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Monday, April 6, 2009
An Easterly Wind is Blowing
Monday, April 6, 2009
Whoah. My bad, Mr. Angry, I thought you were someone else. Hey, no need to get your carrot all bent out of shape there; we were just leaving. C'mon, guys.
[walking backwards] As I was saying, bakeries are ramping up the cuteness quotient with plenty of floppy-eared darlings like thi...
Yow! Aw, dude, you shouldn't jump out at people like that! Uh, and you've got a little something on your face there... No, no, you can hardly tell. Really.
Anyway, I'm telling you guys, there really are tons of sweet hippity-hoppity hares infiltrating the bakeries! Just give me another second to find one...
Ah! Here we go:
[Psycho shower-scene music]
Aaaiiieee! It's Lemon Lips, the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on! He's got a vicious streak a mile wide - he's a killer! I knew I should have packed the Holy Hand Grenade this morning...
Well, if you'll all join me in running away this direction, we can continue our quest for the cutesy bunnies.
[staring wide-eyed]
Right, I give up. Quest over. Hope you all enjoyed your time here today. Kindly exit through the gift shop...
Aviva, Rosie L., Amy D., & Kristin J., this one's for you:
149 comments | Post a Comment
- The Lili Effect said...
Technically, rabbits are lagomorphs, not rodents. Though lemon-lips the CCC isn't necessarily a rabbit, so I'm still with you on that one.... yeek!
WV: Monsest. superlative of monstery - those bunnies where the monsest I've seen in a long while.. - April 6, 2009 at 9:36 AM
That bleeding-eyed rabbit is an escapee from Watership Downs, ack!! That book scared the bejeezus out of me as a kid, and now I see it immortalized in sugar?! I'm running faster than you!!
- April 6, 2009 at 9:38 AM
- joyce said...
Bad bunnies. bleeding bunnies? who decided to mix Easter with Halloween?
- April 6, 2009 at 9:38 AM
- jamiebentley said...
Whoa! That 3rd one looks more like this than the Easter Bunny:
http://philspector.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/gremlins.jpg - April 6, 2009 at 9:39 AM
in this spirit of geekiness to which i believe this website subscribes, i must humbly submit the fact that rabbits are not actually rodents.
they belong to the order of lagomorphs. - April 6, 2009 at 9:39 AM
- Boozy Tooth said...
Bleeding goughed-out Easter Bunny eye cakes? Awesome!
- April 6, 2009 at 9:39 AM
Lemon Lips looks so much like Stitch's cave-dwelling, flesh-eating cousin it's legitimately frightening. D: D: D:
- April 6, 2009 at 9:40 AM
- Kashmir said...
First, I screamed. Then I laughed. The bleeding eye bunny is just too great. I hate Easter. I have a rabbit phobia but the idea of munching down on some bleeding eye rabbit deliciousness is just too....well, I'd suffer through it.
- April 6, 2009 at 9:40 AM
- The Courteous Chihuahua said...
Cake #1 - I've heard that eating too many carrots can turn your skin orange, but I never knew it would be concentrated in one...um...area.
Cake #2 - The bleeding tears bunny would make an awesome b-day cake for Glenn Close.
Cake #3 - My gawd...what is wrong with people?!? - April 6, 2009 at 9:41 AM
It's "Night of the Lepus" come to life, Cakewrecks style!
---Bree - April 6, 2009 at 9:43 AM
- Miranda said...
Let me guess, the people working in the bakery really hate Easter. And that last bunny totally licked a funny stamp. :P - April 6, 2009 at 9:44 AM
What , no Monty Python Holy Grail references???
"that's a Mean Bunny!!!" LOL - April 6, 2009 at 9:46 AM
- Viewtiful_Justin said...
Holy hell! The whole office is laughing with me on this one! That's the scariest thing I've ever seen...poor bloody-eyed bunny.
- April 6, 2009 at 9:50 AM
- Unknown said...
That angry bunny nearly made me jump (hop?) out of my chair. That is one ANGRY bunny! And I agree with Veronica - the third one looks like one of the experiments from Lilo & Stitch, or maybe something from Pokemon????
- April 6, 2009 at 9:50 AM
- Unknown said...
Rabbit #2 is what happened when the Nazi rabbits opened the Ark of the Covenant...
- April 6, 2009 at 10:02 AM
- Pink said...
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- April 6, 2009 at 10:05 AM
Wow, these are scary! Who is buying such awful cakes?
- April 6, 2009 at 10:07 AM
So people are willing to point out that rabbits aren't rodents and totally skip over the Monty Python reference? For shame.
Maybe these are Watership Downs cakes and not Easter cakes like Jasry said...
Jen you better lob that Holy Hand Grenade quickly....one, two FIVE! (three, sir!) - April 6, 2009 at 10:08 AM
- Jennifer said...
"That bleeding-eyed rabbit is an escapee from Watership Down, ack!!"
Ahahahahahaha!!! My son just finished the book; I can't WAIT to show him this! :D - April 6, 2009 at 10:11 AM
"Look at the BONES!"
Loved the Monty Python quote Jen. Made my day. :)
Those cakes are just.....well, creepy. - April 6, 2009 at 10:15 AM
- Unknown said...
Number Four could almost pass for Groucho Marx...
DK - April 6, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Hahahahaha... I love the Holy Hand Greneade reference. But methinks the CCC bunny looks more like someone crossed a rabbit with an Aboniable Snowman... look at those claws, yipe!
- April 6, 2009 at 10:26 AM
That one takes me back to Bunnicula one of my very first vampire books.
- April 6, 2009 at 10:29 AM
- seeree, phd said...
It's Bunnicula!! The vampire bunny of famous children's literature!
- April 6, 2009 at 10:34 AM
- Becky said...
I was thinking something from gremlins on that third bunny...
- April 6, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Is it just me or does the second rabbit look like "The Holy Grail" killer rabbit.
- April 6, 2009 at 10:44 AM
- sues2u2 said...
Aaaaaaah! You shouldn't do that to people on Monday am! Man, I thought my nightmares had come to life!
(yes, this post totally deserved all of those exclamation points!! lol) - April 6, 2009 at 10:47 AM
- Half Assed Kitchen said...
The last one looks like Bozo the Bunny gone awry.
Angie (from over at www.HalfAssedKitchen.com) - April 6, 2009 at 10:49 AM
As anyone fortunate enough to have house rabbits will tell you (I have two), bunnies can be quite disapproving and ill-tempered, as these cake decoraters are no doubt aware! I'm backing up my case with a link to another one of my favorite blogs:
http://www.disapprovingrabbits.com/ - April 6, 2009 at 10:52 AM
- afterthoughtcomposer said...
haha...seriously. As per usual, your commentary on the photos is the highlight of my day - I never start a day without it!
LOVED the Monty reference.
ps - you have me secretly wishing that the next cake I order will be a wreck, so I have something to contribute :) - April 6, 2009 at 10:53 AM
- MFonvielle said...
The bleeding one made me think of the suicide bunnies : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Bunny_Suicides
- April 6, 2009 at 10:54 AM
It takes a lot to make me chuckle at a comment. I mean I read THOUSANDS.
But I laughed out loud at yours. Seriously.
Grateful for the morning laugh,
john - April 6, 2009 at 10:56 AM
- Doublebanker said...
Completely forgot about Good Friday...WOOT!
dailygifblog.com - April 6, 2009 at 10:57 AM
- Sharon said...
#3: Chupacabra!
- April 6, 2009 at 11:00 AM
The first one I couldn't tell if it was a dimented sperm (ok I'm dirty) with a carrot coming out of it...Or just a dimented something with a dimented carrot coming out of it.
The third cake looked like a cross between The Easter bunny and Some Holloween beast thing.....
Good thing I don't celebrate Easter? - April 6, 2009 at 11:01 AM
- Michelle said...
The second last CCC lemon lips kinda looks like something from the "Gremlins" movie.... but made of cake....
- April 6, 2009 at 11:03 AM
- Blalock said...
Those are really scary!!!
- April 6, 2009 at 11:06 AM
- Bilby P. Dalgyte said...
I'm scared... the bunnies are scaring me...
- April 6, 2009 at 11:15 AM
I'm telling you, that CCC is a Gremlin!
- April 6, 2009 at 11:17 AM
- jackie31337 said...
-Sea Nymph- said The bleeding one made me think of the suicide bunnies
Yes! My boss brought that book in to work a while back. Clearly he shares my sick sense of humor. I should share these wrecks with him.
Oh, also: the celery stalks at midnight!
WV: tamet. That bunny is so wild, no one has yet been able to tamet. - April 6, 2009 at 11:21 AM
- Cookin' Canuck said...
Perfect - just what I need to keep those blasted kids away from my Easter eggs!
- April 6, 2009 at 11:24 AM
I dunno, somehow, Stigmata Bunny seems appropriate for Easter.
- April 6, 2009 at 11:25 AM
My first thought when I saw #2 was the Holy Handgrenade. Now I think it should be used for all of them!
- April 6, 2009 at 11:30 AM
- taritac said...
I'm about to be fired for uncontrollable laughter.
- April 6, 2009 at 11:30 AM
- Jen said...
Hah, I'm glad to see SOME of you are getting the Monty Python reference - that "rodent" line is a direct quote. Perhaps I'm being too subtle?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcxKIJTb3Hg - April 6, 2009 at 11:34 AM
Thank you, fair readers, for posting reference to the Killer Bunny of Caerbannog before I got to the post. My faith in humanity restored, I now return to work.
(Let's not discuss the yardstick with which I measure my faith in humanity, shall we?) - April 6, 2009 at 11:40 AM
These are terrible!! These should be saved for Halloween. We need to save the childrens eyes.
- April 6, 2009 at 11:44 AM
- Kristen said...
