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Going to be doing the pre-Halloween rush the rest of the week.
Off from work. Savoring the weather and the season.
Won't be blogging after this entry. I'll still publish comments though.
If you're not too busy on Halloween morning, check in for something special.
And that's all I'm saying.
Happy Halloween, everyone.
May yours be rain-free and loaded with
spooky Old School Halloween fun.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Days Away
Going to be doing the pre-Halloween rush the rest of the week.
56 comments:
- Kyle said...
Have a great weekend. I'll be working on a lot of last minute details. I can't wait to see your Halloween morning posts.
- October 26, 2011 at 2:28 PM
- Marrow said...
Thank you so much!
I am ready...
- October 26, 2011 at 2:30 PM
- Anonymous said...
Jeremy said: Halloween morning treat! How cool, CAN'T WAIT!!!
- October 26, 2011 at 2:30 PM
- House Bloodthorn said...
Likewise to you and yours, my friend. May your fog hang low and your pumpkins singe sweetly. Féilte Samhain!
- October 26, 2011 at 2:33 PM
- Colleen said...
Yours as well!! Happy Haunting Rot!!!
- October 26, 2011 at 2:41 PM
- wicKED said...
Happy Halloween Rot. I hope you have a dry and scary one. I will be sure to check for the post.
- October 26, 2011 at 2:45 PM
- Sara said...
Wow, another year. Crazy how time flies right toward the end of anticipating something all year!
I will definitely be checking your site Halloween morn. FUUUN. Oh, and then I'm off to Disneyland before ToT'ing in the evening.
:-P I'll tell Halloween Mickey you say hello, lol. ;)
- October 26, 2011 at 3:18 PM
- RebelShade said...
Happy Halloween Rot and Bean!!!!
- October 26, 2011 at 3:24 PM
- JD said...
Happy Halloween rot. Can't wait to see the haunt :D
- October 26, 2011 at 4:03 PM
- Rot said...
The year was a blur with the move in the summer and the hurricane floodness after that... a long year, but we worked really hard to make it all happen and I am beyond excited about this year's Halloween.
I wish I was going to Disneyland too! Yuck
- October 26, 2011 at 4:17 PM
- Jay's Shadow said...
A Halloween morning treat?! OOHH YEA!
Can't wait to see what you got in store this year....
Hope you and Bean have an excellent Halloween!
- October 26, 2011 at 4:34 PM
- Anonymous said...
I must say that I was on your blog every day! Love it! :) I'm from Croatia (not so much Halloween fan people here) so I made my decorations and I'm hosting a theme party! :D Had to share that to someone who is in love with Halloween as I am! :) Happy Halloween to You and all your family and friends!
- October 26, 2011 at 4:59 PM
- Rot said...
That's very VERY cool.
- October 26, 2011 at 5:47 PM
- NoahFentz said...
Happy Halloween Guys!!
- October 26, 2011 at 6:09 PM
- Johnny Love said...
Have a frightfully fun Halloween Rot!
- October 26, 2011 at 7:51 PM
- crudedoodle.com said...
That Croatian Halloween comment is amazing!
Happy Halloween, guys!
- October 26, 2011 at 8:31 PM
- Mantan Calaveras said...
Swamp foetus
- October 26, 2011 at 8:34 PM
- Lesley said...
Hey Rot,
The temperature's dropped. The sun has disappeared. Stage is set. Enjoy!
- October 26, 2011 at 9:03 PM
- Amy said...
Thanks rot...let's savor it while we can. Before you know it it will be the middle of January : (.
Looking forward to Halloween morning and weather here in pa is supposed to be perfect.
- October 26, 2011 at 9:07 PM
- Wikkedmoon said...
Have a spook-tacular Halloween Rot and Bean. I read your blog every day. I'm taking the rest of the week off as well. I still have a few props to finish and since we are supposed to get rain tomorrow, will not put too much out yet.
Can't wait for the morning after.
- October 26, 2011 at 9:16 PM
- Brian M said...
Happy Halloween Rot, Can't wait to see.
- October 26, 2011 at 9:46 PM
- K.O. said...
You too!!!! So excited for Halloween morning!! :D :D :D
- October 27, 2011 at 12:28 AM
- pensive said...
If I beg, will you leave the treat out past Halloween? I can guarantee that I won't be able to stop by on that morning, and I will still love it, even moldy.
So Happy Halloween in advance! Hope it is an awesome one for you.
- October 27, 2011 at 12:45 AM
- "Strublay" said...
Have a great one Rot: looking forward to see Bean and yours work this year.
- October 27, 2011 at 3:01 AM
- Pumpkin Knight said...
I'm hoping for snow free myself.
- October 27, 2011 at 3:34 AM
- Marrow said...
Forgot to say,
Happy Halloween to both of you!
Cannot wait to see what you have for us this year!
- October 27, 2011 at 3:38 AM
- Marie Roget said...
Wishing a wonder-filled Eve of All Hallows to Rot, Bean, & all commenters/posters....
....and a rain-free, wind-free evening for our fave night of the year!
May I echo Féilte Samhain to one & all!
- October 27, 2011 at 4:18 AM
- Rot said...
Thanks, everybody!
Yep...I'll leave the treat out : )
- October 27, 2011 at 5:37 AM
- halloween spirit said...
Happy Halloween! We are finally getting some cooler temperatures here. After an October that at times felt more like July.
This year, I finally got smart and I'll be taking Monday off from work. So I'll be sure to stop by. :)
- October 27, 2011 at 6:21 AM
- Anonymous said...
Thought you might enjoy some Halloween music:
It's a Halloween EP!!
- October 27, 2011 at 7:26 AM
- Rot said...
Thanks for the link.
We're listening now and LOVING it.
Jack of the Lantern is WONDERFUL...they all are.
I'll be sure to feature this on the blog.
- October 27, 2011 at 7:43 AM
- Sam Kadi said...
Happy Halloween Rot, thanks for including us in your festivities.
- October 27, 2011 at 8:43 AM
- The October boy said...
Thanks for the "rain free" wishes..I think we might need them this year. Wishing you and Bean all the best in your new digs, and Happy Halloween!
- October 27, 2011 at 10:38 AM
- Heather said...
so excited to see what you're doing this year!! Happy Halloween Rot! :)
- October 27, 2011 at 1:29 PM
- NecroBones said...
