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Originally posted by Nico:
Better Vlad the Inhaler than the impaler, assailer, minister of distributing betrayal, hay bailer or lead ship sailor, wicked spider web tailor of the mischievous satyr?

Nico, are you a poet?

Or better yet are you with the velvet underground by any chance?

http://www.amazon.com/White-Light-Heat-Velvet-Underground/dp/B000002G7E

"The Gift"

Pictures what you saw it was the first variant of illustration to F451. But thomething disturb me in this style of pictures. I decided that this style don't approach to F451. And I stoped after 3rd & begun to work new direction. You are saw results earlier.
But now, after your's so good coments I think that is need to finish set of illustration in this style and show it to our community

Don't forget to email me your full name and address, Vlad. I'm waiting to fax Mr B right now!

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Originally posted by Doug Spaulding:
Don't forget to email me your full name and address, Vlad. I'm waiting to fax Mr B right now!

I sent you e-mail few minutes ago

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Originally posted by WildGravity:
Or better yet are you with the velvet underground by any chance?

I'm afraid that's not me, bud.

I had a rough day today at work, making mistakes etc. The one shining moment was when sorting through some books from a buy getting ready to take some to the garbage(damaged beyond repair, similar to the island of misfit toys ), I saw a first edition Fahrenheit 451 paperback. Granted, it is in sorry shape with a broken spine and a few tattered pages, but it is treasure to me and still burning brightly! The copyright is 1953, price 35 cents, and not only the great original Mugnani cover but three interior illustrations and two bonus stories, The Playground, and And The Rock Cried Out! I am jazzed.

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Originally posted by Doug Spaulding:

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Originally posted by Nico:
Better Vlad the Inhaler than the impaler, assailer, minister of distributing betrayal, hay bailer or lead ship sailor, wicked spider web tailor of the mischievous satyr?

Nico, are you a poet?

I was actually inspired to write a poem from that:

Title still in working:


Upon the fjord, atop its hill,
A hall of Bacchanalian thrill,
Is silenced, brought to dreadful still,
By Praettigwearg, the hand of ill.

And on the earth, beneath the fog,
It dwells in embers ‘neath the logs,
Of pine which serve to warm the grog,
For Bacchanalia above the bog.

Couriered by draft ‘neath the door,
Ferried round by seaman’s oar,
Bottled, and with the vitae stored,
It dwells in wait, and harkens oer’,
To gather of a festive four,
Who dance with wanton revel in the dwelling’s core.

And, amidst these halted spring-night games,
But one of four then seeks to name,
The stagnant mood inclined to maim,
The shout-and-toast to: ‘Spring reclaimed!’
That brought them round the hall-hearth flame,
He bid his fellows do the same.

“The air, your lungs! The creaks, your ears!
Something which we ought to fear,
My senses say pervades us near,
And comes to end our jovial cheer!”

The second brother then proceeds:
“I smell but smoke and honey-mead,
Perhaps strong drink has placed a seed,
That brings to speech a craven need,
To speak of fears we needn’t heed,
Such wariness is not our creed.”


That's part I

serious comma usage revision necessary.

To answer your question, poetry is a beloved hobby of mine.

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Originally posted by rocket:
I saw a first edition Fahrenheit 451 paperback. Granted, it is in sorry shape with a broken spine and a few tattered pages, but it is treasure to me and still burning brightly! The copyright is 1953, price 35 cents, and not only the great original Mugnani cover but three interior illustrations and two bonus stories, The Playground, and And The Rock Cried Out! I am jazzed.

can you scan this and show as?

der Schnaps, no need to apologise. Your amongst friends. Although I do not have a scanner, I am a narcissist with a camera, much to everyone's dismay. I'm a nudist as well, so I went ahead and posed nude with the book of course. Enjoy!

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Another for your viewing pleasure....

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Now that's just plain silly...

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Fecundity is a good word.

I exhort Wildgravity to do the same....

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