O banner day

Not only did a bunch of nondescript glass bottles and synthetic corks come in the mail today, but also some nondescript sheets of plexiglass, cut to suitable sizes to frame two posters after being modified in the manner described here.  I even have photographic proof so you know I'm not lyin' (not that I would ever lie to you, baby).

I'm not even any longer sure that I really care about framing the second, Candidy poster, but now that I've got the plexiglass what else will I do with it?

Ha ha!

Comments

[standpipe b]

but now that I've got the plexiglass what else will I do with it?

Paint a silhouette of yourself on it, to keep you from flying into it and braining yourself.

[ben wolfson]

It's currently covered with a nontranslucent blue sheeting of some sort, actually, so that's not a problem yet.

[Chopper]

Dude, the Chris Ware Candide poster is sweet. Where did you get it?

[ben wolfson]

The publisher sent it to my mom, and I asked her for it. I have no idea if it's for sale.

[ben wolfson]

It's also the cover of the new Penguin edition, so you could get that.

[The Modesto Kid]

The cardboard carton makes a nice frame for the bottled liquids -- is there any future for them as a wall hanging?

[teofilo]

Speaking of the bottled liquids, what are they?

[ben wolfson]

The one on the right contains cod-limoncello made according to this method; the one on the left is a similar idea except made with apricots, black peppercorns, vanilla, rose, star anise, and a little saffron, in quantities that I wrote down on a piece of paper I have now misplaced. However, since I left the spices in too long, it mostly tasted like star anise, so I tried to up the apricot with some dried apricots later, which may have worked—we'll let it sit a spell and then find out.

[Michael]

I really like that the opening clause invites the reader to consider that the bottles arrived by mistake.