Lemon lips might be a lamb, not a bunny. Or perhaps it's the bastard child of a lamb and a bunny. Definitely odd for sure.
- April 6, 2009 at 11:44 AM
- StuffCooksWant said...
Those are awesome!! Love the bloody bunny eyeball cake (now there's a phrase I never thought I'd say)... he's so sweet and cute and AHHHHHHHH, he's shot... right in the eye. That's gotta hurt.
- April 6, 2009 at 11:54 AM
- Reinah said...
The cake on the front page of carvel.com has a petrified-looking swirly bunny. (I found out through a circular.)
- April 6, 2009 at 11:57 AM
- Pilgrim said...
Mommy, I want a bleedy-eye bunny cake for easter to celebrate our risen Lord! Oh PLEEEEASE Mommy!!!
Crimeny, those things are freaking SCARY. - April 6, 2009 at 11:58 AM
- Unknown said...
Wow. That second one looks like what would happen if someone turned Le Chiffre from Casino Royale into a bunny.
- April 6, 2009 at 12:03 PM
- neenuh said...
omg hahahaha! this has got to be the funniest cake wreck post for me!
- April 6, 2009 at 12:07 PM
- Buffy said...
"I've got a theory, it could be bunnies...
Bunnies aren't cute like everybody supposes
They got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses
And what's with all the carrots?
What do they need such good eyesight for anyway?
Bunnies! Bunnies, it must be bunnies!
Or maybe midgets?"
I'm starting to think Anya was right to be afraid of bunnies....
*high-pitched, nasal voice*
"Did I do that?" - April 6, 2009 at 12:09 PM
- Amanda said...
Love the reference to Monty Python and the Holy Grail. That's a hilarious movie!
- April 6, 2009 at 12:15 PM
- Glory von Hathor said...
I'm sure that scene must have inspired the Moloko song Killa Bunny...
'Filthy, fluffy creatures.
Teeth as sharp as knives.
The long-eared ones are coming,
Run, run, run,
For your lives.' - April 6, 2009 at 12:16 PM
But isn't Bunny #4 (Lemon Lips) actually an attack Panda? They breed them for ferocity, in a secret training facility in China...
Those are some Sorry Bunnies. - April 6, 2009 at 12:27 PM
- Ashley Trunko said...
Ah, Lemon lips looks like those things on the Ladders commercials haha
- April 6, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Those are awesome. Great writing, too.
- April 6, 2009 at 12:33 PM
- Suzanne Dargie said...
Oh the poor little bleeding eyed bunny! Other than that it would have been a really cute cake. Oh the horror!
We saw some real bunnies in our yard yesterday....they were really cute....eating the grape hyacinths...... - April 6, 2009 at 12:37 PM
- Laura Dotson-Thomson said...
Is it just me, or does the CC thing look like the evil gremlins thing? You know, the one that mutates when you add water after dark (or whatever it was, it's been a while). And bleeding bunny is just representing the sacrifice that started the whole thing, don't ya know... It's just a flesh wound.
- April 6, 2009 at 12:52 PM
- Unknown said...
That ain't no ordinary rabbit. That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever laid eyes on! That rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! He's got huge, sharp-- eh-- he can leap about-- look at the bones!
(Run away! Run away!) - April 6, 2009 at 12:53 PM
- Scritzy said...
Um, yeah. Looks as if these guys went went swimming in a toxic waste pool before they went hoppin' down the Bunny Trail.
- April 6, 2009 at 1:20 PM
- Dorci said...
Hey that CCC reminded me of the space monkey Penny used to have as a pet on Lost In Space.
Yeah, I'm old. - April 6, 2009 at 1:24 PM
Mister Angry Cake,
Attacked by caterpillars,
Guards right-angled root. - April 6, 2009 at 1:25 PM
Buffy's right. I almost forgot about Anya and the bunnies.
- April 6, 2009 at 1:27 PM
- Melissa (& Billy) said...
The Easter Bunny always frightened me. This just confirms it. *runs far away*
- April 6, 2009 at 1:30 PM
- BreeAnn said...
The cupcake cake looks like a rabit gremlin!
- April 6, 2009 at 1:39 PM
- Chatty Cathy said...
That last one there looks like he has a blue-tipped match stuck up his nose.
Ok, these bunnies make the one I submitted to you look like the cuddliest Easter Bunny that ever was. - April 6, 2009 at 1:39 PM
- Mar Calpena said...
Didn't anyone else think of Donnie Darko?
- April 6, 2009 at 1:48 PM
- webiegal said...
You really have a knack for bringing back fond memories (ahhh, the days of skipping school). I love this blog.
"...And the people did rejoice and did feast upon the lambs and toads and tree-sloths and fruit-bats and orangutans and breakfast cereals ..."
BWAAAHAHAHAA! - April 6, 2009 at 1:50 PM
- Minerva said...
"Run away! Run away!"
Thanks for the M.P. laugh. - April 6, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Hahahaha! Thanks for the good laughs again. Oh lordy.
Anya from Buffy would be feeling very justified in her terror. - April 6, 2009 at 1:54 PM
- Chasing a life said...
I'm getting a few odd looks. I'm sitting in my law school library (read: silence is to be maintained at all costs) and I'm silently laughing so hard I'm crying. Lemon Lips could be the new Naked Mohawk Baby Carrot Jockeys for me, I can't look at it without cracking up!
- April 6, 2009 at 1:55 PM
- Carmen Medlin said...
Oh how I love you, Cake Wrecks.
Yeah.... bleeding eyes bunny.... *shudder* - April 6, 2009 at 1:55 PM
- Unknown said...
Gosh, the perfect Easter cakes for your neighbourhood exorcist..! Yikes.
~Amy B. - April 6, 2009 at 1:58 PM
- The Austerity Kitchen said...
Poor bunnies! Really, Easter fare is all ready a bit strange, what with peeps and those wretched eggs stuffed with lemon-colored shortening. These mangled bunnies need to be put out of their misery -- calling PETA!
- April 6, 2009 at 2:02 PM
- Ginger said...
the white bunny withe bleeding eyes looks like it might be the rabbit from Monty Python's Holy Grail!
Freaky ugliness~ - April 6, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Umm...Lemon Lips has a poo-belly.
- April 6, 2009 at 2:19 PM
- Kate said...
The very first comment on here does mention that rabbits aren't rodents, they're lagomorphs (the difference is that rodents only have one set of front teeth, while lagomorphs, such as the rabbit, hare, and pika, have another set immediately behind their front teeth). But. It's a "Monty Python" reference! BOO YEAH!
Jen, Jen, Jen...I am firmly convinced that you and I would make wonderful RL friends. You know what a TARDIS is, what a stargate is, and you're quoting one of the best movies ever, "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." If you weren't married and I wasn't entirely heterosexual, I'd ask you to marry me. - April 6, 2009 at 2:35 PM
That third one (the CCC) looks to me more like a star wars wampa...
- April 6, 2009 at 2:48 PM
- Angela at Box of Unicorns said...
Is it possible the first one is upside down? I tried looking at it that way and it made 0.003% more sense.
- April 6, 2009 at 3:08 PM
- jengersnap said...
Oh my. These are the wrabbits nightmares are made of.
(Petting the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog gently, fangs pointed away from chest) - April 6, 2009 at 3:14 PM
- Danielle said...
Perhaps the bleeding bunny is the killer bunny from Monty Python? So cute and fluffy until he decides to POUNCE!
- April 6, 2009 at 3:16 PM
- Aviva said...
Whoa! I'm so happy that cake picture was 'wrecky' enough! Love your blog!! :)
- April 6, 2009 at 3:30 PM
* bloodcurdling scream *
AHHHHHHHH! the evil demented monster bunnies are coming to devour us all!
lemon-lips is more of a gremlin than a bunny, he seriously looked deranged!!!!!! and that last one looked like a drunken celebrity was trying to make it, eugh!!!!!!!!! and that bleeding one is disturbing, like easter bunnies gone HORRIBLY wrong.... *shudder * - April 6, 2009 at 3:31 PM
- Unknown said...
You know, the first one looks more like it's pooping the carrot than it being a specific bit of male anatomy. I'm not sure which is worse. No, wait...poop is worse, marginally.
- April 6, 2009 at 3:48 PM
- Manda No-pants said...
I agree with Jasry up there. The bleeding-eye bunny reminds me Watership Down, and that's not the way to make me feel all warm and fuzzy.
- April 6, 2009 at 3:56 PM
- sabrinasmom said...
#2 is the "I-won't-be-ignored-Fatal-Attraction" Cake. For those oh so special occasions.
- April 6, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Mar Calpena ~ I was totally thinking the same thing...especially with Bunny #2 up there...bleeding eye looks just like Frank's!
- April 6, 2009 at 4:16 PM
- Unknown said...
"But now I feel sick in the head from the Bunny...."
From VeggieTales The Bunny Song - April 6, 2009 at 4:38 PM
- Suzy said...
Poor white bunny, he obviously escaped from the L'Oreal makeup testing laboratory.
- April 6, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Am trying to figure out why Angry Bunny Cake #1 is so upset--he's got a ton of spring-y looking sprinkles. (Plus a couple plastic flowers.) No need to get your carrot all bent out of shape!
- April 6, 2009 at 4:40 PM
- Patricia @ Lady with Books said...
Look everybody! It's tonight's nightmare features! Run away, run away, run away...
As usually, the cakes are awesomely bad. Thanks! - April 6, 2009 at 5:18 PM
- smauge said...
ok kiddies - can anyone say "myxomatosis"?
- April 6, 2009 at 5:34 PM
- sj said...
nightmares. I'm already having nightmares. Did that one have (gulp) razor sharp claws, or was it... nope, those were razor sharp claws.
nightmares. - April 6, 2009 at 6:09 PM
the CCC "rabbit" reminds me of Frank in Donnie Darko...Perfect for the kids after the Easter egg hunt!
