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63 comments:
- Mitzi said...
Congratulations! Your dresses and bloomers are adorable.
- May 25, 2012 at 11:15 AM
- Wendy said...
Congratulations, Megan - very happy for you! And I am looking forward to seeing all those adorable little girl things you are going to make this summer :)
- May 25, 2012 at 11:22 AM
- Amy Friend said...
Congratulations! Little girls ARE so very fun to dress. I also find that big brother are smitten by their little sisters so it is all good!
- May 25, 2012 at 11:35 AM
- Melissa Corry said...
Congrats!!! So exciting!!!
- May 25, 2012 at 11:40 AM
- Lisa C in GA. said...
how exciting! I had a girl first, then three boys, and another girl. And another boy. LOL. We like big families! I didn't sew when I was having them, so didn't get the fun of making the little dresses, but I did go bat-guano crazy on ebay, hahaha. I LOVE your little dresses. Scrumptious.
- May 25, 2012 at 11:40 AM
- Debbie said...
oh how exciting!! Congrats. What fun little outfits you have already made. love them.
- May 25, 2012 at 11:41 AM
- Jan said...
What exciting news. Love your post, too. I only had girls, and when I got some grandsons I was in for a learning curve.
- May 25, 2012 at 11:43 AM
- tubilinha tiacarminha said...
Parabéns para vocês,crianças sempre são bem-vindas.Eu adorei saber.Esses vestidos são lindos e já fiz um para minha neta,outros cortados.Meu verão é só em dezembro,então tenho tempo.Essas calcinhas(cobre fraldas)são chamadas aqui no Brasil de BUNDA RICA kkk.Beijos e que Deus abençoe a toda sua família.
- May 25, 2012 at 11:46 AM
- Liz DandeliondD said...
Aw what lovely news.
And those little dresses and knickers are so cute.
Congrats xxxx - May 25, 2012 at 11:47 AM
- beaquilter said...
these are the CUTEST!!! oh you are getting me excited too as I'm 6 months pregnant with a girl, already have one of each, so that thrilling girly stage I had with my daughter, but I DO want to make this one SOMETHING, these are so cute, did it say what the patterns were called? got links for the dresses? congrats on a girl BTW I went nuts and got all pink, and my daughter does love pink, but she can also be a tomboy...
- May 25, 2012 at 11:58 AM
- grapes and hearts said...
Congratulations, Megan on this splendid news! I'm so happy for you! Enjoy your pregnancy as much as you can! Happy sewing in pink ;o)
Christine - May 25, 2012 at 11:59 AM
- Teje Karjalainen said...
Congratulations Megan! So wonderful news and how exiting it's a girl! I'm sure you and your family are so happy! All the best! x Teje
- May 25, 2012 at 12:03 PM
- Heidi Staples said...
Congrats, Megan!! So happy for you. We have three girls, so I've never had anything but girly stuff everywhere at all times. I wish that I had been sewing back when I had my babies...it would have been so fun to make some baby things for them when I was pregnant. :)
- May 25, 2012 at 12:05 PM
- Laura said...
congratulations. Your dresses are adorable!
- May 25, 2012 at 12:16 PM
- Mary Grace McNamara said...
What wonderful news to share! Congratulations to the whole family! What a blessing this baby will be! You'll have such fun sewing for her :)
MGM - May 25, 2012 at 12:37 PM
- Jenelle said...
Congrats Megan!
- May 25, 2012 at 12:46 PM
- Kris from Duke Says Sew What said...
These are adorable! Lucky you to be getting the GIRL!! Congratulations!
- May 25, 2012 at 1:01 PM
- Cori said...
Congratulations! Let the nesting commence -- those little dresses are too cute!
- May 25, 2012 at 1:26 PM
- Kristen King said...
Congrats and TOO cute!! Make sure you get some pictures of her in those adorable dresses. Enjoy!
- May 25, 2012 at 2:12 PM
- www.randomthoughtsdoordi.com said...
So cute and congratulations. My husbands birthday is October 11!
- May 25, 2012 at 2:25 PM
- Katie said...
Congratulations, Megan! It's so much more fun sewing for a girl! I have two boys and a girl too :-)
- May 25, 2012 at 2:25 PM
- Cathy said...
congratulations!!!!!!! How lovely! the wee dresses are to die for!
- May 25, 2012 at 2:42 PM
- AnnieK said...
Congratulations! She is going to be the best-dressed baby girl on the block. ;-)
- May 25, 2012 at 3:03 PM
- Svetlana said...
Congratulations!!!! What a wonderful news, and those tiny dresses are beyond adorable!
- May 25, 2012 at 3:06 PM
- Cherie said...
How great to be adding a girl to the family! Such cute dresses and diaper covers =D
I'm hosting a new swap over at my blog if anyone is interested please pop over for a look =D
http://ibescheraldine.blogspot.co.uk/p/goodie-bag-swap.html - May 25, 2012 at 3:07 PM
- Dirt Road Quilter said...
Let the pink confetti fly! Congratulations! Looks like she's alweady going to be the best dressed baby on the block! Darling outfits!
- May 25, 2012 at 3:29 PM
- Francine said...
Oh my goodness - congrats!!! I had 3 boys and then a girl so the clothes in her closet could dress 4 girls! I love the outfits you made - gorgeous fabrics too!
- May 25, 2012 at 4:29 PM
- Karen said...
Congratulations to you and your family! I'm sure you're dreaming in pink nowadays! The dresses and panties are adorable!
Have fun during this pregnancy with all the planning, sewing, nursery, etc.
Karen - May 25, 2012 at 4:30 PM
- Rosa said...
Congratulations to you and your family!!
- May 25, 2012 at 4:46 PM
- sandra said...
Congratulations Megan to you and family. How sweet a little girl they are certainly fun to sew for and the patterns are adorable. I have two grand sons and was hoping for a little girl but I love my boys. Many blessings for and easy pregnancy and labor.
- May 25, 2012 at 5:17 PM
- Tangos Treasures said...
Awwwww Congratulations!!!
- May 25, 2012 at 5:36 PM
- CathyK said...
Congratulations!!! You are going to have the BEST dressed daughter if today's post is any indication!!!
- May 25, 2012 at 7:08 PM
- Julie said...
Oh my goodness these are ADORABLE! Great job and thanks for the pattern links!
- May 25, 2012 at 7:52 PM
- needle and nest said...
Congratulations, you are going to love having a girl! I have a son and daughter and they are both so wonderful... We have another one on the way too! He or she (we're going to be surprised) is set to arrive mid-November. :)
- May 25, 2012 at 8:08 PM
- Sarah Craig said...
Cogratulations, Megan! Your little dresses and bloomers are socute -I'm going to have to check out those patterns for my own new granddaughter - 2 months old next Tuesday!
- May 25, 2012 at 8:09 PM
- Sharon said...
