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LAS VEGAS, January 2 – Lightweight up and comer Cole Miller came out on a mission Saturday night to rebound from his loss to Efrain Escudero last September and he succeeded in style, rising from an early knockdown to submit fellow prospect Dan Lauzon in the first round of their UFC 108 preliminary bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
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Cole Miller vs. Dan Lauzon
"I don't promise to win every fight, I promise to fight every fight," said Miller, who improved to 16-4.
Miller's striking was sharp early, but it was the 21-year old Lauzon (12-3) who landed the first significant blow of the night as he dropped Miller to the mat with a left to the jaw. Miller cleared his head, got back to his feet, and went back on the offensive, but it was clear that the heavier hands belonged to the Massachusetts native. With under three minutes left, the bout went to the mat, and Miller started to work his ground magic, eventually locking Lauzon's arm up and forcing him to tap out to a kimura from a reverse triangle at 3:05 of the first round.
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"He caught me with too many punches, but I'm happy I got the win," said Kampmann, now 16-3; Volkmann falls to 9-2.
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Jensen came out fast and looked to be on the verge of upsetting the favorite when he was able to weather the storm after Munoz' first takedown. But the second time Munoz and Jensen went to the mat, "The Filipino Wrecking Machine" proved to be just that as he ripped off a barrage of unanswered blows that forced Jensen to tap out due to strikes at 2:30 of the first round.
"I have a good ground and pound," said Munoz. "I wanted to get the submission victory today, but I'll take it."
The win ups Munoz' record to 7-1; Jensen falls to 15-5.
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Ellenberger went on the attack immediately, using his strikes to set up a takedown. What followed was an interesting stalemate as Ellenberger used his ground and pound attack while Pyle looked for submissions while mixing in strikes from the bottom. After the two stood up and re-started the action on the feet, Ellenberger got another quick takedown. This time Pyle worked on his opponent's arm, but it was Ellenberger who got last licks in as he pounded away on a hurt Pyle until the bell intervened.
It was Pyle looking for the takedown early in the second round, but Ellenberger fought it off and instead landed with a flush right hand that dropped Pyle against the fence. A follow-up flurry ended the bout moments later, with referee Yves Lavigne halting the bout 22 seconds into the round.
With the win, Ellenberger ups his record to 22-5; Pyle falls to 18-7-1.
Rafaello Oliveria vs. John Gunderson
The lightweight opener saw Rafaello Oliveira pound out a methodical three round unanimous decision win over Octagon newcomer John Gunderson.
Scores were 30-27 across the board for Oliveira.
"I didn't have a Christmas, I didn't have a New Year's," said Oliveira. "This is my Christmas and New Year's."
Gunderson showed off his jiu-jitsu with two brief submission attempts in the first two minutes, but when he came up empty, Oliveira took control on the mat, pounding away from the mount position until he was able to get Gunderson's back. The Las Vegan was able to get free briefly, but Oliveira kept after him, wrapping up a dominant opening frame.
Oliveira had another good round in the second, but was unable to finish off his gutsy foe, and after an impassioned speech from trainer Shawn Tompkins between the second and third, Gunderson came out looking to turn things around in the final stanza. Oliveira was too dominant on the mat though, and he was able to control matters for the final five minutes just like he had the previous ten.
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When Alex was in dental hygiene school, she suddenly developed allergy symptoms—sneezing, runny nose, itchy eyes, and hives on her hands. She couldn't think of any new exposures that would cause her symptoms, except for the school environment. After visiting her doctor, she was surprised to learn that the latex gloves she had been wearing in school were causing her symptoms. Alex was diagnosed with a latex allergy.
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Natural rubber latex is manufactured from a milky fluid found in the common rubber tree (also called the Para rubber tree or sharinga tree). Many products we use at home, work, and school contain latex, including:
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According to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, latex allergy occurs when the body's immune system reacts to proteins found in the natural rubber latex. People with latex allergy are most apt to react to products made of thin, stretchy latex, such as that found in disposable gloves, condoms, and balloons, which are high in these proteins. Products made of hard rubber, such as tires, don't seem to cause as many allergic reactions. Items made using synthetic latex, such as latex paint, do not trigger allergy.
Powdered latex gloves may worsen allergic reactions because the proteins in latex fasten to the powder. When powdered gloves are removed, latex protein/powder particles get into the air, where they can be inhaled and come into contact with body membranes.
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3 types of reactions can occur in people using latex products: irritant contact dermatitis, allergic contact dermatitis, and latex allergy.
- Irritant contact dermatitis —The development of dry, itchy, irritated areas on the skin, usually the hands. The irritation is caused by using gloves, and possibly by contact with other products and chemicals. Irritant contact dermatitis is not a true allergy to latex. It comes on gradually over the course of several days.
- Allergic contact dermatitis (also known as delayed hypersensitivity or chemical sensitivity dermatitis)—A rash similar to poison ivy, which results from exposure to chemicals added to latex during harvesting, processing, or manufacturing. The rash usually begins 12-48 hours after contact.
- Latex allergy (also known as immediate hypersensitivity)—A more serious reaction to latex than irritant contact dermatitis or allergic contact dermatitis.
An allergic reaction to latex may cause:
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Some symptoms may lead to a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction called anaphylaxis. Although rare, a life-threatening reaction can be the first sign of latex allergy.
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- Workers who occasionally use latex gloves, such as law enforcement personnel, ambulance attendants, firefighters, or housekeepers
- People with spina bifida, probably because of multiple surgeries and other procedures
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There is no cure for latex allergy. However, if you have a reaction to latex, your symptoms may be treated with antihistamines, steroids, epinephrine shots, IV fluids, respiratory support, or other measures, depending on the severity of the reaction.
The following tips can help reduce your risk of an allergic reaction to latex if you are allergic to latex:
- Avoid direct contact with latex. Try to find out which products in your environment contain latex and look for substitutes.
- If you need to wear gloves, use non-latex gloves.
- If you must use latex gloves to avoid contamination, use powder-free gloves with reduced protein content.
- Avoid areas where you might inhale powder from latex gloves.
- If you are a healthcare worker or patient, everyone around you should wear non-latex gloves.
- Be sure to tell your employer and all your healthcare providers that you have a latex allergy.
- Always wear a medical alert bracelet. Talk to your doctor about getting an epinephrine self-injection pen, for use in case of a serious reaction.
- Be cautious or avoid eating foods with known cross-reactivity in people with latex allergy, such as kiwi, avocado, bananas, and chestnuts.
