2 c. milk

Beat egg whites until stiff fold into batter

Bottom:

I)

1/2 c. butter or crisco and cream with 1/3 c. sugar, 1 egg and 1 cup flour, 1 t. vanilla.

Pour batter in and bake 350 degrees 45 min until done (shake, if solid it is done)

Found in "Man's Fate" by Andre Malaraux. Published by Modern Library, 1934.


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"Looking Glass" winner

This week's giveaway winner is Carrie Klein, who entered on Facebook.Thank you for all the entries! See you next week.

Friday Giveaway: "Through The Looking Glass" - contest closed

This week's giveaway is just one book, but it's a lovely one. Lewis Carroll's "Through The Looking Glass" published by Altemus, 1897. This volume has the Tenniel illustrations, a few of which are in full color. Sadly, the binding is not the best, but what it lacks in structural integrity it makes up for with charm.

Contest closed, I'll announce a winner in a few minutes.

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Friday Giveaway: "Through The Looking Glass"

This week's giveaway is just one book, but it's a lovely one. Lewis Carroll's "Through The Looking Glass" published by Altemus, 1897. This volume has the Tenniel illustrations, a few of which are in full color. Sadly, the binding is not the best, but what it lacks in structural integrity it makes up for with charm.

To enter, leave a comment here on the site. You can also enter on Twitter or Facebook .

I'll take entries from all three and choose a winner at random tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM EST.

Good luck!

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Your Worshipfulness

Just found this one this morning. I almost missed it, the book was headed to the fifty cent section when this dropped out:

Index card with what appears to be the signature of Carrie Fisher .

On the reverse side, someone has written "Actress" in black ink.

I have no idea if it's authentic, but it looks a lot like other signatures out there . That, and it was found in "The Empire Strikes Back" by Donald Glut. Published by Ballantine, 1980.

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Goodness Of Heart

Bookmark:

A photograph shows
One's features, in part,
But it can never picture
One's goodness of heart.

-ART SUPPLEMENT - BUFFALO COURIER

Found in "The Word and Works of God" by John Gill. Published by H. Dayton, 1859.

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Forever A Bride

Newspaper or magazine clipping.

Found in "This Side of Innocence" by Taylor Caldwell. Published by Scribners, 1946.



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Reviews by John

Found this pair of book inscriptions:

After careful reading of the contents of this book, I am convinced it is either the erratic ramblings of an ignorant and uninformed person; or the deliberate devilness (??) of a perverse mind.

John A. Gurney

I have read the Bible from cover to cover three times.

J. Gurney

Written in "The Bible Unmasked" by Joseph Lewis. Published by The Freethought Press, 1941.

After reading the book "The Bible Unmasked," I consider reading this one by the same author a waste of time. I, therefore have never, and never intend to, read a word that is in it.

John A. Gurney

Written in "Atheism and Other Addresses" by Joseph Lewis. Published by The Freethought Press, 1941.



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Friday giveaway winner

This week's winner was @sagebrushcoast, who entered on twitter.I look forward to seeing you all here next week!