Have a great time setting up! I can't wait to see how it turns out.
Meanwhile, my display has nothing new this year, and probably won't be going up til Sunday. What a late start. But I have some good excuses this year. :)
- October 27, 2011 at 4:39 PM
- SaraB! said...
Happy Halloween Rot and Bean!
- October 27, 2011 at 5:37 PM
- Denny said...
Happy Halloween
...this is Halloween, this is Halloween pumpkins scream in the dead of night
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
everybody make a scene
trick or treat til the neighbors are gonna die of fright
- October 27, 2011 at 5:52 PM
- Ghastly said...
Happy Halloween to Rot and Bean! Thank you both for another year of motivation.
Keep up the amazing work - the "spirit" of Halloween is alive!
- October 27, 2011 at 9:10 PM
- Darkrose Manor/Filialuna Designs said...
Thank you for your kind wishes... the same to you and yours. Enjoy all the haunty-goodness of your new home and have a beautiful and sinister holiday!
- October 27, 2011 at 11:17 PM
- Hallowzing said...
As always, Rot, you've thought much further than the strange custom of having children wear masks and go out begging for candy. It's the start of the year, and we'll be waiting in our houses of wattles and clay. The barriers will be down between the real and the unreal, and the dead might be looking in to sit by our fires...
- October 28, 2011 at 7:51 AM
- Jay's Shadow said...
Um, I think I will be taking my haunt video and pics with snow on the ground....
- October 28, 2011 at 9:59 AM
- Rot said...
Yeah...going out today to buy a shovel...this is INSANE.
Can't recall a year with snow on the ground..EVER
- October 28, 2011 at 10:04 AM
- Colleen said...
I saw the snow fall map this morning... I'm in the 6-12" .. I can't believe it. Frosty Jacks are wrong... however.. it will be interesting. Pictures will definitely be memorable this year if that evil stuff actually makes it's way here and sticks to the ground. As it is, it snowed last night here and some of it is still around!>:P I've never had snow for Halloween that I can remember! Bizaaaaaare! Hopefully it doesn't scare away the trick r' treaters.. :(
- October 28, 2011 at 11:11 AM
- Autumnleaf said...
Snow? Seriously? Some of your snow-covered pics were beautiful but I don't want those wonderful props to be ruined.
Happy Halloween, Rot and Bean.
And may it be snowless.
- October 28, 2011 at 11:40 AM
- Otaku said...
The hour falls. Can't wait to see your latest creations, Rot! Happy Hallowe'en to you and yours!
- October 28, 2011 at 12:19 PM
- joy said...
Happy Haunting!
Hope you have a great night!
Should be so much fun in your new location!!
- October 28, 2011 at 4:16 PM
- Aron said...
Thanks for getting me through the year and keeping my Halloween spirits way up!!!
- October 28, 2011 at 4:24 PM
- Adam said...
Hey rot, check out fearnet. Not sure if you submitted a photo to the trick or treat fear net thing. I might have seen one or yours, not sure.
- October 28, 2011 at 4:50 PM
- NoahFentz said...
yeah....I spent the day Friday raking up leaves in other yards to throw in mine. Now I'm thinking of bagging them all up and let the snow fall. Come Halloween morning dump them back in the yard!!
I was planning on taking pics on Saturday night with the Jack o'lanterns lit....
- October 29, 2011 at 9:02 AM
- HalloweeNut said...
All Hail the King of Samhain, the Great Pumpkinrot! HALL HAIL!!!
Happy Halloween, Mr. Rot and Madame Bean!
- October 29, 2011 at 10:13 AM
- Marrow said...
Adam, I watched the Fearnet scrapbook video and I saw a WHOLE LOT of Pumpkinrot:
The Skull Witch
2009 Jackos
The Headless Horseman
The Bog Man
Salt and Pepper photo nowhere to be seen.
Cool that they used Dead Man's Bones for the music. Lose Your Soul is possibly their best song.
- October 29, 2011 at 3:17 PM
- Marie Roget said...
Oh. No. Snow!
Damn that crap all to hell.
Hang in there, yard haunt Eastcoasters.
- October 29, 2011 at 8:45 PM
- Mr Black said...
Have a wonderful Halloween!
- October 30, 2011 at 10:53 AM
- bean said...
Thanks so much for the holiday wishes, ya'll. I hope everyone has a Happy Halloween! Be safe & spooky. :)
- October 30, 2011 at 11:49 AM
- NecroBones said...
Good luck, and Happy Halloween my friend!
We spent the day today putting up our display (my first year having a second set of hands here).
This year blew by so fast, I was completely unprepared.
Can't wait to see pictures! :)
- October 30, 2011 at 7:16 PM
- Jeff/m-lab said...
Love the film! I suppose its a natural progression. Regardless, very cool, well filmed presentation. Expected nothing less and was still blown away.
- October 31, 2011 at 5:23 AM


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You notice you're surrounded by 'Paris Trash'! You get a tremendous urge to do something about it...
Photo courtesy of Jeanne Long
Dear carol, hope you will be feeling better soon.
I think this pain has a lot to do with the cold weather because my neck is horrible!! So much pain in the last 4 days!
I never did aquatic exercise, but I did a lot of Yoga on the first year after my surgery. After a year I got tired of the schedule, always at dinner time, then I switched to Zumba dance in the morning. Which I LOVE!!!
I always feel good after one hour of class, like yesterday. But today I am crippled again! My kids are home, one is very sick the other doesn't have school. So, I guess I am not going to the gym today....
Wish you well!
I too have piles of scraps from everywhere I go! Glad I'm not alone! Hope your back on your feet soon!ReplyDelete
How creative and beautiful! A charming way to make the most of a sour situation. I am inspired. Sending tons of healing vibes for a speedy recovery.ReplyDelete
.. be careful, I keep a big box of Paris trash around and it's very conforting when you want to take a quick "memory" trip back ... but then you might have TONS ... hope you feel better soon ...ReplyDelete
Great idea, Carol! All my Parisian tidbits are still stuffed into a big envelope and crammed onto my bookshelf, waiting for me to "do something" with them. I probably won't ever do anything with them, but I like knowing they're there.
I do display my Chanel bag on my armoire, though, along with the cashmere sweater I bought at Galeries Lafayette (the sweater I thought was 39 Euros but was actually 89 Euros...oh, that pesky language barrier...)