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology http://www.aaaai.org
American Latex Allergy Association http://latexallergyresources.org
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety http://www.ccohs.ca
Health Canada http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca
Common latex products. American Latex Allergy Association website. Available at: http://latexallergyresources.org/common-latex-products. Accessed May 9, 2016.
Contact dermatitis. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated July 22, 2015. Accessed May 9, 2016.
Latex allergy. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health website. Available at: http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/latexallergy/index.html. Accessed May 9, 2016.
Latex allergy: tips to remember. American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology website. Available at: http://www.aaaai.org/conditions-and-treatments/Library/At-a-Glance/Latex-Allergy.aspx. Accessed May 9, 2016.
Pollart SM, Warniment C, et al. Latex allergy. Am Fam Physician. 2009;80(12):1413-1418. Available at: http://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/1215/p1413.html. Accessed May 9, 2016.


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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Insulting Inscriptions 101
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
1) Don't misspell it.
There's nothing like borrowing song lyrics for a backhanded compliment, but misspell the thing (and omit all the necessary apostrophes) and you come across more crude than clever.
2) Be specific.
Ok, so Charity smells - but what does she smell like? Hmm? Could be roses, or cotton candy. (Mmm, cotton candy...) This is the time to release your inner muse: tell us what putrescent stench Charity is emitting, and really explore your literary space, ok?
3) Keep it simple.
While you're exploring that space, though, don't get so carried away that no one can tell what you're trying to say. Instead of an oddly phrased "Youth Forgot", why not go with something more straightforward? You know, like this:
See, the lack of exclamation marks or capital letters here really brings home juuust the right amount of indifference. Even the off-centered leaning seems to say, "Hey, I got you a cake, alright? Don't go pushing your geezer luck by expecting quality."
And lastly,
4) A little name-calling can go a long way.
Again, creativity is king here. Just watch your penmanship; that "Fink" could almost be mistaken for "Tink".
Thanks to this next one I think I've found my new favorite pet name for John:
Kathryn R., Laura I., Sonya L., Mercedes R., Beth, & Kelli A., obviously your fathers smelled of elderberries.
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- thisisbeth said...
I worked with a guy with the last name of "Fink", so that cake might not be quite as insulting. Still, you know his friends still giggle in their heads whenever they call him Fink.
- June 2, 2009 at 9:35 AM
I really think "Chucknuts" legs are sexy. :)
- June 2, 2009 at 9:38 AM
chucknuts! Excellent!
- June 2, 2009 at 9:38 AM
- Haiku Joy said...
Your birthday? A chance
To ice how we REALLY feel.
Your mama? Hamster. - June 2, 2009 at 9:40 AM
- Yakira said...
Oh my. xDDDDD
Your commentary, as always, kills me. xD - June 2, 2009 at 9:41 AM
Indifference, indeed! They couldn't even be bothered to capitalize old Joe's name. And where are the sperm balloons?
- June 2, 2009 at 9:44 AM
To Jen and ChuckNuts:
Perhaps Charity smells of elderberries, or because she ,"Fetchez la vache!"
Cow fetching is smelly work.
WV: suctedp: She got invited to the boss's party because she suctedp to her. - June 2, 2009 at 9:52 AM
- Cake Believe said...
I love the new nickname! Might have to follow suit on that. Thanks for so many daily laughs Jen!
- June 2, 2009 at 9:54 AM
- Dorci said...
I think some of these people need to get together, huddle up and swap apostraphes.
- June 2, 2009 at 9:55 AM
- Unknown said...
http://uberfoodnoob.blogspot.com/ - June 2, 2009 at 9:55 AM
- Viewtiful_Justin said...
Chucknuts? Chucknuts?! That's brilliant. Wow. It might surpass "asshat" in my book.
Fantastic entry, yet again. - June 2, 2009 at 9:57 AM
- Bri said...
The gold digger one gave me a massive headache for some reason. Must be all the gold digging paraphenalia.
I really like the Chucknuts one though.
Brianna M. - June 2, 2009 at 9:59 AM
- Meg Spencer said...
That last cake is pretty awesome. The others are just lame, but that one definitely made me laugh. I'd get it for my dad just for the WTF factor.
- June 2, 2009 at 10:02 AM
CHUCKNUTS!!!!! *Giggling* That is priceless. - June 2, 2009 at 10:04 AM
- Half Assed Kitchen said...
So many good insults out there...now, if I could only remember them when I need them.
Angie (from over at www.HalfAssedKitchen.com) - June 2, 2009 at 10:09 AM
- :::b r a n d i::: said...
I personally like the few pieces of round sprinkles that are trying to escape the side on Joe's cake.
- June 2, 2009 at 10:13 AM
lmao, "chucknuts", wtf?
Oh, I needed that this morning. Thank you. - June 2, 2009 at 10:22 AM
- Dawnspring said...
That last cake is totally not a wreck! It's awesome!!
I'm also with everyone else in thinking Chucknuts is the best nickname/insult ever. :D - June 2, 2009 at 10:37 AM
I love how Chucknuts is so old he requires a cane AND a wheel chair. Priceless!
- June 2, 2009 at 10:41 AM
- Bilby P. Dalgyte said...
HAHAHA! XD Joe is old :P These are hilarious cakes.
Oh! oh... no I don't think my birthday cake(s) really count as wrecks as they were quite ordinary looking....
...until we lit 710 candles that we had placed on them. I wonder if I have any pictures of that. Yeah 710 candles on 5 cakes. Long story involving an injoke that involves an error in the tax departments records but yeah...
Charity smells of latex. Oh yeah :P - June 2, 2009 at 10:45 AM
- My Feet Hurt said...
That wheelchair cake for Chucknuts is really well done. The artwork is perfection all the way down to the guy's beefy calf muscles, which have remained quite well-defined for a dude confined to a wheelchair.
- June 2, 2009 at 10:52 AM
I'd love to know how many recipients cried when they received their cake.
- June 2, 2009 at 11:05 AM
- Unknown said...
Oddly enough, my friend Eric's last name is Fink, and he just had a birthday. Maybe that cake was intedend for him but he rejected it. Can't say I blame him. : )
And I'm so calling my boyfriend Chucknuts from now on. It's a new term of endearment. - June 2, 2009 at 11:19 AM
- Marmaduke said...
Is it too late to put "chucknuts" on the book jacket?
- June 2, 2009 at 11:23 AM
- LaurenH said...
Funny because I didn't even think of Charity being a name at first. I thought someone was all against 'saving the children' or donating to Salvation Army or something: Charity smells!
