Kitchen Klatter magazine from 1954.
Another item in my Top Ten for 2008.
This one features the new Mrs. Donald Driftmeir.
I’m sure she was thrilled to make the cover. I wish I could have been so aptly featured on the cover of a major publication. This is going to make a swell background for a collage. Just you wait…
After a half-hour of feeding estuary turtles and baby ducks, a quick trip to the Mexican bakery downtown revealed wondrous sights to behold. Not just the cookies… the store two doors down. I ventured forthwith into the emporium which contained old textbooks, raggedy-ass furniture, dirt-encrusted fishing poles, and numerous other treasures which were almost too incredible for my mind to embrace. Granted, my purchases were not overly fantastical — a decent copy of my absolute favorite book when I was in the fifth grade (really, I was a weird kid) — The Thurber Carnival. And a couple old textbooks, one with a wonderful protective cover and one a geography book with old maps for my living room wall 3-D project.
All in all? Good day for digging. When buying old books, ya’ll, it’s good to have a bit of knowledge as to what is valuable and what is just art-collage worthy. People seem to think that because a book is old, it is valuable. Many things affect a book’s worth. Brown spots, mildew, torn pages… the shopkeeper wherein I purchased these books did not have a good grasp of how to figure worth, but I did not begrudge her prices on these. It’s just — when you hear someone say “Well… this was published in 1931 so…” remember that probably doesn’t mean the book is necessarily valuable. It just means it was published before you and I were born. I’m assuming my readers are under 80 but hell… if you’re beyond McCain’s age, drop me an email and we’ll chat. vmac at macewan dot net
I’m loving the new interface of 2.5. It is easy to use — the key to all internet or computer happiness — ease
of use. Am I right or not? Anyway, another tech note: I have an iMac of the squat 1/2 globe variety, a classic. Alas, the keyboard ceased its function, along with the mouse and now I have a spiffy Microsoft Wireless Laser Keyboard 6000 v2.0. Point being, it is swell, works with the vintage iMac — as long as you put the batteries in the right way. So for all you Apple lovers, this is a good keyboard choice. And there’s a $20 rebate from Office Depot, so it’s a good buy. Batteries were buy one/get one free so that’s 16 AA’s for around $7.00 but found out they came with the keyboard/mouse when we got home. AA’s are always welcome, though.
Geek news completed.
Onward and upward. My second selection for Ten Items Bought for a Buck in 2008 is this swell Amphojel bottle acquired in Greenville, NC. Ahhh, click on the link to find out about aluminum hydroxide. Oddly enough, I believe I’ll head for the Tums and leave these tablets right where they are.
My neighbor, Peggy, and I have this curious fondness for blue glass. Her collection far exceeds mine. Those two sentences are about as interesting as a blade of dry grass. Readers will excuse my inane blather, with a torn rotator cuff or two, my pain pill + muscle relaxer + NSAID consumption is a bit larger than usual today.