A prophet in his own country!!! I often consider why Paris trash or foreign trash in general looks so ....UNtrashy! Then, one day, on a foreign blog, I found a book made form a Land-O-Lakes butter box!!! Seeing it with fresh eyes opened my eyes to the possibilities of DOMESTIC trash. Soon I will be ready to appear on reality tv...on one of those hoarders shows.
May you be up off the floor soon....it can't be easy getting in and out of bed when it's on the floor!
Your "trash" is more like treasure... :) I would have such a hard time tossing any of it too. Great idea for lagniappe with purchase. Kind of like getting a box of Cracker Jacks with a surprise inside. they still do that don't they?
Hoep all goes well with Doc, Ms. Agog. xo
Oh but Paris has the BEST trash!!!!!Maryanne;)ReplyDelete
Oh Carol you poor dear. Hoping you are feeling better soon - yes "trash" so interesting, is there such a thing as Paris trash? I think my suitcase would be full of it. I know when i come home I quietly tuck things away - even receipts and find myself glimpsing at them every now and then . I am sure anyone would enjoy anything "extra" from you xReplyDelete
I never sold Lemonade on a street corner as kid Robinita, but I'm making up for it now :)
I have a feeling I'll still be coming home with a suitcase loaded with bits n' pieces of Paris.
THANKS PBers for all your kind support!!!
Sounds like fun surprises for those buying a painting. a great incentive. :) I sure hope you got good news today on your back problem. Keep us posted.ReplyDelete
Look at it this way, Carol.
The more Paris trash you get rid of, the less you have to keep handling, moving around, carrying, etc. THUS, the LIGHTER THE LOAD!
Which means you'll be able to maneuver better, and thus get well FASTER!
Now you gotta' admit, that is pretty darn logical, don't ya' think!?
THANKS Dianne :)
At least I now have some idea what's wrong = my disks are not in such great shape.
I'll have an MRI next week and home physical therapy lined up
Upwards and onwards...
With emphasis on the UPwards!
The same thing happened to me during my last long stay in Paris. One day, I just looked around my apartment and realized it was loaded with exactly the same boxes and bags you're showing! They're somehow too pretty to seem like trash, yet they are. Oh, Paris!ReplyDelete
Love the trashy still life pics. Hope you get well soon.ReplyDelete
Ow Carol I love Paris lovely trash tooo... visit cards... satin laces.... and parfuns little tasters papers =) all is in my fridg!!! =) bisous from Disneylandparis =)ReplyDelete
Ow carol , I LOVE LOVELY PARIS TRASH TOOOO!! like visit cards, satin laces to pack for gift or to taste a parfun at sephora =) and of course paper bags ... When u come back??? sorry for the salon du chocolat, a lot of people ... can t find u =( now the weather is not very good!!! merry xmas darling !!! a lot of sucess!!!

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MOJAVE — The Immanuel Christian girls basketball team got 17 points from Elicia Hazlewood and another 13 points from Jennifer Mondragon in beating Mojave 41-20 Thursday in Mojave.
Both players shot over 40 percent from the field in the win.
"They are a good tag team to have," ICS Coach Bob Smith said of his two top scorers. "Elicia didn't miss much, but when she did, Jennifer was there to rebound it and either score or to pass it out for a new possession."
Mondragon had 12 offensive rebounds on the night and has 22 offensive rebounds in two games this season.
"Jennifer is relentless underneath," Smith said.
Mondragon had 16 of the Crusaders' 29 total rebounds in the game.
With both Hazlewood and Mondragon playing well, Smith said it allowed Morgan Lieser to get open looks as well.
Lieser had four points on 2-of-5 shooting. She is the outside threat for the Crusaders, who need her to hit jump shots to open up zone defenses.
A game after shooting 8-of-38 from inside six feet, the Crusaders focused on that part of their game.
This time around, ICS shot 53 percent from the painted area.
"I think the girls really focus on where the hoop was and where they needed to get the ball on the backboard to make the ball go in the basket," Smith said. "It was nice to see our players really focus on that."
Smith said his team came out and pressed early on to wear down the Mustangs. It worked as Immanuel held Mojave scoreless in the first period.
Even with the scoreless quarter, Smith wasn't totally pleased.
"I thought we got a little sluggish," Smith said. "Mojave wasn't very fast so we slowed down a lot. We only scored eight points in the first quarter and I thought we should have had at least 16 to 20."
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Gunshots pierced the fog of marijuana smoke hanging in Denver's Civic Center on Saturday afternoon, sending attendees at the largest pot smokeout in the country scrambling for their lives.
Denver police said two people who were shot in their legs were rushed to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Also, a juvenile grazed by a bullet walked to a nearby hospital.
Officers were on the hunt for two suspects, although Sonny Jackson, a police spokesman, said investigators don't yet know what led to the shooting.
"It was peaceful; everybody was having fun," witness Laura Forduno said. "And then you heard the shots. Pow, pow, pow, pow."
Saturday's rally — an annual event called 4/20 that celebrates a holiday for marijuana enthusiasts — was the first since Colorado voters legalized use of marijuana for people over 21. Organizers expected record crowds. And the tens of thousands of people who packed into the downtown park did not disappoint.
"This is what freedom smells like," marijuana attorney Rob Corry shouted to the crowd. "You are standing on some of the freest ground in the world."
At 4:20 p.m., the thousands exhaled one of the largest clouds of marijuana smoke ever collectively produced. Then, about 40 minutes later, shots rang out.
Witnesses said as many as 10 shots sounded about 5 p.m. near the Greek theater, where musician Lil' Flip was performing.
"He said, 'They're shooting back there!' and everyone just started taking off," said Daniel Barnes, 26, who was next to the stage and nearly trampled.
Rallygoers left their shoes behind in the race to leave the theater. Broken glass from trampled bottles littered the ground.
"There were people falling and tripping all over each other," said Cody Kennedy, 28. "I thought I was going to die for a second."
Police said a female gunshot victim managed to walk across West 14th Avenue, where officers found her. Others rushed to help a wounded man, who was lying on the ground near the theater. He had been shot in the thigh.
"Man, I'm hit, I'm hit," the victim moaned, according to Dean Zimmerman, 47, who tried to calm him down. Zimmerman's clothes were covered in blood. "He was cool about it all. I'm talking to him, telling him, 'You're going to be OK, you're going to be OK.' "
Travis Craig, 28, said he used a belt as a tourniquet on the man's leg.