- June 2, 2009 at 11:27 AM
- jackie31337 said...
Perhaps the "Fink" cake is actually a poorly-penned cake for someone (nick)named "Tink"?
Also, perhaps Charity smells is meant to convey that Charity goes around sniffing things. Depending what she and her friends (and the wreckerator) have been sniffing, that would explain a thing or two. - June 2, 2009 at 11:28 AM
- Kim said...
can we talk about what's going on amidst the border of "charity smells? broken cookies? asphalt?
- June 2, 2009 at 11:29 AM
Fink was a pretty common name in the south in the early 1900's. I guess it's possible the cake is for someone turning 100...
It was my great-grandfather's name, short for Finkley. - June 2, 2009 at 11:29 AM
- ccinnkeeper said...
Wonderful site you have here, you've given me many great laughs!
I was always taught that "smells" is a verb... I believe to properly insult Charity one would have to say she stinks :) - June 2, 2009 at 11:36 AM
- Unknown said...
I know a guy named Chuck with a great sense of humour. I'm gonna start calling him "Chucknutts!" LOL
These cakes are sad.
~Amy B. - June 2, 2009 at 11:39 AM
- Mish Meow said...
At first glance I thought those gems on the gold digger cake were condoms. :-o
- June 2, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Maybe there was an office party and there were two Charity's in the office---Charity Smells and Charity Smith. This way, the ladies can tell exactly which cake was theirs. Showing the Charity Smith cake just wouldn't have made sense and isn't near as funny as Charity Smells. I also thought it might have been someone who was against donating to those less fortunate......
- June 2, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Bah! Your mother was a hamster!
WV: dictogi- Dictogi walked into a bar. Chucknuts ducked... - June 2, 2009 at 11:51 AM
- Jeffrey Thames [King of Grief] said...
The lack of overall smarts in the "Gold Digger" inscription is only fitting as the man who put that phrase in the vernacular is himself not a fan of literacy (per this week's Sunday Sweets). Some legacy, eh?
Thus concludes my first CW comment ever. Thanks for making my mouth water with a side of laughter every day. - June 2, 2009 at 12:02 PM
- JenofWA said...
Just found your blog the other night and laughed out loud to myself with each entry I read. I even had to call my brother in and we were just hysterical!
Love your blog. You're definitly the highlight of my blog reading time now :) - June 2, 2009 at 12:06 PM
- Cyndi said...
Charity smells cake!!
Come on, how hard was that? :) - June 2, 2009 at 12:14 PM
I worked for a Dr Fink (who, name notwithstanding, is an awesome doc and a wonderful man). And when we referred to him or to the other doctor, we just called them by their last names. As in 'Fink said he needs to be out of here by 5, so let's try to not overschedule this afternoon.'
- June 2, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Loved the gold digger one especially after the post about Kanye the other day. The Charity one I first read as "Cavity Smalls". On the "Youth Forgot" one, I think they were going for changing the color every other letter but they got messed up on "Forgot" so I thought maybe there was a hidden message there. I got either "o toro" or "rotoo". And I saw "Happy Birthday Tink" at first, but probably because my boyfriend calls me Tink. I better never get a cake like that!
- June 2, 2009 at 12:30 PM
- Mary said...
LOL, Chucknuts!
- June 2, 2009 at 12:32 PM
- Kelly said...
So glad I found your blog. You make me laugh out loud every stinking time! Bless you!
- June 2, 2009 at 1:04 PM
- Scritzy said...
My first thought upon seeing the "Fink" cake was, "Oh geez, I hope that cake wasn't meant for my friend Tink." *
Then I started thinking about all those Rat Fink figures I had when I was a kid (showing my age here).
And Chucknuts has officially been added to my vocabulary of insults, although I better not use it around Pastor Chuck.
*I don't know why my friend had Tink as a nickname anyway. I guess it was better than Tater. - June 2, 2009 at 1:11 PM
Re wheelchair AND cane: the cane is so he can whack annoying youngsters.
Re the name "Fink": I believe it's German for "finch" so that's probably the origin for many people. I like the idea of being named after a cute little bird.
If only they'd put a hamster on the Charity cake, then we wouldn't have to wonder. Maybe it's elderberry flavored cake.
wv today is "sweates," which is something I fear we'll see on a Wreck sooner or later. - June 2, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Okay so I actually liked "hey joe..... your old".
It's my kind of humor, and I think the lack of punctuation adds something. - June 2, 2009 at 1:32 PM
- skatej said...
I LOVE that last cake.
- June 2, 2009 at 1:34 PM
I had trouble deciding if cake #2 was actually written in English. There are an awful lot of extra curls and lines that made me think the wreckerator was using a different alphabet.
- June 2, 2009 at 1:40 PM
- Karen said...
Want to brighten someone's day? Introduce them to the word "Chucknuts".
- June 2, 2009 at 1:55 PM
Chucknuts made me giggle like a loon.
- June 2, 2009 at 1:57 PM
- Stacie said...
I know a guy who's name is, seriously, Harry Ballz. How would THAT look on a cake?!
- June 2, 2009 at 2:26 PM
- Melissa (& Billy) said...
It's really a shame that Charity Smells because the cake is quite lovely.
And Chucknuts made me ROFL.
Youth Forgot? Are you trying to remind someone of their misspent youth with a cake that looks like an LSD-trip rendered in frosting? If so, good show!
Hysterical. - June 2, 2009 at 2:27 PM
- Nancy the Romancechick said...
I love the word "Chucknuts." I have NO IDEA what it means, but it made me laugh!
- June 2, 2009 at 3:17 PM
- LivingDeadNurse said...
lol haha chucknuts lol
- June 2, 2009 at 3:20 PM
- Cheryl Pitt said...
Youth forgotten...
- June 2, 2009 at 3:45 PM
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Cute Obsession - June 2, 2009 at 3:51 PM
Really, the first one is appropriate considering the lyrics are from a Kanye West song. He doesn't know how to spell anyway.
- June 2, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Do I see a Chucknuts t-shirt in the works?!?!
- June 2, 2009 at 4:21 PM
- Elizabeth C. said...
I snort out loud on just about every post and then again (often multiple times) on the comments!
I have taken to writing down NOTES about the cakes so I can add to the discussion, cause, well, I'm a nerd like that.
Cake 1 says to me "We ain't sayin your a gold digger... but we are sayin you like plastic crap and random sprinkle patterns on your cake." And for the love of god... did a SNAIL frost that cake? How else do you get those weird patterns?