- April 6, 2009 at 6:14 PM
- {sarah} said...
I have to wonder if that second bunny came from Australia?? These weirdo things are everywhere here & most of them have bleeding eyes like that EWWW!
- April 6, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Sam said...bleeding eye bunny looks like an escapee from an animal testing lab. but they're all pretty scary!
- April 6, 2009 at 6:42 PM
- ShannonD said...
Love the blog! My two year just said, "That's scar-wee!" and my six year old asked, "Who would eat that?" From the mouths of babes!
- April 6, 2009 at 6:57 PM
- Liz said...
Actual spit take has just occurred... lord help these "rabbits."
Thank you for ALWAYS making me laugh. - April 6, 2009 at 7:02 PM
The last one looks kind of like Harry from "Meet the Feebles" (very very non-child-safe Muppet ripoff). And I can't get over the one with the bleeding eye, it looks like it has myxomatosis ...
Word verification; dyingen. Yes, that bleeding bunny does look like it's dyingen. - April 6, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Thank you for yet AGAIN making me laugh until I cry. I'm telling everyone I know about this site.
- April 6, 2009 at 7:37 PM
Eee-vill bunny cake ... must be ... stopped ...
Die, eee-vill bunny cake, DIE!!
Oh My GOd! It WON'T DIE!! - April 6, 2009 at 7:49 PM
- Unknown said...
third one down... definitely a gremlin in a bad rabbit costume
- April 6, 2009 at 7:58 PM
- candace said...
Lagomorphs, shmagomorphs! Those friggin "bunnies" are creepy! I just woke up my little boy from a sound sleep I was laughing so hard. Thanks!
- April 6, 2009 at 8:52 PM
- Hyena Overlord said...
Monty Python was right...rabbits are monsters.
wv: pootar...these wreckerators need a boot in the pootar. - April 6, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Bunny #2 looks like he was stabbed in the eyes with his carrot. And it must have hurt too, because he's crying! Actually, that one wouldn't be so bad but for the fact that the wreckerator made him into a devil-bunny with those blood-red eyes.
- April 6, 2009 at 10:24 PM
I had a horrifying lamb cake... I am of the opinion it was intended to be some sort of weird passover thing but am assured it was an Easter cake (ewwww eating the lamb of G-d, you know when it's not the host, kind of creeps me out) anyway I was all set to take a picture and discovered they had cut into it and started eating it already!
OTOH -- there's some ummm interesting lamb cakes out there!
http://lambcake.raktron.com/ - April 6, 2009 at 11:26 PM
That third one looks like a gremlin.
- April 6, 2009 at 11:39 PM
- Little Lady Cakes said...
These bunnies make me sad and scared...
- April 7, 2009 at 12:50 AM
- The Tilted Tulip said...
Is that the bunny (the dripping blood one) from Monty Python?
- April 7, 2009 at 1:41 AM
- Jules said...
Wow! They look so yummy..But that bleeding-eyed rabbit makes me think that should i eat those?!lol,just kidding..;D
But they really look so yummy.;D
Happy eastern.. - April 7, 2009 at 2:29 AM
- Unknown said...
Love that staring wide eye.Looks yummy..
- April 7, 2009 at 4:02 AM
- April 7, 2009 at 4:13 AM
- Liana said...
Your comments crack me up, I love reading your blog!
- April 7, 2009 at 6:09 AM
- Angie Talley said...
My two year old just walked up to the computer screen, pointed at Lemon Lips and said "Look! Bunny cake! Eat bunny cake?" Just goes to show, 2 year olds will want to eat just about anything with icing!
And I love the Holy Hand Grenade reference - that's the first thing I thought when I saw that bunny! - April 7, 2009 at 8:33 AM
- pieceofprettycake said...
My husband came into the room while I was laughing at the third one and we had the following exchange:
Him: Are you looking at your messed up cakes site?
Me: *laughs* Yes.
Him: Is that...is that a koala?"
Me: *laughs harder* No!
Him: Is it some kind of alien?
Me: *dies laughing* It's a bunny! - April 7, 2009 at 9:31 AM
- peewee said...
what's that big brown blob in the middle of lemon lips' "body???"
- April 7, 2009 at 10:26 AM
- the ginabean said...
I already have an irrational fear of clowns. Who knew the Easter Bunny would be added to the list?
- April 7, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Maybe this is the bakers' way of keeping people from adopting (& later neglecting) bunnies?
- April 7, 2009 at 10:42 AM
Apparently, I am not the only dork that immediately thought, "Hey, rabbits are NOT rodents." ROFL - April 7, 2009 at 11:31 AM
- mumstheword said...
Who knew that Easter was a horror show!
- April 7, 2009 at 12:18 PM
- elesa said...
Wow, bunny number 4 is how I look if i don't pluck my unwanted facial hair. or facial hare. whatever.
- April 7, 2009 at 12:51 PM
I think Lemon Lips may be in anticipation of Tim Burton's new Movie "Alice in Wonderland."
- April 7, 2009 at 2:38 PM
- twinkle teaches said...
Okay I want lemon lipstick! LOL :)
tina - April 7, 2009 at 3:26 PM
- Giusi. said...
FLMAO!! you crack me up!!
love the first one.. bahahahah scariest thing EVER!!
omg i want to make one!!
bahahahaha - April 7, 2009 at 4:21 PM
- Tokositna said...
It seems like someone who made the cake would step back and say "WOAH! That ain't right."
- April 7, 2009 at 5:45 PM
- Queen Lindsay said...
Whoa BUNNIES!!
- April 7, 2009 at 6:29 PM
This first photo prompted my 5yo DS to exclaim, "Unicorn! no, Sea Horse" and then stop talking and look more and more confused. . . . hee hee! thanks for the fun site!
- April 7, 2009 at 8:10 PM
- muzzyblue said...
Love the Monty Python reference! As it happens, I had just finished watching that DVD when I saw your post!
- April 7, 2009 at 9:20 PM
- April 7, 2009 at 10:39 PM
- Lady Em said...
Some of those cakes make me fear rabbits almost as much as "Night of the Lepus"! (I should have learned by now not to read this stuff before bed.) I love your blog. You know, somehow, I knew you'd seen "The Holy Grail" at some point. This post just confirms it. I'm going to go to sleep now with visions of "nasty, sharp, pointy teeth" dancing...er, hopping...in my head :)
- April 8, 2009 at 2:13 AM
- L. Shepherd said...
LOL at the HG quote!
- April 8, 2009 at 2:27 AM
Oh Lord, bless this thy holy hand grenade, that with it we may blast our enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.
LMAO those rabbits will give me nightmares! - April 8, 2009 at 4:59 PM
- karenw said...
Donnie darko all the way with the bleeding eye bunny, gotta love a holiday where you can make rabbits the stuff of nightmares - god bless less than talented cake decorators this jolly hol.
- April 8, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Is easter a celebration of rebirth or roadkill? Somebody help me out here I am struggling to remember.
Amanda - April 9, 2009 at 5:52 AM
- Heather said...
All I can think is that the white "bunny" ccc is what would result should you breed a rabbit, a monkey and a koala!
On the other hand, my family celebrates the zombie rabbit (long story) - if you are a good little boy/girl, the zombie rabbit leave you chocolate, if not, he eats your brains. Talk about incentive to be good!
I now realize that this is exactly what he would look like...we are well on the way to scarring our kids for life! - April 9, 2009 at 2:59 PM
I should point out that at the shop where I found the bleeding-eyed bunny, there were smaller versions in packs of three. Scary enough, but EVERY SINGLE ONE had the bleeding eye! What IS this??
(Although they since fixed it up, and then took them off the shelves altogether...*sigh*) - April 12, 2009 at 11:07 PM
I got one of the big bleeding eye bunnies too. Like Mixy the rabbit from The Ferals.
What makes bleeding bunny even more disturbing is that although it looks like meringue, it's actually marshmallow, so it wobbles when you pick it up. Terrifying! - April 13, 2009 at 11:27 PM
- bigSIS said...
Oh. My. Word.
Jen, I'm playing catch up here and am I glad I did. See, we're missing a cat and we have lots of rabbits around our place. Well, if they look anything like these, I think I know what kind of trouble our poor kitty ran into! EEEK!
I laughed so hard at this post! Love your blog! - April 30, 2009 at 10:28 AM
That last bunny looked more like Teddy Roosevelt, or was it Churchhill?
- May 15, 2009 at 1:31 PM
One, freaky.
Two, Way too funny.
Three, crying.
Four? No comment. - May 18, 2009 at 3:20 PM
- Red Wolf said...
These cakes remind me of the Easter bunny scene in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (aka Bill & Ted Go To Hell).
If you haven't seen it, you can find it on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGSfG7Toc6g - September 13, 2009 at 9:06 PM
is anyone else reminded of lilo and stitch by that lemon-lipped one?
- April 5, 2010 at 4:45 PM
- Sami said...
The Holy Hand Grenade! I love your pop culture references :D
The yellow CCC looks like a gremlin. - April 5, 2010 at 7:32 PM
Aaaah! The bunny with the bleeding eye! oh that will give me nightmares. Meanwhile, there's also lemon lips the rabid giant, er, mouse? bear? and angry bunny sure looks PISSED at whoever bent his carrot.
meanwhile, that yellow thing with the bunny face and thick pink eyebrows I just. don't. get. - April 5, 2010 at 8:44 PM
- Elizabeth said...
"I soiled my armor, I was so scared!"
Love the Monty Python references! You made my day, Jen! :) - April 7, 2010 at 9:58 AM
- Crystal said...
#1 Holy Grail attack rabbin
#3 Donnie Darko rabbit - June 4, 2010 at 9:52 PM
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No, it's not mold. It isn't a skin disease, nor is it a rash. It's one of those darn markers that keep reappearing!
