If he asks you am I running, tell him I'm flying

[sovay]

Rabbit, rabbit! Happy New Year! I baked an almond cake which failed so surreally I am now studying the remains to see what happened. According to the recipe, it was supposed to collapse in the middle, but it was also supposed to have some structural integrity afterward—I am not discounting the possibility that I just don't like this style of cake, but it literally broke up on re-entry. Looking for photographs of Peter Ustinov, I found him being a feral teenager and a slightly older teenage bohemian. He never lost the cat-look. I think tomorrow I will try the spider cake and see if it helps.

Comments

[handful_ofdust]

I totally never knew Ustinov without the beard! I read his autobiography fairly early, though--my dad had it, and I think I gravitated towards it because I'd imprinted on him as Prince John in Robin Hood. Gay Disney furry neuroticism at its finest.;)

[asakiyume]

That spider cake recipe looks yummy and fun. Good luck with it!

[selkie]

Whahappen? Was it the whole-citrus almond cake? You have to be willing to accept a sort of pudding from that one if the grind isn’t right on the almonds.

[gwynnega]

Those are great photos of Ustinov.

[minoanmiss]

Sings "He'll always be Batiatus to me..." (as pretty much the only '60s movie about Rome that's not about Christianity, _Spartacus_ is one of those movies I'll always watch given the chance.)

[nnozomi]

Happy New Year! I rarely seem to manage a comment but I always find your posts illuminating. Hoping for good health, good writing and general good things for you for the New Year. (I will reserve comment on whether anything called spider cake belongs in that list!)

[cmcmck]

He was quite a looker!

[troisoiseaux]

Happy new year! Wishing you health, happiness, and many good books to read/movies to watch in 2022.

[jesse_the_k]

Happy new year!

May you continue to be inspired by celebrity or cookery or wtf-ery, because I love reading your delightful prose!