Cake 2 is punctuation away from a declarative sentence - Charity smells. It does state the obvious unless charity is in a room full of people who are noseless and therefore unable to follow through with the action of smelling themselves, nonetheless, a thought of its own. My problem is that though this is one of the few sprinkle-less cakes today it seems to have been attacked by... oreos? Half-eaten malomars? chocolate melty chips? dead rose petals?
Cake 3 is a supreme example of tacky cake decorating. Bad Air-brushing - check; off-centered message - check; random sprinkles - check; leftover ribbon - check; lettering that not only does not match but that has a flawed pattern - check; ambiguous meaning - check.
Cake 4 has the most random sprinkles EVAR. (sic) Even the tie-dye swirl-effect icing lines are random and seem to be attacking the right half of the cake... or maybe that was what was holding in the sprinkles and that's why there are so few in that opening but so many around "hey". As for the slant of the lettering, it follows the line of the frosting perfectly in its uphill direction...
Cake 5 is almost too plain to mock other than having off-centered putrid green gel wording!
Cake 6.... I LOVE Chucknuts! That's not only an excellent nickname, but an overall nicely done cake. The would-be wreckerator even realized that his/her handwriting would prevent a straight-line text and did a nice staggered zigzaggy line for the festive and space-saving effect! Well done there, Chucknuts! - June 2, 2009 at 4:59 PM
- jacjewelry said...
Hilarious! What a great blog! Glad I found it.
- June 2, 2009 at 5:12 PM
- GJC said...
`If Chucknuts doesn't deserve a t-ahirt, I don't know what does. As in, maybe, "Hey Chucknuts! Wreck THIS!!"
I would not only totally buy it, I would also totally wear it in front of my mom, who demands explanations of every random clothing phrase in her vicinity, and generally finishes the dialogue with "I don't get it." (I would then resist the temptation to refer to her as "Chucknuts", but only just barely.)
WV: conuffoo: The revelers concluded the wedding with an extensive conuffoo of the bride and groom, during which many fiddle-strings were broken and much cake was hurled. - June 2, 2009 at 5:16 PM
- Dr. Megan said...
I think the last one is actually kinda funny! Plus the penmanship is vastly superior to most of what we see here.
Megan @ adventuresofacarnivore.com - June 2, 2009 at 5:28 PM
- sendingtheclowns said...
Jess said...
"I love how Chucknuts is so old he requires a cane AND a wheel chair. Priceless!"
Just maybe it's not so much the age thing as the fact that he's only got one TINY front wheel (nothing on the other side, you see). So the cane *could* be to help him steer. Otherwise poor Chucknuts is just spinning around in circles.
*group gasp*
Which could make him dizzy and /or nauseous.
*group "awww"*
Chucknuts could upchuck. - June 2, 2009 at 5:56 PM
- Kelli said...
I forgot that I sent you the chucknuts cake months ago! I'm glad you found an appropriate way to use it!
- June 2, 2009 at 6:18 PM
- Thumb Biter said...
That last one is adorable...except that a) an old guy wouldn't be carrying cane while on a wheelchair and b) an old guy wouldn't be using a hot water bath thing (what do you call those things??) while on a wheelchair.
- June 2, 2009 at 6:19 PM
- Unknown said...
It seems appropriate that the lyrics to the Kanye West song are misspelled. As my high school English teacher used to preach, "Better readers make better writers." So, if you don't read...
- June 2, 2009 at 7:26 PM
- little gator said...
I like the silly string edging on old joe's cake.
perhaps "charity smells" is a paraphrase of the J Geiles classic "Love Stinks."
BUt I doubt it. - June 2, 2009 at 8:45 PM
- Yota Armai said...
I love Chucknuts!
- June 2, 2009 at 10:14 PM
- sendingtheclowns said...
The person who placed the order for the "Youth Forgot" cake was very angry /hurt /upset because his /her very special group of friends /relatives /bowling buddies were--YET AGAIN (it happens every year!)--negligent when it came to remembering and celebrating the person's Special Day (birthday /day-they-quit-drinking /loss-of-virginity day (or what-have-you). The nice cake was to make the bums feel guilty.
The person who placed the order speaks with a lisp, which is why it came out "Youth" instead of "Youse." - June 2, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Did anyone notice that Chucknut's cake has lovely gray icing on it? How appetizing.
wv: crecky=how apppropriate!!! - June 2, 2009 at 10:32 PM
- heatherbthyname said...
I think im missing something. The song actually does say "we aint sayin ur a gold digger" It says it exactly lke that. And thats exactly what the cake says. I understand the missing apostrophe but gold digger is spelled that way. Guess im blind
- June 2, 2009 at 10:42 PM
- Manda No-pants said...
I'm imagining Chucknuts there using his wheelchair like a canoe, pushing it along with that cane.
... I can't wait to use "chucknuts" as a pet name for someone. - June 3, 2009 at 1:20 AM
- Unknown said...
Your mother was a hamster! Great one, Jen!
wv: vache (french for cow). ha! - June 3, 2009 at 1:49 AM
- toast said...
Chucknuts. LMAO.
- June 3, 2009 at 1:55 AM
I think the last cake is nearly a Sunday Sweet, if only because it's that rare thing, a "gag" cake that looks both professional and edible. I bet it's his office or family nickname; I used to know a guy whose coworkers all called him Bucket Head.
- June 3, 2009 at 2:41 AM
BWAHAHAHAHAHA! LOVE the "Chunknuts"!
- June 3, 2009 at 8:01 AM
- Jeannette said...
I'm shocked that you could even MAKE OUT the words on the second cake. I applaud you. *insert tennis clap*
- June 3, 2009 at 9:09 AM
wv: exampalf
Chucknuts would exampalf cakewrecks very nicely on a tshirt! - June 3, 2009 at 2:37 PM
- *~*Lis*~* said...
my hubs name is chuck - I think I shall be ordering a "Chucknuts" cake for him for fathers day.
- June 4, 2009 at 2:00 PM
The "you're old" cake is the exact same background cake as the "Happy Birthday BS" cake over in the penmanship post...
- June 5, 2009 at 1:38 PM
- Unknown said...
Chucknuts has to be from Rick and Steve "the happiest gay couple in the world" cartoon from LOGO. that has to be him!!!!
- June 13, 2009 at 1:37 AM
- dixie2525 said...
I would definitely by a chucknuts shirt -- funniest thing I've seen in a long time!
- June 18, 2009 at 12:07 AM
- jaariel said...