Isn't my highchair pretty, Mommy?
My tooth hurts. I mean, it REALLY hurts. Remember, I've given birth to six kids without epidurals and I've had several kidney stones. If I say something hurts, it HURTS. Have you ever heard the saying, "Have a baby, lose a tooth"? My dentist says I'm the poster child for that slogan. I never had bad teeth as a child. Even as an adult, I only acquired a couple cavities. That is, until kids. Seriously, with each pregnancy, I've gotten four, five, even six cavities each time. Literally. My smile is made up of more filling than teeth.
Last year I had a root canal. As unpleasant as it was sitting there with my mouth pried open, spit sucker slurping away, dentist filing what was left of my tooth, and smooth jazz elevator music playing in the background, I have to admit it was kind of nice. I mean, no one said, "Moooom he took my homework" or "Mommy, mommy, mommy, mommy" or "Can I have candy for dinner?" or "make her get out of my room!" I got to
Now tell me, how else would you ever get the chance to sit down, let alone lie down, during the course of a regular day? You know what happens when you take a chance and lie down for a few minutes on a regular day at home. Pencils with big star erasers and wads of paper towels get shoved down the toilet and cinnamon-sugar mixture gets dumped on the carpet, the hot water mysteriously turns on full blast in the bathroom, marker drawings appear on the carpet, and graham cracker crumbs cover every conceivable surface in the house. So, I've heard. Ahem.
Anyway, after my root canal, I got a crown, so technically, I'm a princess now. I hope I don't need another one, but I'm pretty sure it isn't natural or normal for your tooth to cause so much pain and swelling that it looks like you're a chipmunk storing nuts for the winter. It figures I'd need another root canal since I just finished paying off my last one. Looks like my dentist will be getting that summer home after all!


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There but for the is the new novel from Ali Smith, best known for her acclaimed fiction including The Accidental, Hotel World and Girl Meets Boy.
The premise of There but for the is simple but disturbing. One evening a London couple throw their "annual alternative dinner party" where they invite different people from their usual crowd around for dinner and conversation. Throughout the course of the evening one of the guests, a relative stranger called Miles Garth, disappears upstairs and locks himself into the a spare room and won't come out. Questions start to arise – who is Miles? Why has he locked himself in the spare room? How long will he be there?
There but for the is a surreal and often funny novel about identity, memory and thinking. Those familiar with Smith's work will be used to her trademark literary experimentation. There are no speech marks in the book, which has the effect of blurring the lines between the different perspectives; a device that some will find original, but others may find distracting. Smith can write beautifully, but her style is an acquired taste.
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Nearly seven decades ago, a young soldier from Indiana left his green duffel bag on a French battlefield in World War II. This week, William Kadar's granddaughter, also an Army veteran, presented him with the bag still stenciled with his name and serial number. A teenager in France had found it in his own grandfather's house. Kadar was captured by the Germans, and has said: It's a miracle I came home.
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My name is Boer, James Boer. But you can call me Kees, which is pronounced "case." My middle name is Jacobus, which translates to James. See, I'm Dutch, which means I grew up in the Netherlands.
Once in a great while we would have people visit our home from the United States. It was always such an exciting time. I used to love listening to them so I could imitate their English.
When I went to high school, I started learning English myself and was finally able to communicate with our guests. At the end of the visits, I'd be sure to get an address, and I would write letters and then wait and wait and pray that they would send a letter back.
Some of them did, and I was always so excited. I wouldn't receive more than a couple a year but getting one made my whole month. I'd read and reread the letters until I almost had them memorized. And I still have those letters after all of these years.
A few years ago I interviewed Wess Stafford. He shared a story about a huge flood in one of the countries Compassion works in.
The local staff was evacuating the children, but one child kept trying to get back into her home. Finally, the worker let the child go. A couple minutes later, the child came back with a little pouch. In it were all the letters her sponsor had written her.
This is a sample of what the children I sponsor write to me. Although the words are different, they often have the same message.
The first one is from Dulce, from Bolivia. She doesn't have a father anymore. And although we have been writing each other for quite a long time, she didn't actually know how to write then so someone from the child development center wrote for her.
"Dulce always shows your letter to everybody. She tells them that her father is named Kees and he is from the Netherlands."
This one is from Gabriela, also from Bolivia.
"I like receiving your letters and reading these. I keep these in a small box; I hope you visit my country."
Then this one from Jhoselin's mom … also from Bolivia. I like Bolivia. 🙂
"She feels so loved by you and when she feels sad, she looks at the letters and she feels glad to know there is someone who loves and helps her from afar."
Then this one from Rasmané, a little boy in Burkina Faso, who I cosponsor.
"I was so glad to read your letter. I can't find the words to express my joy. I love you so much!"
Then this last example is from Shedenka … Bolivia … again.
"Letters arrive often, but some children don't get letters. I always receive a letter, thank you. I feel the most important girl, because I get your letter."
That last letter reminded me of a trip I took with my Dad a couple months ago. It was to meet the child he sponsors.
When we met Cristina, she was happier than a dog with two tails! But I noticed her little sister crying. I asked her why and found out that she is also a sponsored child, but her sponsor never writes.
Every time the mail comes to the Child Development Center (which doesn't happen every day but rather once a month or so), she is excited to see if her sponsor wrote, but she never gets a letter. I took her under my wings for the visit to help convey her a sponsor's love, and had impressed upon me the importance of writing regularly.
Since then, I spoke with a Compassion sponsor relations representative in the call center, who told me that some children actually drop out of the program because they are so discouraged that their sponsor hasn't written them. I don't understand this. Nowadays, it's so easy to write a letter to the child or teen you sponsor.
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High School Surprises Janitor With $1,900 So He Can Visit His Granddaughter for the First Time
There are a number of ways that a student body marks the end of a school year. But instead of reflecting back on their own accomplishments, students at Anderson County High School in Lawrenceburg, Ky., decided to shine the spotlight on someone else.
The 1,200 students who attend the school wanted to show their appreciation for custodian Ricky Spaulding. The janitor works in the building alongside his wife, a secretary. On the last day of classes Wednesday, a pep rally was held in the gymnasium. With the girls' softball team making it to the state tournament for the first time, there was plenty of reason to cheer.
But the celebration over one of the school's teams was just a ruse. That soon became apparent when Principal Chris Glass grabbed the microphone.
"Somebody has made a huge mess again in this gymnasium," Glass told the gathered students and faculty. "Oh no. What to do?"
Spaulding was called in to the gym and cleaned up in a much different way — students presented him with a check for $1,900, money that they had begun collecting earlier in the year. The funds will be used to fly his family to Italy to visit his son Jacob, who is stationed there with the U.S. Navy. Spaulding has not seen his son in a year and has yet to meet his new granddaughter. The latest addition to the family is named Harper Elaine, and she just turned 2 months old.
"I was shocked," Spaulding told Trending Now via telephone. "And the bad thing about it is, my wife was in on this as well."
As off guard as the gesture caught him, Spaulding found it amazing that as the school's janitor, any secret in the building could be kept from him. He simply could not believe that this was even possible with his wife in the know.
"I was just absolutely speechless," Spaulding recalled. "When I think of the generosity of the students and the staff here, just for me, just overflowing with emotion."
Jacob, who has been in Italy with the Navy for three years, was unaware of the surprise until he saw a Facebook post about it.
His father said, "I Skyped with him that afternoon and he said, 'Dad, I heard you had a pretty good day today.' I said, 'Yeah, it was a pretty good day!'"
Spaulding said the vacation will be "a whole family thing" because they consider this a once-in-a-lifetime trip. He hopes that they can sightsee as well during the visit.
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Botulinum Toxin (Botox)
Treatment Overview
The injection of botulinum toxin, commonly known as Botox, has become very popular for reducing wrinkles and rejuvenating the aging face. The effects are only temporary, but the injections can be done quickly, require no recovery time, and are not as complicated as many other cosmetic procedures for the face.
Botulinum toxin is produced by Clostridium botulinum bacteria. When a small amount of Botox is injected into a muscle, it blocks nerve signals that tell your muscles to contract. The effect is that it temporarily weakens or paralyzes the facial muscles and smooths or eliminates wrinkles in the skin for a few months.
Getting a Botox injection takes just a few minutes.
What To Expect
For the first 2 to 3 hours after treatment, take it easy and do not rub the treated area. After that, you can return to your regular activities.
It can take 3 to 4 days before you notice an effect from the Botox. The full effect may take up to 1 week. The results may last from 3 to 4 months on average but sometimes up to 6 months. After that, you will begin to see the wrinkles return.
Why It Is Done
Botulinum toxin has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating frown lines in adults younger than 65. Botox injections also are frequently used to reduce other wrinkles on the face and neck, such as crow's feet, brow furrow, and forehead lines.
Botulinum toxin is also approved by the FDA to treat a wide range of problems, such as chronic migraine headaches, eye muscle disorders, and muscle stiffness.
How Well It Works
Within 72 hours after treatment, the injection of Botox partly or completely smooths wrinkles for most people. But the results are temporary, typically lasting only 3 to 4 months. You will have to return for injections every 3 to 4 months to keep the effect. The dose of Botox usually is the same each time you get an injection.
The most common side effects are:
- Drooping eyelid that may last a short time.
- Headache.
- Bruising.
Other side effects include flu-like symptoms, nausea, temporary facial pain, redness at the injection site, reduced blinking, and weakness in the muscles of the face. In extreme cases, this muscle weakness can limit your facial expressions. In rare cases, a sore may develop on the white of the eye (corneal ulceration).
Very serious problems can happen if the botulinum toxin spreads from where it was injected. It may cause dangerous swallowing and breathing problems. These problems can happen hours to weeks after the injection and can cause death. The risk is greatest in children who are being treated for muscle spasticity in their necks. But adults who already have swallowing or breathing problems are also at risk for problems from a Botox injection.