"He was bleeding pretty bad," Craig said.
Police urged anyone who saw the attack to come forward, as thousands of people ran away after the gunfire.
"Basically, everybody fled," Jackson said. "That's the problem."
The shooting cast a pall over the centerpiece of a number of weekend events that turned Denver into a marijuana mecca — a glimpse of what life could be like in one of the most cannabis-infused cities in the world.
The 4/20 rally's organizers canceled a second rally scheduled for Sunday.
"We hope that the Denver police capture the culprit," organizer Miguel Lopez said. "The entire city of Denver is a victim."
It also dampened the first marijuana vacation tour in the country. The two Denver entrepreneurs behind My 420 Tours were shepherding about 200 people through the city last week, taking them to marijuana cooking classes, cultivation tours, concerts and the rally. The tourists came from around the globe.
"I just wanted to be part of history," said Chris Fowlie, who traveled from New Zealand to be part of the weekend. "This is history in the making here."
Matt Brown, one of the My 420 Tours organizers, said many in the company's group were about 100 feet from the shooting. They were shaken but not injured.
Saturday's festivities got underway immediately after midnight Friday, when Snoop Lion — the musician formerly known as Snoop Dogg — tossed joints into the crowd at the Fillmore Auditorium.
During the day Saturday, a line of about 400 fans waiting to get into the sold-out Cannabis Cup — a combination marijuana competition and festival — wrapped around the entire block of the Exdo Center.
Sarah Alfieri, who drove eight hours from Omaha, had been waiting in line for about two hours.
"We celebrated 4:20 in line," Alfieri said. "There was lots of cheering."
Down the street at the hemp clothing store Hoodlab, those not willing to wait in the line for Cannabis Cup wandered into another weed-themed event called Cannaval. Inside, a mellow, modest crowd tossed pingpong balls to win weed storage jars, bounced balls to win various-sized pipes and traded tokens for glass-blowing lessons.
Meanwhile, Red Rocks Amphitheatre employees began turning away hikers and joggers from the venue just before 2:30 p.m. Saturday to set up for a 4/20-themed concert from Slightly Stoopid and Cypress Hill. The upper and lower parking lots were half-full by midafternoon as the legendary tailgating scene kicked into high gear.
The area was dominated by green T-shirts — sample: "I (Pot Leaf) CO" — and marijuana-leaf necklaces as concertgoers counted down the hours until the sold-out 7 p.m. show with Frisbee-throwing, hacky-sack, grilling, beer drinking and, of course, copious amounts of marijuana smoking.
"We would have come anyway, but combined with the first legal 4/20, we wanted to be here for sure," said Golden resident and student Scott Duff, 21.
For members of Smart Colorado, a group opposed to marijuana use and sales, the weekend's events set a different kind of precedent.
"These events, which will be covered by national media, will send a clear message to the rest of the nation and the world about what Colorado looks like," Smart Colorado leader Henny Lasley wrote in a blog post. "Does the behavior of the participants in these events reflect well on our state?"
John Ingold: 303-954-1068, jingold@ denverpost.com or twitter.com/john_ingold
Staff writers John Wenzel, Matt Miller and Jordan Steffen contributed to this report.


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2012 Movies :: The Good, The Bad and the Overrated
2012 is turning out to be a record year at the box office. That's not unusual, during troubling times, people go to the movies. Plus with the added costs to see 3D and IMAX movies, audiences are paying more to see the films. If there's a unifying theme at the year's end, it is that films with a socio/political bent - "Zero Dark Thirty," "Argo," "Lincoln," even "Django Unchained" have caught the attention of critics and pundits.
EDGE's movie critics weigh in on the 2012 year in film, but not in a standard way. Instead four of them make their picks in four categories: Favorite of the year, Most Important, Most Overrated and Most Underrated. This being a completely subjective assessment, feel free to add your own choices in the comment section.
Favorite Film
Kilian Melloy's choice:
My favorite film this year was Ang Lee's adaptation of Yann Martel's novel Life of Pi. I know some critics have grumbled that the story is clichéd if not racist because of its suggestion that India is a place where people are more "spiritual" than other nations, and that makes it ironic how some have taken offense at the presence of a white character in the sections where present-day Pi (Irrfan Khan) is telling his story to the writer (Rafe Spall). But there's an important idea about God and faith there, if you can sit still and listen for it, and if nothing else Claudio Miranda's cinematography is absolutely stunning. This, for me, is a complete movie experience: Beautiful sound and vision, not to mention engagement for mind and heart - and, yes, soul.
Jake Mulligan's choice:
My favorite movie? Now that's the easiest choice. It's not every year that my favorite filmmaker puts out a movie, so when a Quentin Tarantino release comes about, I get excited. And Django Unchained, his spaghetti western-cum-blaxploitation film, is no exception. A digressive, Leone-esque odyssey into the American south, "Django" plays audiences like a fiddle; splitting them between laughter and horror, between suspense and celebration, between rockin' out and running away. It's one of his best films yet, and it's 2012's best movie.
Robert Nesti's choice:
Cloud Atlas is this past year's love/hate movie - there appeared to be little grey area. Some found this adaptation of David Mitchell's mammoth novel (at best) a victim of its own ambitions; others (like myself) found it a thrilling example of cinematic story-telling. Instead of telling Mitchell's six stories in a linear fashion, co-directors Lana and Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer (each directing three stories) intercut them in a dazzling display of cinematic dexterity. The result is a baldly simplistic, yet deeply effective cosmic cliffhanger. "Only connect..." E.M. Forster famously once wrote; "Cloud Atlas" did triumphantly. It was also the most stunning IMAX film of the year.
Kevin Taft's choice:
Written and directed by Stephen Chbosky, the man who wrote the novel, Perks of Being a Wallflower is a stunningly insightful and beautiful adaptation that reflects on three teenager's high school experience in the early nineties. With an Oscar-worthy performance by Logan Lerman as a boy named Charlie who enters high-school after a bout at a mental hospital, "Perks" is best when it navigates the emotions of age. "Harry Potter" alum Emma Watson is terrific as the object of his affections, and Ezra Miller is wholly memorable as her gay step-brother who is also worthy of an Oscar nod. This is one of those movies where key lines and moments cut straight to your soul and linger there. Despite some overwhelmingly tear-jerking moments, this film packs an inspiring punch that stays with you long after the final frame. Its power is in the perception of three interesting and likeable kids who truly long to be good.