Congratulations to you -- I also have two boys and my youngest is a girl. So much fun sewing for her when she was little. Now she is 32 and every time she comes over she asks "what have you made lately that I can steal". Anyway, enjoy.
- May 25, 2012 at 8:25 PM
- Kate said...
That is great news. I am having my 4th girl a few weeks earlier. Thanks for the tutorial links.
- May 25, 2012 at 8:45 PM
- Beth said...
Congratulations Megan! Those dresses are super cute! I have 3 girls - my older two were babies before I started to sew but I am having so much fun sewing up a storm for my 3rd who is 8 months! I think I need to add those dresses to my list!
- May 25, 2012 at 9:24 PM
- amy dame said...
i feel like a random creepy stranger, because i'm terrible about commenting normally, but OMG congratulations!!!
that is oh-so exciting! and your dresses and bloomers are adorable! are you going to start on the next size up soon? i learned that lesson when my godson was born - he grew out of the teensy sizes so fast! within a month or two he was out of me-made clothes!
also, do you own a ruffle foot? you should put one on your gift registry! - May 25, 2012 at 10:27 PM
- Lisa said...
- May 25, 2012 at 10:58 PM
- SewSara said...
i knew you'd get lots of comments on this post! yayyyy for a girl! i need to find the bloomers i made for greta ....hmmmm. and now i wanna make her some dresses like that. soooo cute!!
- May 26, 2012 at 12:29 AM
- Charlotte said...
congratulations! It's so much fun to have a mixture. I had a boy after two girls and, once I got over the shock, it was great (and still is!).
Have fun with the pretty :-D - May 26, 2012 at 2:04 AM
- Judi said...
Congratulations on your wonderful news! Having a little girl to make for is SO good for the old creative juices.
Judi - May 26, 2012 at 2:19 AM
- Sharon - Lilabelle Lane said...
Congratulations. Having a girl after 2 boys is so special and be warned expensive! :o) I also had two boys before my girls arrived. Looking forward to see what else you sew for your new little addition. hugs Sharon
- May 26, 2012 at 4:51 AM
- Dorian said...
Congratulations Megan!! How exciting. You're going to love having a girl :) And your dresses/covers are adorable.
- May 26, 2012 at 5:58 AM
- Julie B. said...
Love these baby girl outfits! So darling! You'll have so much fun dressing your baby girl!
- May 26, 2012 at 6:34 AM
- Barb Neiwert said...
A big congratulations for you and your family - how exciting! I wish I'd had today's fabric selections back when my girl was little - I would have made so many cute things. I did make dresses and sleepers, but had to search long and hard for the right fabrics. Today the choices are easy. Well, now you won't be the only girl in the family!
- May 26, 2012 at 6:51 AM
- Regina Diniz Outeiro said...
Congratulations Megan!
I had a boy and after a girl! Is so good to see how different they are.
Certainly she is going to have the more beautiful dresses... - May 26, 2012 at 7:58 AM
- ktquilts said...
Congratulations, and have fun!
Blessings! - May 26, 2012 at 9:13 AM
- Ann said...
Megan thank you SO much for the adorable tutorials! We are expecting a little girl (our first!) at the beginning of July. I will definitely be making a few of these in the next 6 weeks!
- May 26, 2012 at 2:19 PM
- Tamie said...
Congratulations! We have three girls and you are right, after two of one sex it is hard to imagine anything else.
- May 26, 2012 at 5:18 PM
Congratulations! I never know how they can tell anything from those pictures. =) The dresses are adorable - and so coordinated. And not pink! I love it!
- May 27, 2012 at 12:37 AM
- Dolores said...
Congratulations!!! I had two boys and then a girl. She's my little sweetheart and my little girly pal. It's so nice for a Mummy to have a daughter, it's just a different kind of bond. I'm so impressed that you've already made clothes for her, that's something I haven't done yet and my little munchkin is turning two soon!
dxx - May 27, 2012 at 3:18 AM
- Karen said...
congratulations on your baby girl! I know the boys will just love her and she will be so spoiled! It has been nice getting to know you and your boys while visiting Amanda. I happened to be talking with her as you dropped off the boys and so was one of the first to hear the news! I am so excited for you! I am so glad that you and Amanda help each other out so. It is nice to know she has friends like you. Thanks and enjoy planning for that sweet little girl!
- May 27, 2012 at 3:21 PM
- Kirsten said...
Congratulations! We had a girl then 2 boys (twins) - it is so mice to have a daughter to spend special time with!
- May 28, 2012 at 11:17 PM
- Josie McRazie said...
well, I;m old fashion and prefer not to find out what the baby is in advance, BUT congratulations!! :) I had three girls and then a boy and it is a gear switch! LOL
- May 29, 2012 at 6:30 AM
- Gigi's Thimble said...
so, so cute. congratulations!!! Yay!
- May 29, 2012 at 10:12 AM
- Beverly {Flamingo Toes} said...
Megan Congratulations!!! So excited for you and your family!!!
Those little dresses are just too adorable. :) Hope you're feeling well! - May 29, 2012 at 10:47 AM
- cgammeter said...
Awe, Congratulations! Girls are so much fun to dress up. Thanks for having me to the party, so many cool projects I'm going to check out now. Have a great week.
- May 29, 2012 at 3:35 PM
- Lynne said...
Congratulations! How exciting!
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Despite the fact that the days are starting to get cooler, I am still enjoying summery salads. We are at the tail end of melon season and I have certainly been enjoying them. In particular I have been focusing on the local musk melons and every one that I have gotten so far this season has been perfectly ripe, nice and juicy and sweet. I first came across the concept of using a sweet melon in a savoury salad a while ago and it intrigued me. These savoury melon salads typically include salty feta which sounded like it would be an interesting combination. In addition the the melon and feta you can toss in herbs like basil or mint and then you can round the salad off with some diced red onion. I like to 'dress' the salad with a simple olive oil and lime juice vinaigrette seasoned with salt and pepper. The sweet and juicy melon and salty feta combo in this salad works surprisingly well! The red onion provides a nice bite and the mint finishes the salad off nicely. What a great way to enjoy the last days of summer.
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- 4 cups melon (or cantaloupe, scooped and cut into bite sized pieces)
- 1/4 cup red onion (sliced, optional)
- 1 handful feta (crumbled)
- 1 tablespoon mint (thinly sliced)
- 1 lime (juice)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- Mix everything together.