The risks of repeated Botox injections are not known.
What To Think About
Botox injections are more convenient and less painful than other procedures for reducing wrinkles and making your face look younger (chemical peels, dermabrasion, laser resurfacing, face-lift). Keep in mind that the effect of an injection may last only a few months. To keep the effect, you will have to get injections several times a year. A single injection may seem inexpensive, but the cost of repeated injections can quickly add up.
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Author: Healthwise Staff
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Current as of: April 1, 2019
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5 Easy Ways to Start Saving
When trying to save money, it is smart to utilize habits that are easy to implement and simple to maintain.
Whether or not we decide to utilize straightforward savings practices can mean the difference between fiscal security and financial vulnerability.
In other words, if it's easy to save, we save. If we make having a savings plan so complex that we shy away from it, then we have intimidated ourselves out of owning the confidence that an effective saving plan can offer.
One facile savings approach suggests this: Determine what you spend each month to maintain your current lifestyle and multiply that figure times the number of months' security you'd like to have in savings.
But even before determining your financial goals, you can implement some of the following easy savings tips now ...
No. 5: Review your spending habits
Go online to your bank account and look at your spending habits. Many banks offer easy access to tools like pie charts and graphs for organizing this data. This will help you realize if you have any meaningful spending patterns that may require further contemplation. You may realize that your penchant for power tools or designer handbags is not something you want to perpetuate.
The point of this exercise is not to make yourself feel guilty about what you're spending but to increase your awareness of it in case you want to alter it.
It is just a way of opening your eyes to what money you have and what you are willingly giving away. You should be able to see fairly quickly if there are aspects of your spending which you would like to refine.
No. 4: Keep coupons in your car
Paper coupons which you have clipped or printed should be kept in your car or wallet for easy access. It makes it fun to collect and use your coupons if they are kept in a brightly colored coupon portfolio that is easy to store in the car or, if you prefer, in a fastidiously maintained mini-filing-cabinet in your trunk.
If a coupon looks good to you, but you never have it when it matters, then it's worthless. It makes sense for you to give yourself a better chance of actually using the coupon by putting it where it is easily accessed. Actually following through on a coupon rather than letting it expire can be a highly rewarding experience and can help you save your hard-earned cash.
No. 3: Shop around for groceries
Be fickle about brands and do not become loyal to where you purchase them. It may sound harsh, but in these times it is better to comparatively shop than to just assume you are getting the best deal at one store or with one brand. Even so-called discount chains will often cut the price on one item and raise the price on several others. It is best to see grocery shopping as an ongoing activity that might have to happen in several places.
If the little store close to your office sells milk cheaper than anywhere else, try to get it there. If you can find discounted frozen dinners at another retailer, go there. You will see right away that you can save quite a lot using this method.
Also, do not assume that if a retailer has cheaper prices today that they will always be cheaper.
No. 2: Use Direct Deposit
Have money taken directly from your paycheck and put into your savings account, IRA or 401(k). Even if you cannot afford to put a lot of money in every pay period, the key is to at least begin the habit of doing so, no matter the amount.
If you are unsure of the amount to have deposited at first, just start with something small. If you find that you are not missing this money at all, you can always use your budget and your goals to come up with a more significant figure to have withdrawn.
The greatest thing about using direct deposit to savings is that once it is set up, you might not even miss this money. Also, it is smart to have money going into savings rather than checking, as the savings account typically offers a higher interest rate.
No. 1: Make a Budget
Nothing will make you feel more money-smart than if you successfully plan and execute your own budget. Calculating this can seem daunting at first, but if you take the data from your recent spending history -- say the last year or several months -- you will be able to see how much you need each month for all that you do and all that you want to plan for.
Once your budget is firmly created, it will be easy to say no to things you do not need.
Having a budget is also one way to make sure you get what you want. If your goal is to retire with a specific figure, adhering to a budget can make this a reality. If it's not in the budget, it's simply not in the budget and you don't need it. Savoring financial security can become your reality once you've taken control of your savings.


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The "Culture of Violence Summit," a half-day policy forum held May 28 at Princeton University, took a broad, nonpartisan look at gun violence in America as a public health imperative. Speakers drawn from politics, education, medicine and public policy called the problem of gun crimes multifaceted. Panelists examined the collaborative roles science, research and public education have in the gun debate.
The conference, hosted by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, drew a diverse audience including members of nonprofits, civic leaders, educators, health professionals, mental health counselors, peace activists, child advocates, law enforcement, as well as University and community members.
"In organizing today's discussion, we sought to reframe the gun policy issue as a public health issue rather than as an issue about individual rights," said Cecilia Rouse, dean of the Wilson School, in her opening remarks.
Rouse, who is also the Lawrence and Shirley Katzman and Lewis and Anna Ernst Professor in the Economics of Education, introduced Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman to the audience at Dodds Auditorium.
"Shirley is completely committed to Princeton's informal motto 'In the nation's service and in the service of all nations,' so it's not surprising that she's the inspiration behind today's conference," Rouse said.
"In the context of public health, an epidemic is what we face," said Tilghman, quoting from the New England Journal of Medicine, which published that the United States has "the most guns, the weakest gun laws, and by far the highest rates of gun homicide, gun suicide, and accidental gun death" among developed nations.
"All of us have seen the stories of shattered families and distraught communities that play out all too often in the news," Tilghman said. "If lives are to be saved and injuries reduced, we need to approach this issue not in terms of the Second Amendment — with its hotly contested meaning and appeal to abstract rights — but in terms of concrete national well-being, much as we have dealt with smoking in public settings, industrial emissions, or the use of seatbelts and child restraints in motor vehicles.
"At a fundamental level, we must accept that the problem of gun-related violence directly or indirectly affects us all, and that the campaign against it will not be won by banner headlines but by education, one mind at a time," she said.
Steven Altschuler, CEO of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), shed light on the impact of gun violence on children. "The tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School [in Newtown, Conn.] was the most violent act against children that I've seen in my career," he said. "Now is the time for action."
Altschuler explained how a model for reducing gun-related deaths could be taken from the automobile industry. "For example, [CHOP] experts in the fields of medicine, epidemiology, biomechanics, engineering and behavioral science worked together to improve the design and regulation of vehicular child restraints and airbags," he said. "Over the course of the last decade, their work has influenced policy across the nation, contributing to a dramatic decline in the number of children who were injured or killed in car crashes."
David Knowlton, president and CEO of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, said that the successful efforts in reducing car-related injuries and fatalities were a result of a public health call to action. Similar initiatives have already addressed such "value-based subjects" as sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS/HIV, alcoholism, drug abuse and smoking, he said.
"The ultimate solution will most likely be created from the contributions from all sides rather than the prevailing of one particular point of view," Knowlton said. "The public health model holds just such an orientation. It is my hope that we will go beyond discussion of personal rights and focus on collective safety, for I firmly believe that this is the only 'path to yes.'"
Former New Jersey Gov. James Florio focused his remarks on public education. "The Newtown massacre has mobilized people's opinion in ways we've never seen before … and lifted the level of awareness of the American people to a subject that many of us have been involved with over a long period of time: the epidemic of gun violence," he said. "Public education is an essential component of the effort of the epidemic of gun violence."
Florio recounted the strategy he took after passing "the toughest assault weapon ban in this country" early in his administration, only to see it repealed in 1992 by legislators voted in through the help of the gun lobby. He vetoed the bill that repealed the ban.
"That's when public education came into play," Florio said. "We mobilized everyone we could think of. Health care professionals came to us and said this is a health care problem. Educators testified about the trauma of children when they experienced gun violence. We mobilized the clergy, who said, 'This is not only a public policy issue, this is a moral issue.' We mobilized policemen, sheriffs, firemen — the people who most vividly experienced the problem of gun violence."
Florio described how his administration staged events, held op-ed meetings with newspapers and encouraged people to call their legislators. "When the final vote came, not a single senator voted to override my veto," he said. "Such is the power of public opinion. It was truly participatory democracy on steroids."
Research as the catalyst for change
One of the panels centered on how to use research to inform the gun violence debate. Moderator Heather Howard, director of the State Health Reform Assistance Network and a lecturer in public affairs at the Wilson School, posed the question: "Does research change the conversation?"
Jon Vernick, co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research and co-editor of "Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis," started his career conducting research to reduce auto-related fatalities. He said that since the early 1960s, the rate per mile traveled of motor vehicle crash deaths has declined by more than 75 percent, "an enormous public health success story."
He attributes that dramatic shift to an aggregate of driver education, lowering the legal blood alcohol limits for drivers, seat belt laws, making cars and roadways safer, even changes to social norms. Vernick said the key is "not just understanding the risk factors and the causes of gun violence, but to use research to evaluate what works and what doesn't work and to put that information into the hands of policymakers."
Vernick noted that while it has been extremely challenging to get funding for gun control research, there is some light at the end of the tunnel. He discussed two kinds of technology that could make guns safer and reduce gun deaths: the "smart gun," which can only be operated by its authorized user, using the same "off the shelf" fingerprint technology that can block others from using another person's computer or cell phone; and the loaded chamber indicator device, which shows if a gun is loaded. Research indicates this device could prevent 20 percent of all accidental gun deaths, Vernick said.
"It's not rocket science," he said. "The idea is you do this approach, you do that approach, and comprehensively you start to reduce the toll."
William Schwab, the founding chief of the division of traumatology and a professor of surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has spent his career conducting research in surgical techniques to save the lives of those with gunshot wounds. "We operate on one gun shot wound every day," he said. "It's an American problem. We are the laughingstock of the free world."
Charles Branas, a professor of epidemiology at Perelman, underscored the gravity of Schwab's remarks. "When you compare the United States to other high-income Western democracies, our rates of crime are pretty average, but what's enormously different is how often that crime results in death, and that is because our fatal crime is much more likely to involve a gun," he said.


