Sunday Simulacra - Version 4.16

Sam Snoek-Brown is fastly becoming the most celebrated skull hunter here on Skull-A-Day. Pretty soon we'll have to open a trophy room solely for all of his skull captures. All of this week's finds come from Sam starting off with "A skull I found in my breakfast cereal one morning"...

followed by "A piece of toasted bread my wife and I got with dinner in Rockwall, Texas"...

the third "is a building in Amsterdam"...

and as a bonus "I discovered it on the breakfast table one morning. I’d tossed my sunglasses down after a shopping trip the previous afternoon, and quite by accident, the landed near a pack of new batteries in a way that looked skullish to me".

*with a little help from me*

You definitely have an eye for catching those hidden skulls in all of your world excursions, Sam. Thanks for keeping us in mind during your travels and for sharing your all of your great finds with us.

If you want to join the skull hunt then send us your simulacra pics for posting on Sundays.

Sunday Simulacra - Version 3.42

It seems that food and drink are some of the favorite subjects for our skull hunters. These simulacra fall in a long line of the edible skulls.

Sam Snoek-Brown sent us this, "drop of coffee that spilled on my way into the living room. Too good to pass up."

I guess you could say it was good to the last drop. (maybe not)

Next, Rafael Zentil shows us what I have always known- tomatoes are EVIL!


And this last bit of toasty goodness comes from our very own Skull Master. Of course we know that he sees skulls everywhere.


Thanks again to all of you skull hunters for the simulacrum. Keep sending them in to our submission address and we'll keep posting them to appease your skull appetites.

C-Rations: 0C101000

This week’s offering is Crazy Bread®.

“Panis Luna” 10.5" X 8" Carved order of takeout bread-sticks

Mars C says:

Perhaps it is the thoughts of Spring and emerging from the dreariness of Winter, that has led me to think about historic food stores and how lucky we are that we can easily find fresh food at any time of the year. These thoughts have also led me to remember about how moldy grains produce something called ergot. While ergot does have mind altering properties like a hallucinogenic drug it is also a poison that can cause death. By this time of the year grains harvested in the fall not stored properly can become pretty moldy, so Beware the Grains of March it only leads to March Madness!

Remember each Monday during the 3.0 year I am posting an original skull design. My weekly offerings are nothing compared to the one-a-day massive project done by the Skullmaster in 1.0, but hopefully you will find some nourishment in these weekly offerings.

Need more nourishment? You can always Friend or Follow.

361. Bakery Skull

Arranged Bread. Thanks to Sher at Montana Gold Bread Co., a wonderful local bakery, for letting me come in and play with her delicious products! Thanks also to her employee Mia for suggesting I make something there.

270. Matzo Skull A.K.A. The Skull of Affliction

Carved Matzo (Matza, Matzah, Matzoh, etc.) Bread (6in x 7in [15cm x 18cm]). If you're not familiar with this item you can learn about it here. It's a little early for this, but I found it in the markdown bin of a local grocery store yesterday, which I guess means it must be nearly a year old!

241. Skull Bread A.K.A. Night of The Living Bread

Baked Bread. A huge thanks to my friend Carra for preparing the dough, letting me use her kitchen and helping with the process! Here's her recipe:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix thoroughly:
1-1/8 Cup of Water
3 Cups Flour +1 Tablespoon
1 Tablespoon Sugar
3/4 teaspoon Salt
2 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil
1-1/2 teaspoon Yeast

After mixing knead, let rest and rise.
Then knead again, let rest and rise again.
(or use a bread machine if you have one)

Bake in bread pan at 350 degrees for 35-65 minutes (depending on thickness)

*For Dark bread, use same recipe, but
Subtract 1 Tablespoon Flour
Add 6 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder
Add 1/8 Cup of Water

88. PB&S (Peanut Butter and Skully)

(Organic) Peanut Butter & Fruit Spread on (locally made) Bread. I appear to be on a food skull kick again (sorry, no cookies yet). My understanding is that this type of sandwich is not very popular outside of the US, is that true? And yes, I am eating this for lunch.

P.S. Skull-A-Day is featured in the special Halloween issue of MAKE magazine! Be sure check it out when it hits stands next week.

p.p.s. To Rob: I tried using the sandwich box you gave me, but it didn't fit! There's still a chance it'll make it into a future post though, we'll see.