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The authors caution about this evidence of admixture:
It is also important to emphasize what our study has not shown. Although we have documented evidence for mixture in India between about 1,900 and 4,200 years BP, this does not imply migration from West Eurasia into India during this time. On the contrary, a recent study that searched for West Eurasian groups most closely related to the ANI ancestors of Indians failed to find any evidence for shared ancestry between the ANI and groups in West Eurasia within the past 12,500 years3 (although it is possible that with further sampling and new methods such relatedness might be detected). An alternative possibility that is also consistent with our data is that the ANI and ASI were both living in or near South Asia for a substantial period prior to their mixture. Such a pattern has been documented elsewhere; for example, ancient DNA studies of northern Europeans have shown that Neolithic farmers originating in Western Asia migrated to Europe about 7,500 years BP but did not mix with local hunter gatherers until thousands of years later to form the present-day populations of northern Europe.15, 16, 44 and 45This is of course true, because admixture postdates migration and it is conceivable that the West Eurasian groups might not have admixed with ASI populations immediately after their arrival into South Asia. On the other hand, a long period of co-existence without admixture would be against much of human history (e.g., the reverse movement of the Roma into Europe, who picked up European admixture despite strong social pressure against it by both European and Roma communities, or the absorption of most Native Americans by incoming European, and later African, populations in post-Columbian times). It is difficult to imagine really long reproductive isolation between neighboring peoples.
Such reproductive isolation would require a cultural shift from a long period of endogamy (ANI migration, followed by ANI/ASI co-existence without admixture) to exogamy ~4.2-1.9kya (to explain the thoroughness of blending that left no group untouched), and then back to fairly strict exogamy (within the modern caste system). It might be simpler to postulate only one cultural shift (migration with admixture soon thereafter, with later introduction of endogamy which greatly diminished the admixture.
The authors cite the evidence from neolithic Sweden which does, indeed, suggest that the neolithic farmers this far north were "southern European" genetically and had not (yet) mixed with contemporary hunter-gatherers, as they must have done eventually. But, perhaps farmers and hunters could avoid each other during first contact, when Europe was sparsely populated. It is not clear whether the same could be said for India ~4 thousand years ago with the Indus Valley Civilization providing evidence for a large indigenous population that any intrusive group would have encountered. In any case, the problem of when the West Eurasian element arrived in India will probably be solved by relating it to events elsewhere in Eurasia, and, in particular, to the ultimate source of the "Ancestral North Indians".
It is also possible that some of the ANI-ASI admixture might actually pre-date migration. At present it's anyone's guess where the original limes between the west Eurasian and ASI worlds were. There is some mtDNA haplogroup M in Iran and Central Asia, which is otherwise rare in west Eurasia, so it is not inconceivable that ASI may have once extended outside the Indian subcontinent: the fact that it is concentrated today in southern India (hence its name) may indicate only the area of this element's maximum survival, rather than the extent of its original distribution. In any case, all mixture must have taken place somewhere in the vicinity of India.
A second interesting finding of the paper is that admixture dates in Indo-European groups are later than in Dravidian groups. This is demonstrated quite clearly in the rolloff figure on the left. Moreover, it does not seem that the admixture times for Indo-Europeans coincide with the appearance of the Indo-Aryans, presumably during the 2nd millennium BC: they are much later. I believe that this is fairly convincing evidence that north India has been affected by subsequent population movements from central Asia of "Indo-Scythian"-related populations, for which there is ample historical evidence. So, the difference in dates might be explained by secondary (later) admixture with other West Eurasians after the arrival of Indo-Aryans. Interestingly, the paper does not reject simple ANI-ASI admixture "often from tribal and traditionally lower-caste groups," while finding evidence for multiple layers of ANI ancestry in several other populations.
My own analysis of Dodecad Project South Indian Brahmins arrived at a date of 4.1ky, and of North Indian Brahmins, a date of 2.3ky, which seems to be in good agreement with these results.
The authors also report that "we find that Georgians along with other Caucasus groups are consistent with sharing the most genetic drift with ANI". I had made a post on the differential relationship of ANI to Caucasus populations which seems to agree with this, and, of course, in various ADMIXTURE analyses, the component which I've labeled "West Asian" tends to be the major west Eurasian element in south Asia.
Here are the estimated admixture proportions/times from the paper:
Sadly, the warm and moist climate of India, and the adoption of cremation have probably destroyed any hope of studying much of its recent history with ancient DNA. On the other hand, the caste system has probably "fossilized" old socio-linguistic groups, allowing us to tell much by studying their differences and correlating them with groups outside India.
Coverage elsewhere: Gene Expression, HarappaDNA
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AJHG doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.07.006
Genetic Evidence for Recent Population Mixture in India
Priya Moorjani et al.
Most Indian groups descend from a mixture of two genetically divergent populations: Ancestral North Indians (ANI) related to Central Asians, Middle Easterners, Caucasians, and Europeans; and Ancestral South Indians (ASI) not closely related to groups outside the subcontinent. The date of mixture is unknown but has implications for understanding Indian history. We report genome-wide data from 73 groups from the Indian subcontinent and analyze linkage disequilibrium to estimate ANI-ASI mixture dates ranging from about 1,900 to 4,200 years ago. In a subset of groups, 100% of the mixture is consistent with having occurred during this period. These results show that India experienced a demographic transformation several thousand years ago, from a region in which major population mixture was common to one in which mixture even between closely related groups became rare because of a shift to endogamy.


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Mexico shocked Brazil in the Olympic men's soccer final, winning gold 2-1, in a game in which it never trailed. Mexico's Oribe Peralta scored just 29 seconds into the game, after pouncing on a turnover to scorch a ball that tracked low and bounced to elude goalkeeper Gabriel.
With that, Mexico scored the quickest goal in Olympic history ( according to FIFA) and took control of the match at London's Wembley Stadium.
Both of Mexico's goals were scored by Peralta, whose nickname is "El Cepillo" ("The Brush"). And he brushed away the Olympic hopes of Brazil, for whom a late goal by Hulk did nothing to take away the sting of defeat.
It is the first gold medal for Mexico at the London Games, and the country's first gold ever in Olympic soccer. Prior to Saturday, Mexico's Olympic delegation had won a total of three silver medals and two bronze in Britain.
Now they're celebrating in Mexico, where thousands of fans took to the streets to celebrate the historic victory. Hundreds of police officers have been called up to reinforce security in Mexico City.
Brazil had been a steady scoring machine in the London Games, putting three goals on the board in every match it played until Saturday. The team's Leandro Damiao finished the tournament with six goals, the most of any player. His teammate Neymar had three goals.
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It was the story of the match for Brazil, which failed to capitalize on the few chances allowed by Mexico's stingy defense and goalkeeper Jose Corona. Brazil had 19 shots, to Mexico's 12, and controlled the ball for 60 percent of the match. The two teams also collected five yellow cards — three for Mexico, and two for Brazil.
In Olympic soccer, teams fill their rosters with players who are 23 and younger; they're also allowed to bring three players who are older than that age limit. Mexico's Peralta, for instance, is 28; Hulk is 26. But despite not bringing its senior squad, Brazil's team is still loaded with talent. Damiao is 23, for instance. And the megastar Neymar is only 20.
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Despite its storied history, Brazil has never won an Olympic gold medal in soccer. Today's Olympic final was the country's first in 24 years. The team is sure to face even more pressure in 2016, when Rio hosts the Summer Games.