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Chicken Crescent Roll Casserole
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(Printable Recipe)
2 (8 ounce) cans Reduced Fat Pillsbury Refrigerated Crescent Dinner Rolls
1 (10 3/4 ounce) can 98% fat free cream of chicken soup, undiluted
3/4 cup grated cheddar cheese or swiss cheese (or any cheese of choice)
1/2 cup milk
4 ounces cream cheese (very soft) * I used 1/3 less fat cream cheese*
2 tablespoons butter (very soft but not melted)
1/2-1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tsp minced onion flakes
2 large cooked chicken breasts, finely chopped (or use about 2 cups, can use cooked turkey)
1/2-3/4 cup finely grated cheddar cheese
1/2 tsp seasoning salt
1/2 tsp ground black pepper (or to taste)
2 Tbsp. milk
1-2 cup grated cheddar cheese (for topping)
Set oven to 350°F. Spray a 9x13 dish with cooking spray. Mix together milk, 3/4 cup cheese and undiluted chicken soup (can season with black pepper if desired).
For the filling --- (make certain that the cream cheese and butter are very soft) in a bowl, mix the soft cream cheese with butter until very smooth, then add in garlic powder. Add in the chopped chicken, onion and cheddar cheese; mix well until combined. Add in 2 tablespoons milk; mix to combine (add in a little more if the mixture seems too dry). Season with seasoned salt or white and black pepper to taste. Unroll the crescent rolls. Place 1 heaping tablespoon chicken mixture (or a little more) on top of each crescent triangle, then roll up starting at the thicker end. Drizzle a small amount of soup mixture on the bottom of the dish. Then place the crescent rolls seam-side down on top of the creamed mixture in the casserole.
Drizzle the remaining sauce on top (you don't have to use the full amount of cream sauce, just use as much as desired) and sprinkle with 1 cup (or more) grated cheese, or amount desired. Bake for about 30 minutes.


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Mac OS X
From Openmoko
Being primarily a Linux based project, the host platform of choice is Linux. However, it is entirely possible to work with Openmoko and Neo handsets using MacOS X, as you'll soon see.
There are actually two ways of working with Openmoko and MacOS X. One is simply to run a virtual machine in which case you would then follow the instructions for Linux.
On the other hand, if you wish to use MacOS X directly, please continue:
Flashing to your device
To operate the Phase 1 devices (Neo 1973), you need to flash a root file system first.
Graphical Flashing with Openmoko Flasher
Here are detailed Mac OS X instructions:
- download Version 1.5 or later of Openmoko Flasher from http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=Openmoko%20Flasher
- select the repository
- press the Refresh button (which loads the list of packages on the server)
- select and load the rootfs (takes some minutes for approx. 40 MByte)
- Now, on your Openmoko, hold the AUX button while pressing the Power button for 5 seconds
- the BOOT menu should appear
- connect the USB cable
- Press the Flash button
- the BOOT menu screen on the OM should show an indication that it has been switched to DFU mode
- (if it fails, unplug the Openmoko shortly and replug and try again (experience shows that it is needed up to three times)
- if it successfully flashed, you should be able to boot the Openmoko and continue configuring AJZaurusUSB
A Universal Binary version of dfu-utils tool (and libusb) is included in the Openmoko Flasher application bundle. You can access it as Openmoko Flasher.app/Contents/MacOS/dfu-util.
To flash from Terminal (which is sometimes required), see the directions below or in Flashing the Neo
To flash the kernel:
Openmoko\ Flasher.app/Contents/MacOS/dfu-util -d 0x1d50:0x5119 -a kernel -R -D uImage
To flash the root filesystem:
Openmoko\ Flasher.app/Contents/MacOS/dfu-util -d 0x1d50:0x5119 -a rootfs -R -D rootfs_filename.jffs2
To flash the boot loader to NAND
Openmoko\ Flasher.app/Contents/MacOS/dfu-util -d 0x1d50:0x5119 -a u-boot -R -D uboot.bin
To flash the kernel:
Openmoko\ Flasher.app/Contents/MacOS/dfu-util -d 0x1457:0x5119 -a kernel -R -D uImage
To flash the root filesystem:
Openmoko\ Flasher.app/Contents/MacOS/dfu-util -d 0x1457:0x5119 -a rootfs -R -D rootfs_filename.jffs2
To flash the boot loader to NAND
Openmoko\ Flasher.app/Contents/MacOS/dfu-util -d 0x1457:0x5119 -a u-boot -R -D uboot.bin
When flashing succeeds (in any of the above cases) the following should be shown:
status(0) = No error condition is present Done!
NOTE: If you get an error: Cannot set alternate interface: usb_set_altinterface: could not set alternate interface. You have to unplug and replug it again. Make sure it stays in the Boot menu during that! After you have replugged your openmoko you should see DFU: Switching to DFU Mode on the openmoko screen. Now you can execute the command again and this time it should work.
If somebody has a solution for this problem please contact me. - Anakron |
Beginners Guide to Flashing Interfaces to the Neo Freerunner
In this guide I will be going over the steps to flash an interface onto the Freerunner.
- Download the openmoko flasher from http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=Openmoko%20Flasher . With this you will be able to flash the desired software to your device.
- You must find the repository for the specific interface you are going to flash. The Qtopia repository is located at http://other.lastnetwork.net/OpenMoko/ . The OM2008.9 repository is located at http://downloads.openmoko.org/distro/releases/Om2008.9/ . And the Android repository is located at http://people.openmoko.org/sean_mcneil/ .
- Now open the openmoko flasher and enter the URL for the repository of the desired interface. Next to where you entered the URL, you must click the drop down menu and choose Root File System. At the bottom of the flasher program click refresh. The Root File system file show appear. Once it appears, click Load and it will be loaded into the openmoko flasher.
- Now, with your Freerunner unplugged hold the AUX button while holding the power button (for about 5 seconds) until the BOOT menu appears. Now connect the Freerunner to your computer and click Flash. You may have to disconnect and reconnect the phone a few times until to goes into DFU mode. Once it is in DFU mode, flashing will work.
- Once the flashing is successful, the Freerunner will shut down. Now press the power button while holding the AUX button for 7-10 seconds until the NAND BOOT menu appears. From here, select Boot and you phone should boot to the new interface. (The AUX/Power button combination puts the phone into the NOR BOOT menu, which must be used for flashing. The Power/AUX button combination puts the phone into the NAND BOOT menu, which is usually used for booting after a flash. After the phone is booted once from the NAND menu, it can be booted normally in the future.)
Most of the time, only the rootfs has to be flashed in order for the interface to work, but sometimes the kernel has to be flashed along with the rootfs. In this case, before you flash the rootfs you should select kernel in the drop down menu on the openmoko flasher and follow the same directions.
Compiling dfu-util
Alternatively, you can compile dfu-util manually as described at User:SNMoore but you need libusb (e.g. through MacPorts).
Connecting a Mac and an Openmoko device
USB Serial
It is possible to access the U-Boot bootloader serial console from a Mac. You can use the Terminal application on Mac OS X, or minicom from Fink or MacPorts (formerly Darwin Ports.)
The USB driver creates cu and tty character devices, for example
$ ls -la /dev/tty.usb* crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 10, 18 Aug 23 14:10 /dev/tty.usbmodem00000001 $ ls -la /dev/cu.usb* crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 10, 19 Aug 23 14:10 /dev/cu.usbmodem00000001
USB Serial with screen
- Main article: GNU screen
The GNU screen
program is included with Mac OS X, and can be used from the terminal command line to connect to the serial console. To do this, simply get to a shell prompt in the terminal and invoke screen
as follows:
% screen /dev/tty.usbmodem0000001
You should find yourself at the U-boot serial console prompt. To get out, type control+a
followed by control+backslash
USB Serial with minicom
- Possible Mac OS X .pkg download: Dr. Jeffrey T. Frey: Minicom download and info; at the bottom
- PL2303 USB serial driver (untested): PL2303 USB to Serial Driver for Mac OS X
The minicom program from the MacPorts collection can be used to access the USB serial port /dev/cu.usbmodem0000001 (numbering may vary.)
First install the program (assuming you already have MacPorts installed):
sudo port install minicom
Then launch it in configuration mode (the -s flag):
sudo minicom -s
Under "Serial Port Setup", set the Device to "/dev/cu.usbmodem0000001" and set Bps to "115200 8N1". Under "Modem and Dialing", enter empty strings for "Init string", "Reset string", and "Hang-up string". Save the setup as default ("dfl") then Exit.
You should now be able to access the U-Boot console. You should exit from Minicom before disconnecting the smartphone, or else you will get an error about unplugging a USB device while it is in use.
USB Serial with Terminal
The built in Mac Terminal application Terminal.app can be used to access the USB serial port /dev/tty.usbmodem0000001 (numbering may vary.)
An easy way to do this is to configure the terminal with Script Editor, as described in the short article, Use '(GNU) screen' as a serial terminal emulator(macosxhints.com). Then,
- Press and hold AUX Button and then press and hold POWER for 5 seconds
- Press AUX Button to select Set console to USB in the U-Boot menu, and POWER to execute it
- Start the serial terminal application. You should see a U-Boot command line prompt, such as
In: usbtty Out: usbtty Err: usbtty DEVICE_CONFIGURED: 1 Enabling automatic fast charge GTA01Bv4 #
When you boot Linux on the smartphone, or if the smartphone powers down, Mac OS X will show a USB Device Unplug Notice, "The USB device has been unplugged while an application was still active. This can result in loss of data." This error is probably harmless.
USB Networking
There are several drivers you can use to talk to the RNDIS/Ethernet Gadget that the Linux kernel presents when connected as a USB client.