"Youth For GOD" instead of "Forgot"
That's my guess==I've been laughing so hard I think I strained a kidney! Thanks for the Wrecks! - August 15, 2009 at 2:27 AM
- jaariel said...
I can picture the order given over the phone for a fun, festive cake for the church kids: "Make it colorful and write 'Youth for God' on it," and the naive sucker hung up the phone,thinking nothing could possibly go wrong with such a simple order...
- August 15, 2009 at 2:41 AM
Hello, Cake Wreck blog! I'm a long time fan of terrible decorating and now am a new fan of this fantastic blog. So, for better or for worse, it has pretty much been the highlight of my day to find this entry, because I am the one who is responsible for the "Charity smells" cake. I feel like I should answer a few questions.
1) Charity is a person, it's not charity in general that smells. She also doesn't really smell, I just feel like if I'm going to the trouble of having a stranger write on a cake for me I'd rather have them write "Charity smells" than "Happy Birthday."
2)Well, I mean, she does smell, she has a functional olfactory system. I'm not sure where this started, it's just something that our group of friends says and I like saying that someone smells instead of saying that they stink.
3) Those are oreo cookie pieces, which is a very delicious and appropriate decoration for a cookies and cream ice cream cake. Super tasty. I'd like to send a shout out to the West Seattle Baskin Robbins. West Side!
-Sarah - October 28, 2009 at 7:56 PM
Hi, you must be new to the internet, or someone needs to brush up on their internet memes. the one "we accidentally your cake" sounds more like it was intentional... "I accidentally the whole thing" (where you can replace "thing" with "[noun]")
probablly a cake for 4chan newbs. - January 14, 2010 at 10:24 PM
I actually thought that "charity smells" was really "charity smalls." The "e" looks like an "a" (or at least I thought so.)
- July 22, 2010 at 2:08 AM
The question is... Was Charity's mother a hamster???
- December 16, 2010 at 4:01 PM
Chucknuts! Bwahhahaha!! I am so stealing this one. You gotta do a teeshirt of Chucknuts. That's almost as good as SNL's Schwety Balls.
- June 17, 2011 at 5:31 PM
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Before doing this kueh, I called to my mom to check the ingredients, as usual she just agak-agak (estimate) the ingredients. Luckily I remember Reesekitchen made this kuih before, so I use her recipe as reference and incorporate my mom's recipe. Thanks to Reese for kind sharing.
Ang Ku Kueh ( Glutinous rice steamed cake with sweet filling)
(printable recipe)
Sweet Filling
250g mung beans/green beans
140g sugar
3tbsp corn oil
1. Rinse mung beans several times till water run clear, soak in clean water for 1hour or more.
2. Discard the water, place beans on a steaming tray, steam over medium flame for 45mins.
3. While beans still hot, place beans, sugar and oil in a food processor, process till fine.
4. Shape into 10g small ball
Sweet Potato dough
300g sweet potatoes, cut into big pieces
200g glutinous rice flour
1tbsp rice flour
2tbsp sugar
3tbsp corn oil
180ml water
1. Steam sweet potatoes till soft, about 15mins.
2. Use a fork, mashed the cooked sweet potatoes, add in glutinous rice flour, rice flour, sugar, and corn oil, slowly add in water to mix well till soft dough, keep aside and rest 30mins.
3. Shape into 30g small ball
To shape and cook Ang Ku Kueh
1. Grease the "Ang Ku Kueh" mould by brushing some corn oil.
2. Flatten the sweet potato ball, place a mung bean ball, cover and shape into round ball.
3. Place the ball in the mould, press evenly, then knock out and place on greased banana leaf.
4. Arrange on a steaming tray and steam for 10mins over high flame.
my notes:-
1. Difference sweet potato has difference texture, some is soft and watery, do not add all water at one go, slowly add and knead till a soft dough. If the dough is too soft, then you may add more glutinous rice flour.
2. Keep the balance sweet filling in air-tight container and keep inside the fridge for later usage.
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With respect to the Asian- and African- shift of West Eurasian populations, I note that northern Europeans (and Basques) are less African-shifted than southern Europeans, and, at the same time they are more Asian-shifted: the 16 least Asian-shifted populations have a coastline in the Mediterranean (excluding the Portuguese), while the 16 least African-shifted populations do not (excluding the French).The same pattern could also be observed in the arrangement of the ancestral components inferred by the Dodecad Project. The "Atlantic_Baltic" component, which is modal in Northern Europeans, exhibits lowered genetic divergences to the East Eurasian components (Siberian / East_Asian) relative to the "Southern" component which is modal (in Europe) in Southern Europeans.
The fact that Southern European populations were shifted towards the African side relative to Northern European ones across an African-Asian projection, was interpreted by Moorjani et al. (2011) as evidence of African admixture. As I noted at the time, this entailed the assumption that Northern European populations did not have East Asian admixture, which would also produce the observed pattern:
However, this is clearly a case of seeing the glass half full. The authors prefer the hypothesis that some Caucasoid groups have African ancestry, although the hypothesis that other Caucasoid groups have East Asian ancestry can equally well explain the observed pattern. Indeed, both hypotheses may explain the phenomenon they observe.
A complication in computing this statistic is that Native American, Siberian, and East Asian populations are not all equally genetically related to West Eurasian populations, as we can see empirically from 4 Population Tests of the proposed tree (Yoruba, (French, (East Asian, Native American))) failing dramatically whether the East Asian population is Han, Chukchi, Naukan and Koryak. The explanation for this is outside the scope of this study (it has to do with admixture events in Europe, as we explain in another paper in submission). In practice, however, it means that we cannot simply use a European population like French to represent West Eurasians in Equation S3.2, since if we do this, Equation S3.2 may have a non-zero value for a Native American population, even without recent European admixture.
To address this complication, we took advantage of the fact that east/central Asian admixture has affected northern Europeans to a greater extent than Sardinians (in our separate manuscript in submission, we show that this is a result of the different amounts of central/east Asian-related gene flow into these groups). To quantify this, we computed the statistic f4(San, West Eurasian; Pop1, Pop2) for West Eurasian = Sardinian and West Eurasian = French, and for 24 Siberian and Native American populations (Pop1 and Pop2) (Figure S3.2). Figure S3.2 shows a scatterplot for all 190=20?19/2 possible pairs of these populations. Within nonArctic Native populations, and within Arctic populations (East Greenland Inuit, Chukchi, Naukan and Koryak), the statistics are close to zero, consistent with their being (approximate) clades relative to West Eurasians. In contrast, there are deviations from zero when the comparisons are between non-Arctic Native and Arctic populations, with non-Arctic Native populations showing consistent evidence of being genetically closer to West Eurasians.