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At his news conference Wednesday, President Barack Obama postured as the young Galahad striding out onto the schoolyard to stop a pair of bullies from beating up a girl.
Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham had charged U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice with misleading the nation when, five days after the Benghazi attack in which Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed, she appeared on five TV shows to say it had all resulted from a spontaneous reaction to an anti-Muslim video.
Susan Rice, thundered Obama, "made an appearance at the request of the White House in which she gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her.
"If Senator McCain and Senator Graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. ... But for them to go after the U.N. ambassador, who had nothing to do with Benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence that she had received, and to besmirch her reputation is outrageous."
The indignation here is more than a bit cloying. After all, Rice's rendition of the worst terror attack on the U.S. since 9/11 was utterly false.
There never was a protest.
Rice misled the nation. No one now denies that. The question is: Did Rice deceive us, or was she herself misled or deceived?
Far from being a convincing defense, Obama's remarks call into question the competence or the truthfulness of the White House itself.
Consider again what Obama said.
Susan Rice "had nothing to do with Benghazi."
But if she "had nothing to do with Benghazi," why was she sent out "at the request of the White House" to explain Benghazi?
Who at the White House programmed Rice? Did she push back at all when fed this bullhockey about Benghazi? Or does she just parrot the party line when told to do so?
Why did the White House not send Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, CIA Director David Petraeus, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta or National Security Adviser Tom Donilon? Or did they decline to go?
The president says Rice "gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her."
And who might be the source of that "intelligence" about the protest in Benghazi, when there was no protest in Benghazi?
Rice was scripted to tell the nation it was not a "pre-planned" attack, when that is exactly what it was. The CIA knew it within hours, because two of its former Navy SEALs died in the attack, and other CIA people survived and got out the next morning.
Here we come to the heart of the matter.
Though journalists, CIA personnel and State Department people listening in real time all knew from intercepts and reports back from our people on the ground that this was a terrorist attack involving automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars, the fabricated story – that it came out of a protest, a protest that never happened – was pushed relentlessly by the administration.
Jay Carney pushed it two days after the attack. Petraeus pushed it on the Hill three days after the attack. Rice went on five TV shows five days after the attack to recite it chapter and verse. Obama held off calling it a terror attack for weeks in TV interviews and mentioned the video half a dozen times at the U.N. on Sept. 25.
Another question arises from the press conference.
When Obama said Rice "gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her," was that also the best intelligence the president of the United States had?
If it is, if five days after the attack Obama was that clueless about what actually happened in Benghazi, he ought to clean house at his intelligence agencies.
From the outside, it appears everybody was on board to describe the attack as "spontaneous" and attribute it to the video.
Yet none of this was true. And many inside knew, during or right after the attack, the truth about what had happened and were leaking it to the press. That brings us to the question: Why?
Why would the administration hierarchy collaborate in putting out a phony story denying there had been a terrorist attack and attributing it to a spontaneous riot that never happened?
Two answers come to mind:
One, the "spontaneous protest" cover story would enable Obama to keep pushing his campaign line that he had gotten Osama bin Laden and that al-Qaida was "on the run" and "on the path to defeat." A successful al-Qaida-type attack in Libya would have contradicted his best foreign policy claim.
Second, if it was a spontaneous attack, an attack no one could have foreseen, predicted or prevented, then that would absolve the administration of responsibility for failing to see it coming, failing to provide greater security, failing to have forces prepared to deal with it when our guys were being shot and killed for seven hours.
What was behind the cover-up is what Congress needs to find out.


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Awards season is upon us. And on top of us. And all over us with red carpets, acceptance speeches and actor antics.
America is smack in the middle of its annual three-month making-much-of-movies mania. The 2014 Golden Globe, Critics Choice and Screen Actors Guild awards — among others — have already been handed out. On Jan. 25, the Directors Guild announces its winners. Then in February the industry's writers, cinematographers and art directors — among others — will be honoring movie makers. Which all leads up to the 86th Academy Awards on March 2.
And then what?
Which of the beloved and belaureled Movies of 2013 will we still care about in 2113 and carry with us for years to come? Which movies of our time will become timeless? And, while we're at it, what makes a movie timeless anyway?
Strong Directors
Unsettling experience: You insist to someone that a movie is a solid and ageless gem and you sit down together to watch it and the movie is a flimsy and dated yawnfest.
It has happened with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. With Jeremiah Johnson. With A Clockwork Orange. With a lot of movies, actually.
It's not true of all movies of the past. Zorba the Greek is great. So is The Wizard of Oz. Field of Dreams works every time.
"I definitely think there are films that stand the test of time," says Ann Hornaday, movie critic at The Washington Post. She says some movies even gain ground over the years "in relevance and aesthetic estimation."
Such as? "One that leaps to mind ... is Apocalypse Now," Ann says. "That's a movie that certainly struck a more immediate, visceral chord about Vietnam when it was released in 1979. Seen today, it's still a potent visual and aural experience, and the brilliance of its component parts — the cinematography, the editing, the performances, the dialogue — may be even more easily appreciated in the absence of immediate topicality."
What the best movies share, says Ann, "is a great director at the helm, someone who has marshaled all the many elements — screenplay, actors, cinematographers, musicians, etc. — to create a cohesive, expressive whole. And strong directors necessarily have a strong point of view, which is crucial to making something that will endure — and not just be timely, topical and disposable."
Audience Affection
What makes movies timeless are audiences, says Steven Spielberg in a 2012 interview for Universal Orlando. "They are the custodians of these visual memories, these stories. And by holding onto a film, or a fragment from a film, that marks a time in your life that will always be a part of your life."
So memorable films are timeless — and vice versa.
When NPR movie critic Bob Mondello is asked "What makes a timeless movie timeless?" he says, "Man, I'd love to say quality and universal themes and leave it at that, but I think it can be equally a matter of audience affection, of when in your life you see a film, and of the ever-changing zeitgeist."
A film that is too much of its own time, Bob says, "is unlikely to feel timeless 10 years later — in fact, it may quickly feel dated."
Lots of motion pictures that are now regarded as timeless weren't that popular when they came out, Bob says, citing Casablanca, It's a Wonderful Life and Citizen Kane.
Conversely, other films that were once regarded as great haven't withstood the scrutiny of time. Bob points to The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), Oliver! (1968) and The Life of Emile Zola (1937). All three of those movies "won best picture Oscars in years when arguably far more timeless films — Singin' in the Rain, 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Day at the Races, respectively — were not even nominated."
Gripping Stories
A movie is classic, says Mia Mask, professor of film history at Vassar College, "if it's a well-crafted, well-acted, compelling story that speaks to the human condition in a way that's unique."