AJZaurusUSB driver
You can use the open source driver from [1]. It was originally developed for handheld devices like iPAQ, Sharp Zaurus and Motorola A760, but works for Openmoko as well. Download and install according to the manual found inside the package. The code is GPL'd (source available) and runs on both Intel and PPC Macs with 10.4 to 10.6.
After rebooting or loading the kernel extension by hand, you should have a new Ethernet interface in your System Preferences/Network.
Note: This driver does not have the same problem as the Apple driver does, where it constantly adds to the list of interfaces each time you reboot the Openmoko, because the driver provides a constant Ethernet address independently what the Openmoko says. Only flashing a new kernel version might force you to update.
Apple CDC Ethernet driver 10.4.10
MacOS X 10.4.10 and later includes a driver for RNDIS/Ethernet Gadget devices. Launch System Preferences -> Network and you should see "new interface detected enXX".
Issue: Each time you reboot the Neo, the interface will get a different Ethernet address. This in turn makes Mac OS X create a new configuration record. After a while you'll end up with a load of unusable enXX devices - if you don't periodically clean them out. Open System Preferences and go to Network -> Show(Network Port Configurations) -> Select an enXX -> Delete.
Note: this is not a problem to blame Mac OS X for, because it tries to simplify network configuration based on the assumption of stable Ethernet addresses.
Apple CDC Ethernet driver 10.5.x
Issue:10.5 (Leopard) doesn't show a new ethernet interface for a Neo1973 running 2007.11. You'll only get the serial port, which is detected as a modem. The Ethernet device will show up in ifconfig though. If it doesn't, try the other driver below.
It turns out that the AppleUSBCDC driver prefers to use the CDC-ACM interface of USB networking devices instead of CDC-ECM with the exception of a broadcom network card. You can download a patched AppleUSBCDC driver that will recognize the usb id/vendor pair of g_ether and force it to use CDC-ECM. You can obtain the OS X 10.5.X patched driver from: http://bugcommunity.com/downloads/usbcdc-g_ether.zip. [Do not work? Openmoko 2009 16-june-2009 showed up as a modem (MacOS X.5.7) with this driver (ndis/ethernet) Glenn 10:54, 16 June 2009 (UTC)] Source code: http://bugcommunity.com/downloads/files/AppleUSBCDCDriver-g_ether.326.4.1.zip
The issue of multiple network interfaces showing up whenever the Neo is rebooted/power-cycled is due to the g_ether driver randomly setting the host and device mac addresses. This problem is remedied by passing the same host and device mac addresses during the modprobe of g_ether. [Not needed with MacOS X.5.7 and Openmoko 2009 16-june-2009. Simply reboot the Mac (again) and Openmoko appear again without changing network settings --Glenn 08:30, 17 June 2009 (UTC)]
For example:
modprobe g_ether host_addr=46:0d:9e:67:69:eb dev_addr=46:0d:9e:67:69:ec
Network Settings
Open System Preferences and go to Network and you should see "new interface detected enXX". In the Show list box select the new interface - Ethernet Adapter enXX.
Use this configuration on the new interface with SHR-CORE images after 110822:
IP-V4: manual IP-Addr: 192.168.7.2 (you can use anything in 192.168.7.* but OM is configured by default to use 192.168.7.2 as the external gateway) Subnet: 255.255.255.0 (should be the default - see tip below if have issue with these settings) Router: 192.168.7.1 (not actually needed, OS X can figure this out for itself, unless you have other conflicting configurations)
Use this configuration on the new interface with SHR images before 110822:
IP-V4: manual IP-Addr: 192.168.0.200 (you can use anything in 192.168.0.* but OM is configured by default to use 192.168.0.200 as the external gateway) Subnet: 255.255.255.0 (should be the default - see tip below if have issue with these settings) Router: 192.168.0.202 (not actually needed, OS X can figure this out for itself, unless you have other conflicting configurations)
Tip: If your Internet connection is also in the range 192.168.0.x then instead you might want/need to use:
Subnet: 255.255.255.248
However if you are running Leopard it may not let you set the subnet claiming that the IP 192.168.0.200 is an invalid address for that subnet. To get round this run the following from the OSX terminal (replacing en11 as appropriate):
sudo ifconfig en11 192.168.0.200 netmask 255.255.255.248
Testing Your Connection
You should be able to connect to your Openmoko! Try using Terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal) to ping the Neo at 192.168.0.202 and the roundtrip time should be between 1 and 2 ms.
ping 192.168.7.2 # SHR-CORE images after 110822 ping 192.168.0.202 # SHR images before 110822
Then log into your Openmoko using ssh:
ssh email@example.com # SHR-CORE images after 110822 ssh firstname.lastname@example.com # SHR images before 110822
The default password is blank (depending on the distribution you have on the Openmoko).
You can also scp files back and forth or share displays with X11. Additional software and configuration could allow telnet, SMB, or many other possibilities using the TCP/IP network over your USB connection.
Try pinging your Mac PC from the Openmoko
ping 192.168.7.1 # SHR-CORE images after 110822 ping 192.168.0.200 # SHR images before 110822
Try pinging the outside world (a Google IP address)
ping 188.8.131.52
If that works then your Mac is routing the neo globally--if not see Sharing Internet Connection with Mac.
Lastly, verify that DNS is correctly configured between the Openmoko & Network:
ping www.google.com
If that doesn't work then see Configuring Default Neo DNS to try and resolve the issue.
Congratulations!!! The Neo is networked together with the Mac and sharing the Mac's interweb connection.
Bluetooth Networking
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This approach is based on:
Unfortunately we can't use the pand (PAN daemon for BNEP) or dund (Dial Up Networking daemon for LAP) since neither service is available for the Mac.
So, we configure a RFCOMM connection and a PPP gateway on the Mac. Finally, we connect the OM as a ppp client to the Mac.
The reversed direction (OM as the Access Point and the Mac as the client) is described shortly in Manually_using_Bluetooth#PPP_Networking
Making the Mac a PPP over Bluetooth Access Point
In the Bluetooth System Preferences (10.4.11)
- go to the Sharing pane
- add a new service "BluetoothAccessPoint" of type RS-232
- Enable that it is shown in the network preferences pane
- Apply
In the Network System Preferences
- activate the new network configuration (BluetoothAccessPoint)
- go tot the Modem tab and change the modem to "Null Modem 115200"
- Apply
In a Terminal, enter the following:
$ sudo /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/tty.BluetoothAccessPoint 115200 noauth local passive proxyarp asyncmap 0 silent persist :172.16.140.14
Here you see the 172.16.140.14 address, which makes it possible not to use natd, since it's in the same network as the Mac is. So the firewall knows where to sent it to -- no routing problems etc. Pick any free address in your private range. For instance, if you are using the following ... firewall: 192.168.1.1, Mac: 192.168.1.2, you can enter 192.168.1.3, assuming it's not used elsewhere on your network.
If you want to be sure you did it right, open the system.log file on the Mac (tail -f /var/log/system.log), and you should see something like this:
Jun 25 10:33:57 hostname pppd[679]: pppd 2.4.2 (Apple version 229) started by username, uid 0 Jun 25 10:33:57 hostname pppd[679]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/tty.BluetoothAccessPoint
In Terminal, write
sudo sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
which should give the following feedback:
net.inet.ip.forwarding: 0 -> 1
In Terminal, write
sudo ifconfig ppp0 up.
Connecting the Openmoko as a Client to the Mac
On the Openmoko do the following
- Power on bluetooth
root@fic-gta01:~$ echo "1" > /sys/bus/platform/devices/gta01-pm-bt.0/power_on
- Scan for the Mac
root@fic-gta01:~$ hcitool scan Scanning ... 00:0E:6D:C0:0l:6A Sho 00:20:E0:5A:FE:C8 MacBook
- start the PPP client
pppd 115000 192.168.1.202:192.168.1.200 local defaultroute pty 'rfcomm connect 0 00:16:CB:2F:A0:46 1'
- Enjoy
WiFi Networking
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To Be Done.
Neo1973 as a Bluetooth GPRS modem
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To Be Done.
Enabling the Mac as an Internet Router
Here is described how to enable your Mac to serve as a Internet Router for your Openmoko device.
Note: you have to open all services you want to use from the Openmoko in the Mac Firewall.
USB connection
In the Sharing System Preferences
- click the Internet tab
- Check all the ethernet (en) interfaces you want to enable Internet access for (i.e. the USB connection)
SSH into your Neo and create /etc/resolv.conf, specify your Internet router IP address as the name server. You can simply copy the /etc/resolv.conf from your Mac.
scp /etc/resolv.conf email@example.com:/etc/resolv.conf
Example: nameserver 192.168.1.200 # replace by your real nameserver address
Make sure your Neo routing table has entries so that all internet traffic is sent to your Mac (which will forward it to the outside world)
root@fic-gta01:~$ route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 usb0 default 192.168.0.200 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 usb0
Don't forget to enable your USB interface for Internet Sharing!
Bluetooth connection
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Accessing data and services on your device
After making the USB connection work, start ssh:
ssh -l root 192.168.0.202
If you don't have installed the key, it will ask for a "yes" on the first connection. The root password is blank unless you change it.
MacBook-hns:~ hns$ ssh -l root 192.168.0.202 firstname.lastname@example.com's password: root@fic-gta01:~$ hostname fic-gta01 root@fic-gta01:~$
NOTE: the ssh daemon (dropbear 0.49) on the Openmoko appears to have a bug when sending the exit status back to the client. From time to time you receive an exit status of 255.
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To Be Done.
Launch Apple X11.
xhost +192.168.0.202.
On the Neo:
export DISPLAY=192.168.0.200:0.0
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This is not done yet. Possible solutions are SyncML or ZMacSync http://www.dsitri.de/wiki.php?page=ZMacSync
ZMacSync does not yet synchronize but allows more easy access to the Openmoko through Terminal/ssh.