I will, of course, eagerly wait the publication of the mentioned manuscript, but it appears that this is not the only piece of evidence of gene flow from Central Asia into Europe. In an SMBE 2012 abstract by Palstra et al. we read:
Using an approximate Bayesian framework, we find that present patterns of genetic diversity in Central Asia may be best explained by a demographic history which combines long-term presence of some ethnic groups (Indo-Iranians) with a more recent admixed origin of other groups (Turco-Mongols). Interestingly, the results also provide indications that this region might have genetically influenced Western European populations, rather than vice versa. A further evaluation in MCMC-based Bayesian analyses of isolation-with-migration models confirms the different times of establishment of ethnic groups, and suggests gene flow into Central Asia from the east. The results from the approximate Bayesian and full Bayesian analyses are thus largely congruent. In conclusion, these analyses illustrate the power of Bayesian inference on genetic data and suggest that the high genetic diversity in Central Asia reflects both long-term presence and admixture in more recent historical times.
- One possibility is that the Mesolithic Europeans were Asian-shifted themselves.
- Another one would relate it to the emerging ancient mtDNA picture of deep penetration of Mongoloid elements into west Eurasia at the dawn of history, although the western limit of this penetration has not been conclusively ascertained.
- Finally, the elements may be a legacy of the Bronze Age Indo-European invasion of Europe, piggy-backing on the spread of the latter from their eastern homeland
We will know soon enough how and when Northern Europeans ended up with an extra slice of Central/East Asian ancestry. Things are looking good for our understanding of events in Eurasian prehistory.


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As we reported Tuesday, it's feared that things may only get worse in New South Wales state over the coming months because the region's "fire season" usually peaks in December and January — summer months "down under." Already, at least one death has been attributed to the blazes and a few hundred homes have been destroyed. Sydney has been blanketed in smoke for days.
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There's also word Wednesday that the biggest of the fires was sparked by a live ordnance exercise conducted by the Australian Army. That "State Mine fire ... has terrorised tiny townships between Lithgow and the Blue Mountains for a week," the Morning Herald says.
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| Friday, October 4, 2013, 10:05 a.m.
NEW ORLEANS — From a tiny, vulnerable island off the Louisiana coast to the beaches of the Florida Panhandle, Gulf Coast residents prepared Thursday for a possible hit from Tropical Storm Karen, which threatened to become the first named tropical system to menace the United States this year.
Karen was forecast to lash the northern Gulf Coast over the weekend as a weak hurricane or tropical storm. A hurricane watch was in effect from Grand Isle, La., to west of Destin, Fla. A tropical storm warning was issued for the Louisiana coast from Grand Isle to the mouth of the Pearl River, including the New Orleans area.
In Alabama, safety workers hoisted double red flags at Gulf Shores because of treacherous rip currents ahead of the storm.
In Mississippi, Gov. Phil Bryant declared a state of emergency, urging residents to prepare. State Emergency Management Agency Director Robert Latham said local schools will decide whether to play football games. He said the southern part of the state could have tropical storm-force winds by late Friday.
"I know that Friday night football in the South is a big thing, but I don't think anybody wants to risk a life because of the potential winds," Latham said.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal also declared a state of emergency, citing the possibility of high winds, heavy rain and tides. Florida Gov. Rick Scott also declared an emergency for 18 counties.
The Army Corps of Engineers said it was closing a structure intended to keep storm surge out of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal in Louisiana — known locally as the Industrial Canal — where levee breaches during Hurricane Katrina led to catastrophic flooding in 2005.
Mayor David Camardelle of Grand Isle, La., an inhabited barrier island and tourist town about 60 miles south of New Orleans, called for voluntary evacuations as he declared an emergency Thursday afternoon.
Louisiana officials were taking precautions while noting that forecasts show the storm veering to the east. The storm track had it likely brushing the southeastern tip of the state before heading toward the Alabama-Florida coast. And it was moving faster than last year's Hurricane Isaac, a weak storm that stalled over the area and caused widespread flooding.
"It should make that fork right and move out very, very quickly," said Jerry Sneed, head of New Orleans' emergency preparedness office.
Offshore, at least two oil companies said they were evacuating nonessential personnel, and securing rigs and platforms.
In Washington, the White House said the Federal Emergency Management Agency was recalling some workers furloughed due to the government shutdown to prepare for the storm.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said President Barack Obama was being updated about the storm. He said Obama directed his team to ensure staffing and resources are available to respond to the storm.
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been furloughed under the partial government shutdown. It's unclear how many FEMA workers are being brought back.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Karen was about 360 miles south of the mouth of the Mississippi River Thursday evening and had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph with higher gusts. The storm was moving north-northwest at 12 mph.
It could be at or near hurricane strength late Friday and early Saturday, forecasters said, with the center near the coast on Saturday.
In Mexico's Caribbean coast state of Quintana, the brief passage of Karen before the storm moved north caused authorities to close seaports and some schools, but little rain was actually reported.
A few fishing camps and small hamlets along the coast were ordered evacuated late Wednesday, and some boat services were suspended for the estimated 35,000 tourists currently in Cancun. But the head of the Cancun Hotel Association, Roberto Cintron, said tourists appeared to be taking it in stride.
While meteorologists said it was too soon to predict the storm's ultimate intensity, they said it could weaken a bit as it approaches the coast over the weekend.
"Our forecast calls for it to be right around the border of a hurricane and a tropical storm," said David Zelinsky, a hurricane center meteorologist.
Whether it's a weak hurricane or strong tropical storm, Karen's effects are expected to be largely the same: Heavy rain with the potential for similar storm surge.
Forecasters say Karen is expected to bring 4 to 8 inches of rain to portions of the central and eastern Gulf Coast through Sunday night, mainly near and to the right of the path of the center.
Camardelle, whose vulnerable island is often the first to order an evacuation in the face of a tropical weather system, said the town is making sure its 10 pump stations are ready. He encouraged residents to clean out drainage culverts and ditches in anticipation of possible heavy rain and high tides.
"Hopefully, this one is just a little rain event," Camardelle said. "We don't need a big storm coming at us this late in the season."
Forecasters said a cold front approaching from the northwest was expected to turn Karen to the northeast, away from the Louisiana coast and more toward the Florida Panhandle or coastal Alabama.
But the timing of the front's arrival over the weekend was uncertain.
Grand Isle suffered damage from Hurricane Isaac in August 2012. Isaac clipped the mouth of the Mississippi River for its official first landfall before meandering northwest over Grand Isle and stalling inland.