Most Important
Kilian Melloy's choice:
It's a toss up between Zero Dark Thirty and The Sessions for the year's most important film.
Screenwriter Mark Boal and director Kathryn Bigelow might have based "Zero Dark Thirty" on fact and interviews with participants in real events, but they also tweaked a few things -- this movie will give artificial ammunition to the pro-torture crowd because it suggests that a piece of vital information was obtained thanks to torture, when in fact it was not. However, the issue of terrorism and the difficulty of combatting it is a huge concern in our modern world and probably will be for a long time to come. Bigelow's exceptional directorial skill here makes the film important all by itself, and Jessica Chastain is utterly magnificent.
"The Sessions" serves a different purpose, but it's also important: It encourages us to grow up and take sexuality out the realm of dirty jokes, guilt, and shame, and treat it as a natural and necessary part of human experience. More daring, the movie points out the essential, sexual humanity of people not deemed "beautiful" or "attractive." But don't the handicapped also need love?
Jake Mulligan's choice:
Picking the most 'important' film of 2012 honestly seems a daunting task. But that word brings to mind one movie over all others, immediately, and as such it would be unfair for me to pick anything other than Jafar Panahi's This is Not a Film. Shot partially on an iPhone while he was under house arrest, and smuggled out of Iran on a USB drive hidden inside a Birthday cake; it turns the plight of Iranian filmmakers into cinema magic. It's a whole lot of things, but above all, it's a film.
Robert Nesti's choice:
This is a bit of a cheat because We Need To Talk About Kevin was given a limited release a year ago in order for the film to qualify for Oscars, specifically Tilda Swinton's fearless performance of a woman whose life has been defined by the horrific behavior of her son. Swinton was ignored, perhaps because she was too raw, or that Lynne Ramsay's adaptation of Lionel Shriver's novel ignored the standard approach to its subject matter: the dissection of a mother/son relationship in which the son is a mass murderer in a Columbine-like massacre. Part horror movie, part social commentary, part family melodrama - perhaps the film is too unique to be seen as bringing insight to such crimes as Aurora and Newtown; but it resonates in lieu of these horrors.
Kevin Taft's choice:
My argument for this Marvel group superhero movie is that amidst all the complaints of reboots and less than successful superhero franchises, The Avengers succeeded. But it didn't succeed just because some smart execs threw a bunch of popular superheroes together and blew all their money on special effects. It worked because it had a sharp script and expert direction by Joss Whedon. He who created Buffy the Vampire Slayer not only knows his way around action-packed preternatural characters, but he knows how to add heart, character development, humor, and action all into one product. This man knows the genre, he knows comic-books, and he isn't afraid to let a superhero movie BE a superhero movie. (I'm looking at YOU, Christopher Nolan.) He brought the fun back into summer tentpoles and showed that with the right combo of talent, a summer blockbuster truly worthy of being a blockbuster (I'm scowling at you "Transformers") can be born.
Most Underrated
Kilian Melloy's choice:
I know that film is a subjective experience, but come on now, what's with everyone dissing Rust and Bone? Marion Cotillard is a force to be reckoned with here, and Matthias Schoenaerts makes a very difficult role look effortless. Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain's writing may be a little too symbolism-driven and melodramatic, but Audiard's direction makes it clear this is part of the plan; he knows what he's doing, and he delivers a beautifully realized movie.
Jake Mulligan's choice:
Underrated is a much tougher choice. Do I go with a favorite of mine that split critics, like "Cloud Atlas" or "This is 40"? Perhaps with a audience-favorite that escaped critical appreciation, like "Goon"? I'll try and split the difference by going with Dark Shadows, Tim Burton's deliriously kitschy comedy, which made a loud 'thunk' at the box office. Packed with screwball humor, excellent supporting turns (Eva Green still has my heart,) and a funky 70s soundtrack, "Shadows" saw Burton return to his eccentric, gothic roots. It's just sad nobody saw it.
Robert Nesti's choice:
In This Is 40, director Judd Apataw makes the year's meta-movie, something as close to reality television as imaginable. Or perhaps a sit-com; no matter. What makes this comedy so good is its consistency of tone: like the films of Mike Leigh, the film balances a light touch as it explores some serious issues that face a LA family as both spouses hit the age of 40. Some have criticized the film for the shallowness of its central couple and their seemingly blithe, pampered life; yet they come across as surprisingly sympathetic. Much of this comes with wonderfully on-target performances by Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann. The mention of Mann points out the "meta-" aspect of the film: she is Apataw's wife, and the the couple's daughters are played by the Apataw's real-life daughters. If this film were a French import by the Weinstein Company, there would be little carping about their bourgeoise lifestyle; instead the focus would be on how the film remains light and funny, despite its more serious underpinnings.
Kevin Taft's choice:
I'm still flabbergasted that Perks of Being a Wallflower didn't catch on. It was based on a very popular novel especially with high-school kids, and received mostly rave reviews. The performances are stunning, especially from Logan Lerman ("Three Musketeers") and Ezra Miller ("We Need to Talk About Kevin") and it was Emma Watson's first post-Harry Potter role. It was being hailed as this generation's "The Breakfast Club." While I disagree with that assessment as the films are so different thematically, this is the first movie about teens in a long time that didn't make them look like complete morons. They were smart, likeable, surprising, and real. They weren't caricatures and the emotions of the piece were spot on. The tears that fell from the audience's eyes throughout were well-earned and the production values were superb: from the cinematography to the beautiful score. I've seen the film twice already and it has taken a place in my Top Ten Favorite Movies of all time. Curiously, everyone else I know that has seen it has also adored it. So where's the love? Is it being ignored because it's about teens? And speaking of... why weren't they showing up? Hopefully it will find the respect it deserves on Blu-ray, because in my mind it deserves to be an Oscar nominee for Best Picture.
Most Overrated
Kilian Melloy's choice:
I know the fanboys will sic their orcs on me for saying this, but The Hobbit is -so- overrated -- and so bloated. The 48-frames-per-second thing is a technical advance, I guess, if you can get past how the image looks like analogue video, but the real problems lie with the direction, pacing, and script. Trying to make three overly long films out of one book means things have to be slowed down and padded out, and unfortunately that's exactly how the movie plays. Worse, the writing and direction emphasize juvenile bits of business the like of which were quick throwaways in the LOTR trilogy. "The Hobbit" feels like the world's most expensive kids' movie, and does nothing to enhance the overall experience of the big-budged Tolkein adaptations.