Of this year's batch, Mia says, two offerings stand out. Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave "is a classic that will stand the test of time," she says. And David O. Russell's American Hustle "falls into the category of '70s nostalgia-flashback films. They will both be remembered but for different reasons. "
The movie 12 Years, she says, "is a brilliantly crafted film. First, it's got a gripping story that speaks to the human condition. It has amazing performances all around. It's wonderfully written, the music is great, and it's well-paced."
American Hustle, Mia says, is one in a long line of "auteur renditions of the banalities, excess and decadence of the 1970s." She ticks off a handful of similar titles: American Gangster, Boogie Nights, Summer of Sam, Zodiac and Blow.
Mia points out that in Hustle "a director with a distinctive — or recognizable — style tries to capture the zeitgeist of the '70s."
Period Pieces
The same two movies moved Rebecca Regnier as well. "Looking at the list," Rebecca says, "I think the films set in a period are going to be the ones that hold up. American Hustle comes to mind and 12 Years a Slave."
Rebecca has wrestled with the notion — Movies That Hold Up and Those That Don't — on her Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat? She concludes that there are certain aspects that can date a movie.
She hands out her own DNHU (Does Not Hold Up) awards to certain movies. Anything with Michael Douglas in the leading role is a winner. A bad soundtrack — like the music from the 1985 Ladyhawke — can screw up a good movie. Princess Bride holds up, she says. As do Caddyshack and Risky Business.
Back to this year's roster, Rebecca saysNebraska has a classic appearance. "Maybe it's the black and white?"
And though it was not nominated for Best Picture, Saving Mr. Banks "is an adorable snapshot of the early 1960s," Rebecca says. "I think it will hold up, too, because it exists in its own Disney mythology. Disney is good at protecting that."
Her, on the other hand, "might not survive when viewed in a few decades," Rebecca says. "Gravity I think will hold up for Sandra Bullock fans, but I'm not too sure about its place in a sci-fi world."
Why not? "We'll probably invent things that make it seem silly someday. I hope so anyway. I sure as heck do not want to go into outer space if what happens to Sandra Bullock in Gravity is a possibility."
Like many of us, Rebecca is intrigued by timelessness. By weightlessness, not as much.
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E-cig industry awaits looming federal regulation: a primer
Smokers are increasingly turning to battery-powered electronic cigarettes to get their nicotine fix. They're about to find out what federal regulators have to say about the popular devices.
The Food and Drug Administration will propose rules for e-cigarettes as early as this month. The rules will have big implications for a fast-growing, largely unregulated industry and its legions of customers.
Regulators aim to answer the burning question posed by Kenneth Warner, a professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health: "Is this going to be the disruptive technology that finally takes us in the direction of getting rid of cigarettes?"
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Here's a primer on e-cigarettes and their future:
E-cigarettes are plastic or metal tubes, usually the size of a cigarette, that heat a liquid nicotine solution instead of burning tobacco. That creates vapor that users inhale.
Smokers like e-cigarettes because the nicotine-infused vapor looks like smoke but doesn't contain the thousands of chemicals, tar or odor of regular cigarettes. Some smokers use e-cigarettes as a way to quit smoking tobacco, or to cut down.
The industry started on the Internet and at shopping-mall kiosks and has rocketed from thousands of users in 2006 to several million worldwide who can choose from more than 200 brands. Sales are estimated to have reached nearly $2 billion in 2013.
Tobacco company executives have noted that they are eating into traditional cigarette sales. Their companies have jumped into the business.
There's not much scientific evidence showing e-cigarettes help smokers quit or smoke less, and it's unclear how safe they are.
The FDA is likely to propose restrictions that mirror those on regular cigarettes.
The most likely of the FDA's actions will be to ban the sale of e-cigarettes to people under 18. Many companies already restrict sales to minors, and more than two dozen states already have banned selling them to young people.
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Monday, December 22, 2008
Totally Cheating
Monday, December 22, 2008
Well, Kelinda S., I guess we can't complain too much here: so long as the decorators don't put the feet on backwards, there's really not much they could do to wreck this design up.
Wait, did I say put the feet on backwards?
Ok, so these designs are still wreckable, as Jen S. discovered with Thunder Thighs Santa here. Though to be fair, maybe the decorator's thumbs DO face that way - that might explain a lot, actually...*
Some of these plastic cheats are deceptive. For example, at first glance Lyndsay W.'s find looks like a really well-made Santa suicide scene:
(Yes, of course Santa bleeds sprinkles. Duh.) However, that head is actually plastic. It's even kind of cute, compared with the nightmarish clown-head-picks all us Wilton vets know so well.
Of course, other plastic cheats can be just a smidge more obvious, as Amy D. discovered:
Attention Bakery Managers: you may want to post some instruction photos for these cheat kits. You know, to avoid the whole upside-down-nose-and-mustache thing.
What, you can't tell it's upside down? Here, I'll show you:
See? Santa went from sad & droopy to only mildly consternated. Much better. Also, if this Wreck isn't proof that wreckerators are addicted to their airbrushes, I don't know what is. I mean, it looks like someone attacked Santa with a machete! Two words, guys: "Inter" and "Vention". [earnest head nodding]
As someone who enjoys wrapping gifts so much that I actually *d0* wrap empty boxes just for funsies, I find this next one from Brian D. especially horrifying:
That's REAL non-matching ribbon on the lumpy green square thing edged with ketchup ooze on the round cake board. And did I mention the ribbons don't match? [shudder]
But then, Brian M. reminds us that in this season of extravagance it's often the little things that can bring the most joy:
Even better: the package next to this one also has the "oh oh oh"s. Score!!!
* Ok, yes, I suppose your thumbs would be on the outside if you bend your arms at the elbow. And yes, it took me about 45 seconds of thumb twisting experimentation to figure that out. :)
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- HorribleLicensePlates said...
That airbrushing makes Santa look contagious.
- December 22, 2008 at 9:18 AM
- Alison said...
Santa's got child-bearing hips! Is there some weird elf-reproduction thing we'd best keep from the children?
(and...pssst: fewer wrecks, not "less." Because, though it's not a good idea, you can count them.) - December 22, 2008 at 9:21 AM
Perhaps the OHOHOH cakes were placed from the other end? I mean, if the workers stashed it in from the other side, then they'd show up as "OHOHOH" if it was originally "HOHOHO".
- December 22, 2008 at 9:24 AM
- beckiwithani said...
Oh oh oh oh! Sounds like the Christmas cupcakes from an erotic bakery, a la Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally....
- December 22, 2008 at 9:25 AM
- Craig said...
Wow, the reverse thumbed Santa's got back. It's a clear case of North Pole face with the Oakland booty.
- December 22, 2008 at 9:29 AM
Even my five year old can see the problems...
"Mom, that doesn't look like Santa at all!" - December 22, 2008 at 9:31 AM
That fourth picture looks just like Lady Cassandra from Doctor Who!
- December 22, 2008 at 9:32 AM
Santa, NO! You have so much to live for! It's not worth it man! (yeah that third cake really screams slit wrist Santa to me).
