Happy Birthday From All The Animals In The Zoo

Vintage "Party Papers by Pakay" napkins by Nashua Corporation, Nashua, N.H.; a 25-pack of these babies once sold for 30 cents. I have many of them, but not all twentyfive. Too cute, so I had to share. I'm sure it's someone's birthday.

Birthday Wishes From Verce of Hexperience

Pal Silent Porn Star (*) sent me a charming belated birthday gift -- delivered by Hang Fire Books (also *).

(Well, the US post delivered it, but Will sent it. )

It's a delightfully puzzling note on the back of a Sunshine Biscuits invoice sheet:

Dear Reader:

Once that thing has slowed down, this book - or any other, will never serve as a rejuvenator. Let the dead rest in peace.

Signed,
Verce of Hexperience

Let the guesses as to meaning commence.

(Possible hints lay in where it was found...? At least I like to think so! *wink*)

Dad Sketching On A Cake

Stephen's dad, an amateur artist (as the cake on the right shows) . Stephen wanted to know what, exactly, his dad was trying to draw on these cakes. His dad tried his best to explain, even drawing new versions, but with no luck. After a long search, and with some humorous help from his dad, the book his dad learned cartooning from was discovered. Memory is a fun filter: when it loses things, those things cease to be real, no matter how relevant it was.

Get Ready To Blow - It's Birthday Cakes Of The Past

Via Flickr.