Jake Mulligan's choice:
The most overrated film is an easy pick: Sam Mendes' Skyfall, which was incomprehensibly celebrated as a rebirth for the Bond franchise. All I see is sub-Christopher Nolan aesthetics, homophobic undertones, a laughably baseless plot (the brilliant computer hacker's master plan is to shoot up a courtroom - because the people writing this film are not brilliant computer hackers,) and a failed attempt at proving Bond relevant in 2012. This is the thinking man's action film?
Robert Nesti's choice:
Is it heresy to suggest liking the movie about Abraham Lincoln hunting vampires more than the one where he passes the 13th amendment? Lincoln is the year's prestige movie; but I feel about it much like Seinfeld's Elaine felt about "The English Patient." Sure, Daniel Day-Lewis is great (but when is he isn't?), Sally Field acts up a storm, and Tony Kushner brings high drama to a story about what could be conceived as a dull procedural. But too often his script reaches for eloquence, but falls for liberal pieties; and Steven Spielberg stages this historical pageant as if it were an animatronic museum exhibit. The liberal feel-good movie of the year.
Kevin Taft's choice:
The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson's bloated look at a Scientology-like founder and the remarkably troubled man he takes under his wing, winds up being a pointless affair that neither startles nor excites. The structure mimics Anderson's "There Will Be Blood" right down to the final confrontation at "the Master's" office. Philip Seymour Hoffman is appropriately elusive and creepy as the founder of a new way of thinking, but it is his wife (the true "master") played by Amy Adams that gives the film any sort of spark. Her final moments are so compelling and unnerving that I felt like the movie was just beginning. Otherwise, the rest of it is an exercise in suffering through Joaquin Phoenix's affected and twitchy performance that is so manic and actor-y it's hard to watch. Not because it's so good, but because it's so annoying and pretentious. By the time he smashes his jail cell to bits, I half expected him to start eating the porcelain sink for dessert since the scenery had pretty much been chewed already. I will give it this: I wasn't bored. But by the time the film ends, I was left wondering just what the point of the whole thing was.


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A Cañon City city man accused of sexual assault on a child appeared in district court Thursday morning for the filing of charges.
Ricardo Lee Fortson, 41, faces one count of sexual assault on a child pattern of abuse, a class 3 felony and one count of sexual assault on a child, a class 4 felony. Both charges stem from allegations that the alleged victim is under 15 years of age with a four-year age difference between the accused and the alleged victim.
Possible penalties for the class 3 felony is 10 to 32 years to life in the Department of Corrections and 20 years to life on parole. For the class 4 felony, Fortson could receive two to 12 years to life in the DOC and 10 years to life on parole.
Fortson's next hearing is at 11 a.m. Dec. 3.
Fortson appeared Thursday without representation. He said he does not qualify for a public defender but that he intends to hire an attorney.
A press release issued by the Cañon City Police Department states the investigation was initiated Aug. 6 after the department received a phone call from a local health care facility.
The release states that the reported victim had been at a sleepover at a friend's home on or about Aug. 5 in the north part of Cañon City, at which time Fortson allegedly fondled and had sexual intercourse with her.
An arrest affidavit states that DNA testing matches a sample from the alleged victim's underwear to Fortson.
Following a three-month investigation, Fortson was arrested Nov. 14 on a warrant issued out of Fremont County District Court. He was transported to the Fremont County Detention Center with a $6,000 bond.
In court Thursday, Fortson appeared out of custody released on bond. Deputy District Attorney Stacey Turner made notice that she intended to increase bond.
According to the affidavit, prior to Aug. 27, Fortson was employed at the DOC when he reportedly made a "no call, no show" at work that day. A public information officer of the DOC Monday confirmed that Fortson is not employed at the DOC.
In other unrelated court news, Davon Deshawn Cunningham, 22, appeared for a hearing Thursday at which District Judge Patrick Murphy found Cunningham competent to continue with criminal proceedings, after evaluating documentation dated Oct. 10.
The Mississippi man is under investigation for aggravated motor vehicle theft, felony menacing, theft by receiving and second-degree criminal trespass. He is being held in the Fremont County Jail.
Cunningham initially claimed to be deaf and unable to speak, and was granted a sign language interpreter for court proceedings.
At an April 11 hearing, Deputy District Attorney Stacey Turner presented evidence that Cunningham was able understand orders from jail staff, and that he spoke to them.
Judge Murphy granted the defense's motion for an evaluation of Cunningham after determining that a sign language interpreter was not necessary.
Cunningham will appear for a preliminary hearing at 9 a.m. Dec.17.


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There he is in his steely-eyed prime — shirt sleeves rolled, tie loosened, clutching the bulky Speed Graphic camera that was the primary tool of his trade.
There he is in his steely-eyed prime — shirt sleeves rolled, tie loosened, clutching the bulky Speed Graphic camera that was the primary tool of his trade.
That oil portrait of Ed Westcott from his days as the only authorized photographer in a secret city was unveiled Tuesday at the American Museum of Science and Energy.
Now 91, Westcott took thousands of black-and-white photographs of Oak Ridge — both as a city in its infancy with its 75,000 youthful residents involved in building the first atomic bomb during World War II, and for years afterward.
Westcott was 23 years old "when he preserved forever those priceless fleeting images of those kids who changed the world," 90-year-old Oak Ridge historian Bill Wilcox said of Westcott's wartime exploits.
Several of those photos are on display on the base of the main staircase in the American Museum of Science and Energy, where the portrait was unveiled.
William Westcott, Ed Westcott's son, commissioned the oil painting after meeting Cumberland County artist Sorista Tary.
Tary said she used several old photos of Westcott in his 20s as inspiration for her artwork, which she described as a "very, very challenging piece to execute."
William Westcott said he hopes the portrait of his father can end up in the state or federal capital if not the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
He commissioned the portrait, William Westcott said: "To show my respect and love for my father.
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There is always something memorable about a family vacation.
There is always something memorable about a family vacation.
A family from San Diego traveling to Mammoth Wednesday morning got an experience that is sure to stick with them.