I noticed the dearth of plastic on baked goods this year and the only thing I can figure is it's the only way you can cover for a total lack of talent. Of course if helps if you put the plastic on in the right direction. Love those "Oh Oh Oh" cupcakes...maybe Santa had a backache and that's what led to the suicide attempt? - December 22, 2008 at 9:32 AM
- joyce said...
Just wait until someone chokes on the plastic flotsam--then there will be lawsuits.
The green rectangular "present" looks like a little casket. - December 22, 2008 at 9:34 AM
- My Daily Vintage said...
oh my god, the upside-down nose is hilarious
- December 22, 2008 at 9:41 AM
Dear Upside down-mouth Santa-
Have you been spray tanning? You look like George Hamilton...
classic... - December 22, 2008 at 9:44 AM
- queenb said...
Forget putting the shoes on backwards....Are snowmen even supposed to have legs?
I live in a pretty warm climate and don't often get the chance to make snowmen....but I don't ever think I've seen one with legs and feet...
~Bonnie B~ - December 22, 2008 at 9:44 AM
- Cecile said...
I think they meant to put the nose/mustache/mouth thing upside down. I mean, who wouldn't be sad after getting attacked by a tiger while delivering presents? I bet the reindeer didn't even survive!
- December 22, 2008 at 9:44 AM
- Donna M. said...
ROFL! Love 'thunder thighs' Santa and the "OH OH OH" cupcakes--that would be a good one for a "you made your first porno movie" party.
- December 22, 2008 at 9:46 AM
The first one says "display only" in the bottom left corner.
- December 22, 2008 at 9:47 AM
- Melissa said...
Oh, how I love Cake Wrecks! Thanks for spreading the Christmas joy!
- December 22, 2008 at 9:51 AM
- Cindy said...
Oh Oh Oh! Yrrem Samtsirhc!
- December 22, 2008 at 9:52 AM
- Amy said...
Think the Oh, Oh, Oh cake might be the one to pick when you realize that your form of birth control failed and Santa's delivery might be a tad late...say 9 months!
- December 22, 2008 at 9:53 AM
- Chris said...
The Oh-Oh-Oh's are CLASSIC!!! I want an APRON! :)
- December 22, 2008 at 9:53 AM
- Joanie said...
OH OH OH!!! Yrrem Samtsirhc!!!
- December 22, 2008 at 9:54 AM
- M K Glass said...
Ok... Does anyone else think that the Santa with the upside-down mustache actually looks like a cat? Anyone?
As for the last one... you know, perhaps Santa wants to show us his "OH" face...
I'm just sayin'... - December 22, 2008 at 9:56 AM
- Unknown said...
OH OH OH Merry Christmas to you too! Keep 'em coming, I get check out your site daily for a good laugh!
- December 22, 2008 at 9:58 AM
Wow! I get to be first.
Love the upside down face on Santa, then again, since noone ever sees him maybe.... - December 22, 2008 at 9:59 AM
- Boozy Tooth said...
Santa's upside down nose (and mustsche!), green brick, and Oh, Oh, Oh cupcakes.
What could be more Christmasy?
Word verification: "hypers" as in anyone who eats this garbage will be hypers! - December 22, 2008 at 10:03 AM
Ok, i don't have a camera phone, but I am so gonna make sure i have a camera with me everytime i go to "Wally World" I don't know how I miss this stuff. Every trip I make is going to include perusal in the bakery looking for submissions to your site!!!! Thanks for the laughs!
- December 22, 2008 at 10:03 AM
Makes me wonder why they even bother.
I long for the day of plain, well iced cakes like my Grandma made. Back then the only wreck was if the cake fell and when that happend us grands got to eat the mistake. - December 22, 2008 at 10:06 AM
Oh Oh Oh??!
Good Lord, the standard of wrecks nowadays is really falling. What's happening to the world, GOD!!?!? - December 22, 2008 at 10:06 AM
- Justine said...
Maybe the "Oh oh oh" cupcakes are for the morning after the office party. They are to celebrate all the "fantastic frolics" in the supply closet that occured the night before between "overserved" co-workers!
- December 22, 2008 at 10:09 AM
- Jennifer said...
Is it funny that I now want to become a cake decorator after seeing all of these hilariously awful cakes?
Word verification: suprohip
Sounds like some sort of superhero. "Suprohip! Alien hero of the future!" - December 22, 2008 at 10:11 AM
- punkinmama said...
What IS wrong with people?!
- December 22, 2008 at 10:12 AM
- Unknown said...
The Santa with an upside down nose/mouth has a feline look about him...and with those lifelike eyes I don't feel like thats something I'll ever eat. Love the OH OH OHs!!!
- December 22, 2008 at 10:12 AM
It's not whether you're bending at the elbow that determines which side your thumbs are on. It's whether it's a gesture of welcoming/incipient hug (palms forward, thumbs in) or whether it's a shrug of exasperation or cluelessness (palms in, thumbs out). Santa's gesture says it all. "Another failed liposuction!"
WV: porloct, a piggish warlock Santa Claus. - December 22, 2008 at 10:14 AM
- Ice Cream said...
No.Way! Even with cheater platic k-rap you can still make wrecks (and these are some pretty awesome wrecks). I think my favorite is the suicide santa. That one needs to be a holiday T-shirt. "Santa bleeds sprinkles." Love it.
- December 22, 2008 at 10:18 AM
- loisgroat said...
I need those OH OH OH cupcakes!! Only THREE days till Christmas, and I am not done with cookies OR shopping! OH OH OH!!!!
- December 22, 2008 at 10:18 AM
- Kelli W said...
The Santa with the upside-down-nose-and-mustache thing looks so SAD! Like somebody {maybe the Grinch} stole all his toys....or maybe he just saw himself in a mirror!
- December 22, 2008 at 10:18 AM
- ella fae said...
Obviously that first Santa has the hands on correctly--he's just holding them up in preparation for surgery. The nurses have to fit those latex gloves over his mittens and that takes a lot of work (and big gloves).
- December 22, 2008 at 10:19 AM
- Cake for Breakfast said...
Heehee! Jen, you are making my holidays so much brighter with these great finds and commentary!
Oh Oh Oh! Merry Christmas! - December 22, 2008 at 10:21 AM
Since this is a family blog I won't make any of the off color jokes that come to mind for the Oh Oh Oh cupcakes...except to say that I bet they were just delicious!
- December 22, 2008 at 10:24 AM
Upside down facial features, no arms or legs, one big block body and worst of all, it looks like someone's been grilling Old Saint Nick. I guess you can put anything on a George Forman Grill!
Am I naughty for wanting to eat those bloody sprinkles? Does it matter any more? Santa probably won't be making it down many chimneys this year. - December 22, 2008 at 10:26 AM
- D.B. Echo said...
Santa looks like he's about to do a double face-palm.
And poor Frosty got run over by a snowplow!