Though a weak hurricane, Isaac's stall built a surge along the southeast Louisiana coast that flooded communities in neighboring Plaquemines Parish.
Karen was expected to pass over Gulf oil and gas fields from Louisiana to Alabama, but early forecasts suggested the storm would miss the massive oil import facility at Port Fourchon, La., just west of Grand Isle, and the oil refineries that line the Mississippi River south of Baton Rouge.
Associated Press writers Mark Stevenson in Mexico, Emily Wagster Pettus in Jackson, Miss., and Michael J. Mishak in Miami contributed to this report.


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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
$1,000 shopping spree winner!
43 comments:
Congrats Yasmin!
- January 4, 2011 at 3:00 PM
- CafeShay said...
I just got my brushes maybe 20 minutes ago and I'm already in love! Thanks Kandee!! - January 4, 2011 at 3:00 PM
- Anna Bell said...
congrats yasmin!
hope im getting my brushes soon!
since you told me that they are overwhelmed. i feel better now i dont have to worry thinking that they were just rip off any more!:D - January 4, 2011 at 3:04 PM
- Unknown said...
ive had a couple of their brushes for years and love them just the same as the day i got them:)
- January 4, 2011 at 3:08 PM
- cristina said...
I think I'm going to invest in that chisel brush even though I didn't win haha. Congrats to the winner!
- January 4, 2011 at 3:09 PM
- Unknown said...
i got mine todayyy :D but ,m they sent me the wrong color but eh by the time i wait for the right ones it be too much lol. i think ill just keep these. they also sent them to my house when i put the address of my work. weird :p
- January 4, 2011 at 3:32 PM
Congrats to the winner!
I'm still waiting on mines. It's currently processing and I just got an email from them that something is wrong with my choice of payment. In the email I've got only 10 days before my order gets discarded. (Noo!) I really want these brushes. I tried sending a reply but got a mailer-daemon response saying their email box is full. Is there another way, maybe a phone number, that I can reach them and resolve this issue before I never get my brushes? (Help!) - January 4, 2011 at 3:36 PM
Congratulations Yasmin. Enjoy your prize.
Kandee you are so awesome for sharing that awesome deal with us. i got my brushes right before the new year & I love them. I've used them every day and I can totally tell that using quality brushes definitely makes the makeup look better. They are amazing!!!
JennyB - January 4, 2011 at 3:56 PM
- Katherine Bonilla said...
i got my brushes on new years eve.. IM IN LOVE!! THANKS KANDEE!! CONGRATS WINNER!
- January 4, 2011 at 3:57 PM
- Jesslz said...
I just got my brushes yesterday and was impressed, but upset...
My foundation brush wasn't there! The wrapper was still in the bag but the brush was missing!
I double checked the package to make sure it couldn't have fallen out somehow...
I sent an email to them yesterday, I really hope they get back to me...I was looking forward to that foundation brush! - January 4, 2011 at 4:40 PM
- Terra said...
I was so excited when I ordered my brush set on Dec. 21st! But that excitement soon turned to frustration! :( About a week after placing the order (when I was already checking my mailbox obsessively-expecting to see them, ha ha) I received an email from crown saying that they could not process my order because of my card information. But when I called my card provider they said there was no record of crown ever even running my card! Ugh! And anytime I call them, I just get a recording. And when I send an email it comes back because their inbox is full. I'm just hoping they will still honor the kandee coupon, since its expired now... I really want my brush set! :(
- January 4, 2011 at 5:17 PM
- Margara said...
Thanks Kandee and Crown Brush for the discount!!
Margara - January 4, 2011 at 5:41 PM
- hepunahele said...
I procrastinated and now I am so sad I missed out on this! I hope you will be able to convince Crown to offer something like this again!
- January 4, 2011 at 5:45 PM
- Unknown said...
That's so cool! Congrats! i ordered my brush set and I can't wait for them to come in!!! When they do I should be doing a review on them on my blog, http://craftykimmy.blogspot.com/ if anyone wants to check it out when they come in in a week or two!
- January 4, 2011 at 7:26 PM
- Yasmin said...
OMGGGGGGGGG!!!!! I cant not believe it I never win anything lol. I was in bed actually and checked my eamil on my phone one last time, and saw a email from Kandee. I LOVE her so I opened it right away, saw big winner was being mentioned and I thought so cool scrolled down saw my name and I couldnt believe it. I woke up my hubby he wasnt as excited but I AM!!!
Thanks everyone, thank you Kandee for gettig me into Crwon Brushes and thank you crown brushes!!!! Thank so so so so much :-) - January 4, 2011 at 8:05 PM
- Yasmin said...
Forgive my spelling errors im super excited :-)
- January 4, 2011 at 8:11 PM
- daniele Scott said...
HI! Kandee, I tried sending an e-mail to the address I get my Kandee subscription from. If we wish to contact you, is this the right one, or is there a different e-mail address.
-Danièle - January 4, 2011 at 9:07 PM
Oh my gosh, the same thing is happening to me, i received an email about my card not working, and when i tried to email them back it said the inbox was full. :\ I really want these brushes, and i hope they still honor the Promo Code. :( WTHeck is going on?!
- January 4, 2011 at 9:17 PM
- DOMESTICBABE said...
thanks again kandee for these brushes. or atleast, offering the discount. i haven't used them yet but am looking forward to it.
keep being fabulous! - January 4, 2011 at 9:22 PM
- ambar smith said...
kicked myself today.. i waited till the last minute to try to buy the brush set.. when i got to the site it had expired..today i went on my first trip to the mac store.. the lady was kinda rude and wanted to charge me 39 bucks just for the foundation brush.. kick kick kick..
- January 4, 2011 at 9:24 PM
- Kasey said...
I received my brushes and brush kit yesterday. They are awesome! I got the bronze kit and then several individual brushes....including several that are a total dupe for the Mac 217. I have 3 of the 217's, so was thrilled to get more for such an amazing price. Thanks for the info Kandee!!!!!
- January 4, 2011 at 9:27 PM
- Jennivere said...
Congratulations Yasmin!! ♥
- January 4, 2011 at 9:30 PM
- like a phenomenon said...
I ordered two sets for gifts... I only received one, but paid for two. Their email address is full. So I haven't been able to report it yet. All us Kandee fan's overwhelmed the Crown Brush company! lol Kandee you should feel honored :)
Congratulations Yasmin!!! - January 4, 2011 at 9:37 PM
- Wine...Love...Happiness said...