The travel trailer the family was towing behind an SUV flipped on its side, blocking both lanes of northbound US 395 near Haiwee Reservoir, about 25 miles north of Pearsonville, at approximately 8:30 a.m.
California Highway Patrol and CalFire from Olancha were on scene, directing traffic.
The couple and young child were not injured in the incident.
One occupant said she was aware of the reputation US 395 has for being so straight, yet so many single-vehicle accidents occur on it.
According to the CHP Incident Report Page on the CHP website, the incident occurred at approximately 8 a.m. with CalFire and CHP personnel on scene within 10 minutes.
With no injuries reported, the incident was a matter of traffic control for nearly an hour until a tow truck could clear the lanes.
Traffic was eventually able to use the right shoulder by 9 a.m. and the lanes were cleared by 10:30 a.m.
The couple said they were not sure what the rest of their vacation held in store while they awaited a tow truck and a prognosis from a mechanic.


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- John, b. 1801 m. Ann Sarah Luther
- James, b. 1803; m. Ellenor
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- Charles, b. 1813; m. Rachel Cartright
- Lindy (or Luty) b. 1825; m. Rosa Lee Sutherland
In 1836, James and Nancy and sons moved to Lawrence Co. Ohio to install iron furnaces there. They had worked in iron furnaces in Pa. Want proof that the James Worthington listed in 1800 census of Fayette Co., Dunbar Twp. is father of James Worthington, b. 1781. The James Worthington of the 1800 census is believed to be the son of Robert Worthington and his wife Ann. This Robert, known as Bobbie Dunblaen, was the son of Samuel and Sarah Symcock Worthington. Samuel was the son of the immigrant Quaker Robert Worthington and his first wife Alice Taylor.
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PENSION CRISIS: PMRS takes more conservative approach
Pennsylvania has more than 3,200 local government pension plans — roughly a quarter of all municipal plans in the nation.
Of those, about 940 are administered by the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System, an independent state agency that serves as an alternative for municipalities that choose not to self-administer plans.
Unlike the State Employees' Retirement System and the Public School Employees' Retirement System, PMRS doesn't have an unfunded liability, based on its most recent actuarial report.
However, its surplus has been dwindling, and the number of underfunded plans has been on the rise.
"Clearly, public pension plans are under siege, if you will, from a number of different fronts," said James Allen, the agency's secretary. "Some are self-inflicted, others are not."
The most obvious one continues to be the financial crisis of 2007 and 2008 that deflated assets. In other cases, municipalities have been more generous with benefits or failed in their fiduciary responsibilities, Allen said.
PMRS takes a different approach. To feel more comfortable with the probability investments will reach their goals, the agency assumes a 6 percent rate of return.
Its state counterparts are assuming 7.5 percent.
For every three or four plans that look to PMRS for help, one turns over the keys to the plan, Allen said.
"Plans are finding it extremely expensive and difficult, and there are more and more requirements," he said.
The majority of municipal plans in Pennsylvania also have 10 or fewer members.
PMRS does not take a position on reform, unless a specific proposal impacts operations, Allen said. However, he understands the big focus is on benefit design and not how well a plan is funded.
The major question is this: "What is the appropriate benefit out there?" he said. "You need to have a goal. What is a legitimate retirement benefit, and then build (a plan) with the defined-benefit and defined-contribution tools to get there."
A growing number of municipal pensions have turned to cash balance plans, Allen added. Nearly a quarter of the plans PMRS administers have such a plan.
"Essentially, it works like a defined-contribution plan," he said. "The employer puts X amount of dollars in and walks away. That pot is there for employees."
PMRS credits at 6 percent interest.
"If we don't make 6 percent, then the municipality has to make up the difference," Allen said. "It's a solution the General Assembly clearly should be looking at. It's essentially a defined-contribution plan that has a floor."


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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Sparked by a furious finish to Sunday's final round at the NCAA Columbia Regional, the 14th-ranked and No. 3-seeded LSU Tigers earned a berth into the NCAA Championships for the fourth time in five seasons by tying for fourth place in the final team standings in the regional tournament held this weekend at The Club at Old Hawthorne.
The five Tigers in LSU's lineup combined to shoot 18-under par on the back nine while carding 15 birdies, one eagle and just one bogey down the stretch to propel themselves into the Top 5 in the standings.
They fired their second-lowest team score of the 2013-14 season with a 14-under par 274 to finish the event in a tie for fourth place with No. 9-seeded Iowa State with matching 54-hole scores of 15-under par 849.
Juniors Ben Taylor and Curtis Thompson led the way for the Tigers in the final round by firing scores of 5-under par 67, while senior Smylie Kaufman, junior All-America hopeful Stewart Jolly and sophomore Zach Wright added rounds of 2-under par 70 toward LSU's team total to lead the team into the NCAA Championships for the second-straight season and the fourth time in five years.
The Tigers were among five teams advancing from the 14-team field at the NCAA Columbia Regional into the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships that follows on May 23-28 at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kansas. No. 2-ranked and No. 1-seeded Oklahoma State claimed the NCAA Columbia Regional title with a winning score of 33-under 831, including a 16-under 272 in the final round, followed by 24th-ranked and No. 4-seeded Arkansas in second place at 28-under 836 and No. 8-seeded Missouri in third place at 27-under 837.
The Tigers have made a habit of closing strong late during the championship season as they have fired their two lowest team scores of the season during the final rounds at the SEC Championships and NCAA Columbia Regional. They earned a runner-up finish at the SEC Championships after posting a school-record round of 17-under par 263 in the final round before firing a 14-under par 274 on Saturday afternoon.
"There was some strong play from our team this week," said LSU head coach Chuck Winstead. "As a group, we finally got a few putts to fall on the back nine today. Once again, we're so happy and proud of Smylie. The 29 he had on the back nine was special after a rough start. This group has had a good run this spring. We're looking forward to our next step and a good week at nationals."
Kaufman finished as the top Tiger for the second-straight tournament as he cracked the Top 10 of the leaderboard in a tie for sixth place with his team-low 54-hole score of 7-under par 209 for the weekend.
After making the turn at 5-over par on his round with a score of 41 on the front nine, Kaufman reeled off a back nine for the ages that featured an eagle 3 at the par-five 10th hole followed by back-to-back birdies at the par-four 11th and par-three 12th holes and three-straight birdies at the par-five 15th, par-three 16th and par-four 17th holes as he came in at 29 for a round of 2-under par 70 to cap the championship.