Word Verification word: stedi...stedi.. - December 22, 2008 at 10:33 AM
@Jennifer = "suprohip" sounds like a pretty good description of Santa's hips on that one ccc.
- December 22, 2008 at 10:36 AM
- Grandma Cebe said...
ROFL!! My 3 year old grandson could do better than this! I do agree with ciwey that maybe the OH, OH, OH cupcakes were placed from the other side of the case and read "HO HO HO' to the decorator that put them in the case.
- December 22, 2008 at 10:41 AM
- Lizard said...
that last one cracked me up-- the oh oh ohs are hilarious, then add that there's one column of snowflakes in randomly, because they apparently ran out of ohs, and then when they ran out of snowflakes they just tossed on that last column... of grapes! yes, the traditional christmas bunch of grapes. who can forget that?
- December 22, 2008 at 10:50 AM
- Patricia said...
anyone else get a flashback to Office Space scenes about the "OH Face" ?????
- December 22, 2008 at 10:57 AM
- Feisty Irish Wench said...
I have friends that buy their cakes at the big warehouse bakery because they're good. Yet its sister megastore screws things up so royally SO OFTEN. I will stick to my regional grocery store bakery that produces stellar results each. and. every. time.
- December 22, 2008 at 11:03 AM
Sounds like too much Beyonce on the cupcakes...
"all the single Santas...
all the single Santas....
Oh Oh Oh..Oh Oh Oh ... Oh Oh
Oh Oh ... Oh Oh..
If you like it then you shoulda
put a fork in it..... - December 22, 2008 at 11:09 AM
- Neen said...
You have to love my 4 year old upon seeing the present cake? She looked at me questionly and asked me, "mommy is that a cake? It looks bad."
- December 22, 2008 at 11:13 AM
- Beth said...
The oh oh oh cupcakes are perfect for your wedding shower dessert or honeymoon treats!
- December 22, 2008 at 11:13 AM
The green block is the one that creeps me out the most.
Looks like Santa and the reindeer were encased in a block of floral foam by the gangsters from last weeks post for some gangland indiscretion.
The mobsters left Santa's and the reindeer's heads poking out so when they are tossed into the East River, they can watch their own fate as they sink to the bottom...
At least they added some festive decorations to make it look cheerful! Even the mob celebrates Christmas. Who knew? - December 22, 2008 at 11:22 AM
- Karen Elmquist said...
Dang! The "Oh Oh OH" cupcakes made me laugh so hard I spilled coffee down my front! If I saw those in a store I would be on the floor in the aisle laughing! Thanks for that!
- December 22, 2008 at 11:27 AM
Oh, oh, oh no you didn't!
- December 22, 2008 at 11:28 AM
- Unknown said...
Totally artless. Is this what the bakery-schools are turning out now? SIGH
~Amy B - December 22, 2008 at 11:29 AM
HILARIOUS today, Jen! Thanks for the laughs.
- December 22, 2008 at 11:30 AM
- Raina Cox said...
Cakes decorated with "plastic flotsam?"
Ugly + lazy + environmentally unsound = cake wreck - December 22, 2008 at 11:50 AM
- Lauren said...
Lizard: I think the traditional Christmas grapes are pinecones. However, the fruit of the vine does seem like a more logical response to this awfulness.
Especially since, even though the employees can see the cupcakes backwards, the "OH OH OH"s are _tilted_ on the cupcakes... toward the consumer. Lovely presentation. Just what we need for that Christmas bachelor/bachelorette party. - December 22, 2008 at 11:52 AM
RE: oh oh oh
:facepalm: - December 22, 2008 at 11:55 AM
- Jennifer said...
Also, my husband thinks that the airbrushed Santa looks like he's been grilled instead of slashed. Mmmm, frame broiled goodness!
- December 22, 2008 at 12:03 PM
- Meg said...
I agree that upside down nose Santa has a feline look about him. I was originally thinking a Thundercat or that lil character from a TV show who's name I don't know that says "snarf" all the time. But then I realized I didn't know enough about either to really make that official, but it works for my imagination! Snarf!
- December 22, 2008 at 12:24 PM
- D.B. Echo said...
On second glance, could Skinnylegs Santa be juggling those blue cupcakes?
Word Verification word: quargu
(noun) How much gu it takes to frost a cake - December 22, 2008 at 12:36 PM
- Unknown said...
Hmmm...those last cupcakes are definitely on the "naughty" list.
- December 22, 2008 at 12:43 PM
- Debbi said...
I will never, EVER order a cake from a bakery. EVER. They scare me too much.
And "flotsam" is my new favorite word!!! - December 22, 2008 at 12:50 PM
- Crazy Cake Lady said...
Hey, since when did snowmen have legs?
- December 22, 2008 at 12:50 PM
It's nice to know that even in a world of plastic flotsam cakes, it's still possible to miss-spell one of the simplest words in the English lauguage.
Oh, Oh, Oh, a VERY merry Christmas, indeed! - December 22, 2008 at 12:51 PM
- Digital Daguerreotypist said...
Meg: the "snarf" character you're thinking of is Pinky from Pinky and the Brain/Animaniacs - the lab mice who wanted to take over the world..
and the thunder thighs Santa looks like a French Can Can dancer.... - December 22, 2008 at 12:52 PM
- TheDaughterOfTyr said...
Those OH OH OH cupcakes could be quite appropriate for a wedding shower or bachelor party....
Cake Wrecks = most fabulous blog ever! - December 22, 2008 at 12:54 PM
- Sara Lou said...
Your thumbs would poke out that way when you are giving the cake-wrecker the middle finger, too!
Santa's Double Finger Salute to you, Bakery-CakeWrecker!
:D - December 22, 2008 at 12:54 PM
- Sara Lou said...
Oh - and the "Oh Oh Oh" cupcakes... maybe were in an "adults-only" bakery??
;) - December 22, 2008 at 12:55 PM
- Tania said...
Those cupcakes are having more fun than I am! No fair!
- December 22, 2008 at 1:01 PM
- Unknown said...
I think the Oh Oh Oh cupcakes should be sold as a set with the Hi Hi Hi CCC from a couple of days ago Who would have guessed that there are multiple ways to mess up Ho Ho Ho...
- December 22, 2008 at 1:07 PM
- Scritzy said...
O Holy Night! What a bunch of sorry excuses for decorated cakes! I hope to heaven I don't get a present that looks like that green THING. If I do, I'll know I was very bad this year.
But I just gotta love Suicide Santa. Those of us who get depressed at Christmas need to be represented, too.
Oh, oh, oh. And I say again, oh, oh oh.
Word verification: busil. There's so much hustle-busil this time of year. - December 22, 2008 at 1:13 PM
Actually, I suspect that the upside down Santa nose is supposed to be a cat nose. That would explain why Santa is striped, too.
- December 22, 2008 at 1:13 PM
- Ashley said...
LOVE the orgasm cupcakes.