Congrats Yasmin! =)
- January 4, 2011 at 9:38 PM
- FIDM DREAMER said...
omg...kandee thank you so much for letting me know they have been backed up..i have been checking every day since i put in my order..lol..that makes me feel so much better..lol...=] thanks
- January 4, 2011 at 9:40 PM
- Unknown said...
I got mine in yesterday after placing my order on the. 27th. I did my full makeup routine using theses brushes and i looooove them! Kandee was not lying when she said these were awesome because in fact my boyfriend Kenneth noticed a difference! He said it look very natural and can tell they worked great because they truly worked amazing! Thank you kandee for sharing this with us all.
Ps. I had my sister and a bunch of friends order them since I posted it on facebook with your Youtube link! - January 4, 2011 at 10:00 PM
- m said...
thats awesome congrats to the winner :D and thanks kandee good luck with the baby :D
- January 4, 2011 at 11:09 PM
- Unknown said...
i've been waiting for this! and im too late! =( the sale is overr.. i wanted to buy the set 620(pink) as my starter brush set.. mac is way too expensive for me.. is there any way they can bring it back for maybe a couple of days? please!
im also planning to buy the 88 warm palette. does anyone know if its true to color?
Congratulations Yasmine!! enjoy! =) - January 4, 2011 at 11:28 PM
- Mihaela Pojogu said...
Congratulations Yasmine!
- January 5, 2011 at 12:16 AM
I placed my order on Dec 13th and received the brushes on New Years Eve. They are a great buy! I'm very pleased with the quality and now my makeup belt is complete!
- January 5, 2011 at 5:27 AM
- FATshionable FATshionista said...
Congrats to the winner.
Boo that i NEVER win!!
I'm secretly hoping she doesn't reply so i could win. lol i know I'm bad. - January 5, 2011 at 7:57 AM
- Unknown said...
I got mine about 4 days ago! I got the wrong color, but I love them anyway!
- January 5, 2011 at 8:27 AM
- loapio said...
Congrads Yasmin!!!!!!!!!!!!
- January 5, 2011 at 9:06 AM
- Jenny Lea said...
Kandee-I need your help. I bought L'Oreal's Voluminous Carbon Black mascara (waterproof). I love it, however, it smudges above my left upper lid. Makes me so mad and I was wondering if there was anything I could put on my eyes (powder, certain type of shadow) to combat this problem. :-) Thanks for your help and have a great day!
- January 5, 2011 at 9:22 AM
- RX2012 said...
Hi, Kandee! I was looking for the first crown brush youtube video you posted because I wanted to know what each brush was for. Can you repost something about it again? This is my first time getting all these different brushes, and I am a bit confused. Thank you!
- January 5, 2011 at 1:13 PM
Hi Kandee, just got my brushes today! They are awesome. Went back to previous videos where you explained what each brush was for but they have been removed. Please put this back up or do another brush explanation. I'm not sure what each brush is designed for. Help, please. :)
- January 5, 2011 at 1:36 PM
- Unknown said...
I am super bummed. I ordered the 620 set from Crown and got two Chisel Blush brushes instead of one Chisel Blush and one Angel Blush brush in my set. Also one of the two Chisel Blush Brushes look like it has a bunch of little hooks at the ends of the hair like they were cut wrong. Poor quality on that one. I also got a small round angle Blending brush instead of the Angel Blending brush. There is a difference between the two. The one I got is cool, Ha ha but I really wanted the one that comes with the set. I have contacted them via email since I can't get through to them via the phone. No one picks up (they must be super BUSY.) I hope they call back soon cause the other brushes I got are GREAT quality and I want to use them so badly but can't till I know if I need to send the set back to get the right ones. Has anyone else encountered this with Crown before? I need help.
- January 5, 2011 at 3:48 PM
- Unknown said...
Persistence won. I was able to get a hold of a person at Crown Brush today and they are replacing my bad order no other questions other than whats the problem. Ha ha other than taking a couple of emails and a couple phone calls they were great to deal with and are very accommodating. I will buy more form them soon.
- January 6, 2011 at 8:59 AM
- Unknown said...
Wishing you tonnes of fun and imagination with it Yasmin.
I was working like crazy for 3 weeks so only read my e-mails till the 30th.
I wisked off a e-mail to the sales team that very day. I'm in England well one of it's Islands anyway so I expect things to take longer but has any other Brits not had even an e-mail response yet?
Was so excited by the sets I asked for 2! - January 9, 2011 at 2:13 PM
- milly said...
I placed my order on Dec 27th, and I still haven't gotten my set!! :( I emailed them and got no response, and I called and left a message but I only get the recordings! I'm starting to think I got ripped off...Unlike some people I never got an email from them saying that my card didn't work, and I definitely got charged for the order! I hope this all works out...This sucks!
- January 12, 2011 at 12:27 PM
- lindawlai said...
I have not received my order either =( and it shows they took my payment January 4th and deposited the money...
- January 18, 2011 at 6:09 PM
- Unknown said...
im very very sad. i´ve ordered the brushes on 17. 12. and i still haven´t got my set..i even paid the full price, without the kandee discount!!! ....but no brushes so far. im really upset. i wrote them. after the 4th email, they answered, i have to wait....very strange. oh, im from germany!....what can i do now??? - January 22, 2011 at 7:56 PM
- Mozartthekat said...
The brushes are great! The only thing is that the bag it came with smelled so bad. It actually smelled really toxic! I don't know what it is but it smelled up my bedroom! Did anyone else experience this horrible strong smell from the makeup bag?
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it´s still freezing but i decided it is spring in my heart (LOL).
so spring dressing it is!
i had fleece tights underneath, two tops under my sweater and footsies under the shoes.
but who cares?
MINT is gonna be big next season, i can feel it already.
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Maria Bamford: A Seriously Funny Comedian:The comedian's routines tackle some of the really serious problems she has: OCD, bipolar disorder, suicidal thoughts. But you have to laugh, because she's that funny. Bamford talks to Terry Gross about her parents and her Web-only programs.
'My Lunches With Orson' Puts You At The Table With Welles: For years, there were rumors that filmmaker Henry Jaglom had taped hours of his conversations with Orson Welles but that the tapes had been lost. They weren't. Now the transcripts have been released in a new book, edited and introduced by Peter Biskind.
A Reclusive Novelist Reckons With His Legacy '& Sons': In a new novel, David Gilbert tells the story of a famous, aging writer whose children do not feel as warmly toward him as his readers do. Gilbert wrote the book as his own father was getting older and his son was approaching his teen years.
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