Developing Openmoko software on a Mac
Using virtualization software and MokoMakefile/OpenEmbedded
You can use VirtualBox, Parallels or VMWare to install your favourite Linux distribution and then develop just as on Linux.
There are some drawback since AFAIK dfu-util may not work correctly in such environments.
Don't bother with Parallels Desktop for Mac (<=3), the current USB support is terrible and USB storage keys don't even work so there was no way I would try dfu-util. USB keys work under VMWare Fusion for Mac though I have yet to try dfu-util in an VM under VMWare Fusion as there is Openmoko Flasher for Mac. -- Eric
VMware Fusion
There is currently no vmplayer for OS X. But the Qtopia image (see Developing_with_C++_and_Qt#Use_pre-built_SDK) will work with VMware fusion. The script will search for vmplayer and complain. Just answer YES when asked if you have the vmplayer installed (I know, it's a lie, but...), and the script will run through. Afterwards open the directory where the files were installed and click on Qtopia.vmx.
In VMware Fusion USB Networking is working properly, just plug in the device and connect it to your virtual machine.
Unfortunately dfu-util is currently not working. In fact if you get dfu-util working via unplug/replug method on Mac OS X it works inside VMware too.
dfu-util is not working, has some problems with getting exclusive access to the USB device.
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There are some efforts to get through process of compiling OE and Openmoko under mac: Openmoko_under_QEMU_on_MacOSX
GNUstep/mySTEP SDK
There is a QuantumSTEP/mySTEP project to port GNUstep to the Openmoko/Neo: More Info An SDK for Xcode/Interface Builder is also available: Entry at Version Tracker More Info
Tools for Developers
Some tools that run on MacOS X
mkfs.jffs2 - make JFFS2 (root) file system (Universal Binary). Package includes sources and Xcode 2.4 project file to rebuild on MacOS X 10.4.11. NOT TESTED DEEPLY.
mkfs.jffs2 --pad=0x700000 -o rootfs.jffs2 -e 0x4000 -n -d/tmp/jffsroot/
Crosscompiler Toolchain
gcc 2.95.3 - OABI cross compiler toolchain (C, C++, Obj-C) with Linux headers (PPC and Intel Macs)
If someone has a newer one that works, please provide as an installable OSX Package.
Will the ones from MacPorts work? [2] I'm still trying to get QEMU to work and haven't had a chance to test it yet.
Other Resources
Search Software Repositories
Keyword Openmoko at VersionTracker
Discussion Fora
Mac Issues Forum at Open Embedded Software Foundation (was Zaurus User Group)
Mac How for discussion questions about Mac


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After weeks of speculation about a four-story structure built on a barge in New London harbor, Coast Guard documents obtained Thursday show that Google is indeed involved.
When Turner Construction first leased space from Logistec USA at the Admiral Harold E. Shear State Pier in New London in May to build the structure on the barge, Coast Guard officials met with project managers from Google, Turner and Cianbro Corp. to discuss the project and expectations, according to documents obtained by The Day Thursday through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Construction on a structure made of container units continued through July. Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound took part in a conference call on July 1 with a naval architect, a marine transportation company and Michael Tierney, of Google Glass, to review the plans.
The purpose of the vessel is not described in the documents, but they reveal a plan to operate the vessel in various ports, the first being New York Harbor.
News reports over the past several weeks have included speculation that the structure, since towed to Maine, and a matching barge in San Francisco Bay, could be floating data centers owned by Google or could be retail stores for Google Glass, the Internet-connected eyewear.
This week, however, work on both barges reportedly has stopped. Google has not commented on the matter.
The Day reported Sept. 28 that no one involved with the construction in New London would say or even knew the mysterious structure's purpose. The building attracted attention all summer.
The modular containers were built in San Francisco and shipped to New London to be installed, and Coast Guard inspectors on both coasts coordinated with each other during the construction in New London, the documents show. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco was responsible for overseeing the units. Sector Long Island Sound and Sector San Francisco discussed issues that arose during the work.
The barge in San Francisco Bay is "BAL0010." The barge that was in New London is BAL0011, the sister to BAL0010, according to the Coast Guard. Both are owned by By and Large LLC, in Wilmington, Del.
Sector Long Island Sound inspected the systems on board the 249-foot passenger barge in New London, which was built in 2011, and found them all to be satisfactory.
The modular units were installed in New London beginning in June, but on July 18 the Coast Guard was informed that the project had been suspended and the vessel would be boarded up. The Coast Guard was asked about moving the barge to New York or some other port.
A tugboat from Portland Tugboat LLC led the barge down the Thames River Oct. 9, en route to Maine. In Portland, Cianbro plans to install undisclosed technological equipment inside the building.
Coast Guard officials have said they could not discuss the matter in detail because of issues of commercial confidentiality.
The Coast Guard's 11th District in California released a public statement Thursday, saying that during the course of vessel inspections, Coast Guard personnel often are privy to sensitive proprietary information.
"Regardless of the company or entity involved, the Coast Guard has an obligation to protect sensitive proprietary information, as a company's competitive posture and business interests depend on it," the statement said. "Regarding the barge BAL0010 moored at Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, Coast Guard personnel have been onboard to conduct routine inspections and ensure compliance with applicable, safety, security, and environmental protection regulations."
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Get ready for the feeding frenzy. NFL free agency is coming.
On Tuesday, with all 32 teams under the $123 million salary cap, the checkbooks open up. Some clubs, most notably Green Bay and Pittsburgh, barely will participate, while likely letting top receivers Greg Jennings and Mike Wallace leave for huge paydays elsewhere.
That's just their style, and building from within surely has paid off: each team has won a Super Bowl in the last five seasons.
Others will eagerly be at players' and agents' doorsteps (figuratively and possibly literally) ready to hand out millions of dollars in salaries and bonuses.
It's not a process former team executive Bill Polian particularly likes.
"You have very, very tough decisions to make. I've often said you can't be right in free agency," Polian says. "No general manager can be right in free agency. This system is designed to have you make mistakes (because) the union wants players to get paid, and people are going to make mistakes here.
"So ... at least from my perspective, you try to eliminate as many mistakes as possible by taking as few risks as possible. Some people may see it differently. And that's what makes the world go round."
Already, the biggest potential prize has gone off the marketplace. League champion Baltimore held on to quarterback Joe Flacco with the richest per-season deal in NFL history: $120.6 million over six years, with $52 million guaranteed. Flacco gambled by playing out his rookie contract, and after a Super Bowl MVP performance to cap a sensational postseason, he won.
And perhaps he set a trend.
"A lot of guys are going to look at what Joe Flacco did and say, 'I'm going to do the same thing,' " says former NFL personnel director Pat Kirwan. "And most of those guys will get burned."
That won't happen until next year, of course, and this year's grab bag has its own attractions — albeit no franchise quarterbacks available. Indeed, maybe no starting QBs, unless someone has a lot of faith in Rex Grossman, Jason Campbell or one of the McCown brothers.
While Flacco-type contracts won't be flung around, 20 or so players could wring impressive salaries out of the bidding wars. Pass rushers Paul Kruger of the Ravens, Cliff Avril of the Lions, Israel Idonije of the Bears and Osi Umenyiora of the Giants figure to be high on general managers' lists.
Defensive back, particularly safety, has some intriguing possibilities: 2009 Defensive Player of the Year Charles Woodson, cut last month by the Packers; 2004 award winner Ed Reed of the Ravens; and Tampa Bay's Ronde Barber. All of them are beyond the peak years — Barber turns 38 next month and could retire — making San Francisco All-Pro Dashon Goldson the most enticing prospect in the secondary.
The guys they have to cover are well represented in the free agency pool: New England's Wes Welker, Tampa Bay tight end Dallas Clark, Jennings and Wallace.
For teams looking for a breakaway threat at running back who also catches passes, Miami's Reggie Bush is available. If they seek more bulk and power to go with some elusiveness, Steven Jackson has an option in his contract that could free him from the Rams.
Several perennial Pro Bowl players are about to be free: Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher, Dolphins left tackle Jake Long, Raiders punter Shane Lechler and Browns kick returner Joshua Cribbs.
One difference in free agency now is how much each team is required to spend in cash for players. Over the next four-year period, every club must spend an average of 89 percent of the salary cap. So yes, those normally frugal teams such as Cincinnati and Jacksonville could take the cheap route for a couple of years and still get to that minimum.
Several teams have as much as $40 million to spend, with a portion going to their selections in April's draft. Still, the Browns, Bengals, Colts, Dolphins, Buccaneers and Eagles are in fine shape should they decide to go on a spending spree.
Or they can look for bargains, an approach that has worked often for the Patriots, Giants and 49ers, all of whom have Super Bowl appearances in their recent past.
Among those attractive free agents who won't max out a team's cap could be Vikings Pro Bowl fullback Jerome Felton; Jets tight end Dustin Keller; Steelers cornerback Keenan Lewis; 49ers DT Isaac Sopoaga; Chargers LB Shaun Phillips; Titans LB Will Witherspoon; and a group of guards: Buffalo's Andy Levitre, who also has played tackle and center, New England's Sebastian Vollmer, and the Jets' Brandon Moore.
Polian, who built the Bills, Panthers and Colts into Super Bowl teams and now works as an analyst for ESPN and SiriusXM, explains how teams approach the secondary market.
"If we can't afford player A, let's see how much different is player B, and how much different is player C," Polian says. "In the end of the market and in the after-market, again, you're looking to fill needs almost always with reasonably priced players who are not at the same talent level or production level as the top guys."
So while there always is a furious splurge by teams in the opening days of free agency, some of the best moves might come weeks later, perhaps after the draft in late April.
"Lots of teams have benefited from waiting," Kirwan says, "as difficult as it might be to be patient."


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