Kaufman has caught fire in the championship season as he followed a runner-up finish in his debut at the SEC Men's Golf Championships by tying for sixth place on the board in his regional debut at the NCAA Columbia Regional. He is now 18-under par over his last six rounds of competition after also finishing as the SEC silver medalist at the SEC Championships with a final score of 11-under par 199.
LSU's All-SEC duo of Jolly and Thompson each tied for 21st place in regional play this weekend while breaking par at 2-under par 214 during the competition. Each wrapped the championship with his lowest score for the weekend as Thompson fired a bogey-free 5-under 67 and Jolly added a bogey-free round of his own with a 2-under 70 to help lead the way for the Tigers.
Wright followed in a tie for 23rd place at 1-under par 215 for the championship, while Taylor rounded out the lineup in a tie for 26th place with a 54-hole score of even-par 216 on the weekend.
Missouri's Emilio Cuartero fired a 7-under par 65 to take the individual title at the NCAA Columbia Regional, as he finished one shot clear of a trio of golfers in a tie for second place with his winning score of 11-under par 205 on the weekend. Missouri teammate Hunter Kraus and Oklahoma State's Talor Gooch and Jordan Niebrugge each tied for second place on the leaderboard at 10-under par 206 for the event.
TEAM SCORES (Par 864)
1. Oklahoma State 272-287-272 – 831 -33; 2. Arkansas 289-270-277 – 836 -28; 3. Missouri 281-280-276 – 837 -27; T4. LSU 289-286-274 – 849 -15; T4. Iowa State 293-286-270 – 849 -15; 6. Arizona State 291-285-282 – 858 -6; 7. Virginia 285-303-276 – 864 E; 8. San Diego State 294-288-284 – 866 +2; 9. Iowa 291-294-284 – 869 +5; 10. Denver 300-301-283 – 884 +20; 11. Middle Tennessee State 301-292-292 – 885 +21; 12. Ohio State 308-303-276 – 887 +23; 13. Loyola-Maryland 308-294-286 – 888 +24; 14. Bryant 316-316-296 – 928 +64.
TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS (Par 216)
1. Emilio Cuartero, Missouri, 70-70-65 – 205 -11; T2. Talor Gooch, Oklahoma State, 67-73-66 – 206 -10; T2. Hunter Kraus, Missouri, 68-69-69 – 206 -10; T2. Jordan Niebrugge, Oklahoma State, 65-73-68 – 206 -10; 5. Kolton Crawford, Arkansas, 72-69-67 – 208 -8; T6. Smylie Kaufman, LSU, 72-67-70 – 209 -7; T6. Denny McCarthy, Virginia, 69-73-67 – 209 -7; T6. Scott Fernandez, Iowa State, 72-71-66 – 209 -7; T6. Nicolas Echavarria, Arkansas, 73-67-69 – 209 -7; T6. Sebastian Cappelen, Arkansas, 73-67-69 – 209 -7.
T6. Smylie Kaufman, 72-67-70 – 209 -7
T21. Stewart Jolly, 72-72-70 – 214 -2
T21. Curtis Thompson, 72-75-67 – 214 -2
T23. Zach Wright, 73-72-70 – 215 -1
T26. Ben Taylor, 74-75-67 – 216 E


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Posted on September 25, 2013
Of course, it's not always jusr about the book. What's been written in the book can be as interesting or as valuable.
I've told the story elsewhere about that copy of the cheap one volume edition of H.G. Wells's Outline of History. The Outline of History was a nonfiction bestseller, and is regarded as one of the great works of nonfiction by those who like it, and as H.G. Wells trying to show off by those who don't. Anyway, it takes a certain attitude as well as ability to pull off a history of the whole world, and it continues to sell.
This doesn't make it terribly valuable, especially with all the different publishers who brought out this two volume best seller in cheap editions on bad paper, one volume editions with cheap bindings, and cheap one volume editions with very few production values whatsoever. That copy I found, years ago, was neatly but thoroughly underlined, with marginal notes. It was on its way to the garbage as I flipped through it and found an old report card, decided to save it, and then looked at the name on the report card. Only then did I glance in the front and see that the lad had written his name inside the front cover.
Orson Welles's copy of H.G. Wells's Outline of History, as well as his report card and the little card notifying him that he had made it onto the Dean's List that semester, were sold to the Lilly Library. I have nothing but respect for the Lilly Library, but I do sometimes wonder what the book might have fetched in these days of eBay.
So I look a bit more closely at what people scribble in their books. At the moment, I have a vast collection of books inscribed as gifts between a husband and wife over a period of thirty years. No one inscribing a book is under oath, but the story the inscriptions tell is of a couple who had a vast enjoyment of life, and of each other. The inscriptions don't enhance the value of the books—they wrote, as they lived, large—but it's a story that's fun to read.
And someone dropped off a book by Meyer Levin, an author with a couple of perennial bestsellers on his record—Compulsion, The Old Bunch—as well as a goodly number of other books which made him a name to be reckoned with. The book dropped off is Eva, a novel about a Jewish girl who made it through the Holocaust by pretending to be a Christian Ukrainian servant named Katya. The book deals with her struggle to be a convincing Katya while remembering she was Eva. This is not widely collected; signed by Levin, it fetches about twenty bucks.
This copy is not signed by Meyer Levin, but by Eva. A little clipping is tucked inside about a lecture being given by the woman whose life was the basis of the novel; no doubt the original owner took a copy of the book to the lecture and got it signed. I have not found a sale record yet to tell me if her autograph beats that of the author.
And just last week, we had a two-volume edition of H.G. Wells's Outline of History arrive. Lightning seldom strikes twice, even at a Book Fair, but I do check this book more carefully than others. It was a cheapish edition of 1929, and the first owner bought it for his wife on their fourth anniversary, and said so, in a not terribly original inscription wishing her a happy fourth anniversary, 1929.
I almost never find two volume works in which both volumes are inscribed. Even the author seldom bothers to write in volume 2. But I happened to look, and in the second volume, he has written, "I hope we have a lot more than four anniversaries, 1929."
No, sweet doesn't raise the value of a book. But even Book Fair managers are human, and it MIGHT raise the price.