- December 22, 2008 at 1:14 PM
@ ciwey... I considered the same thing the first time I saw that cake, but if you look closely at the OHOHOH, you'll notice that they're propped up a bit. And you know what that means...
- December 22, 2008 at 1:25 PM
- Paul Koenig said...
Those Oh Oh Oh cupcakes would be quite nice for a festive Saturnalia.
- December 22, 2008 at 1:44 PM
- Crystal Arnspiger said...
I think those oh, oh, oh cupcakes are actually for the New Kids on the Block concert--to be eaten during Cover Girl. Seriously, it fits.
- December 22, 2008 at 1:47 PM
- Lalaith said...
Machete Santa reminds me of the "Santa Spud" Mr. Potatohead I just got!
- December 22, 2008 at 2:20 PM
- joan said...
My fifteen-year-old daughter, reading over my shoulder, immediately said that the green box must be the casket from "Suicide Santa."
Thanks for this lovely moment of family togetherness.
We all love CW. - December 22, 2008 at 2:30 PM
Gosh, I thought the airbrush Santa face looked rather porcine and the snowman legs belong on a witch or Raggedy Ann. (What's with legs on a snowman?) The Oh, oh, oh cupcakes were my favorites, though.
- December 22, 2008 at 2:36 PM
- Cute Things in Paint said...
but, if you turn those oh oh oh cupcakes upside down, theyre just ho ho ho! really, not a wreck at all, friends. ps. i <3<3<3 upside-down santanose. hiiiilarious.
- December 22, 2008 at 2:36 PM
If you actually look closely at the Oh Oh Oh cupcakes and they way they are leaning, they are not backwards, nor would they have been loaded into the case from the other side and have looked correct to the decorator because they put the decoration on UPSIDE DOWN...flip it 180 degrees and it'd be correct. :)
- December 22, 2008 at 3:01 PM
Santa with the upside down mouth looks like he's about to cry.
- December 22, 2008 at 3:11 PM
Oh, Oh, Oh . . . . Green Giant. That's what the "oh's" made me think of.
- December 22, 2008 at 3:11 PM
I have a theory about the thumbs out Santa. He's directing the elves, who are positioning the sleigh prior to hitching the reindeer. He's telling them to back it toward him. Don't see it? Place your hands in front of you, elbows at your side, palms up, like you're holding a tray. Now bring your hands up toward your shoulders. Lower them and repeat three times. I would further guess that the elves were a little too enthusiastic, which lead to the cake below it.
At least I hope that's what he's directing to back up, because my only other theory involves Mrs. Clause and the origin of the OH OH OH cupcakes. - December 22, 2008 at 3:12 PM
- Christa said...
ok so I'm like 9 weeks pregnant, and when I was looking at those CCC I suddenly could smell all that aweful buttercream icing and I thought I was going to be sick.
And that poofy hipped Santa looks like someone took the cupcake off his belt that would have evened him out! - December 22, 2008 at 3:14 PM
@Digital Daguerreotypist
Actually if memory and Google serve me correctly, Pinky's favorite word was "Narf". Snarf was, as Meg said, a Thundercat. Well sort of technically...he was Lion-O's annoying pet, who interjected "Snarf!" into everything much as Smurfs use "Smurf" as a wildcard.
Now that I come to think of it, that flame-broiled Santa strongly resembles Snarf indeed...good catch Meg.
Err..I should go now. My 80's geek is showing. - December 22, 2008 at 3:20 PM
- Meg said...
@Digital Daguerreotypist: thanks for the tip but I'm thinking of something else. It's a little yellow cat-like thing. Maybe it doesn't actually say snarf... maybe I made it up... Hmm...
Oh! It is real! It's one of the Thundercats, the lil red and yellow, and it's name is apparently Snarf. Link: http://www.rankinbass.com/thundercatssnarf.html - December 22, 2008 at 3:22 PM
- Karen said...
Those Oh Oh Oh ones make me think of the New Kids on the Block. Oh oh oh oh oh...the right stuff! Or, the wrong stuff, in this case.
-- Karen T. - December 22, 2008 at 3:38 PM
- Rob said...
Santa with his upide-down nose/mouth/tach looks like some kind of christmas care bear.
- December 22, 2008 at 3:50 PM
I was coming in to say the same about the oh oh oh's. Just turn the package around, it is right. WHen you take them out, it is right.
- December 22, 2008 at 3:51 PM
- clueuin said...
Boy, looks like a missed a lot in two months. I tried to catch up but between the laughter and the shock disbelief I had to leave the libarary cafe before they kick my butt out of there.
Nice Sunday picks guys and I just love the Wrecktastic Santas.
So Jen are the Calendars out yet? I see the t-shirts, nice, I saw the apron, and as soon as I get the money I'll get one, niceeeeeeee! But don't see the calendar. Prehaps I missed it in between the sad, crazy, parents from New Jersey and the fantastic interpetations of Disney's Children classic.
Oh well.
Looking forward to next year!
Clueuin - December 22, 2008 at 4:00 PM
- the ginabean said...
ick. who wants to eat a santa cake when he looks all cellulite-y? makes you think, "that could happen to me." and then there's the red-faced santa with the up-side-down plastic--looked like a strange cartoon kitten or something. if i ordered a Christmas cake and they "decorated" with plastic i'd be very upset. oh, but wait...since cakewrecks exists, maybe it'd be easier to laugh it off and submit the nastiness to you...and the world.
- December 22, 2008 at 4:35 PM
- Suzanne Dargie said...
My supervisor at work saw these cakes over my shoulder and he said all that was missing from the Santa Suicide cake was a tiny knife and revolver...you know...like the ones you used to get in the board game Clue? He also said the sign that says "Blessed Season" should say "Bloody Season".
And for the the Oh, oh, oh's....does anyone remember Horshack from "Welcome Back Kotter"? Well, he must have made those. - December 22, 2008 at 5:54 PM
Does anyone else think the "Blessed Season," with I believe a cross next to it, sign on the dead Santa cake is either ironic, or else a not so subtle reminder about what happens to people who worship the wrong guy on Christmas? I can see Dan Brown's next book: The Santa Code, where we learn that the Church put a hit out on St. Nicholas to stop him from co-opting the proper symbolism of the day. Clearly this cake is reminder to those in the know that "accidents" still happen. The Church is making its list and checking it twice. You don't want to end up like Santa.
- December 22, 2008 at 6:31 PM
- Mari said...
These are like the strip malls of cake making. I'd rather see an attempt at frosting artistry!
- December 22, 2008 at 6:42 PM
Maybe the oh-oh-oh decorator was looking in the mirror while she did her thing. That takes talent, right...?
- December 22, 2008 at 6:51 PM
- Gladys said...
When I talked to Santa he said that his mustach IS upside down and that people are always misunderstanding him. He said he has never said Ho,Ho,HO...He in fact says Oh, Oh, Oh, but because he has an upside down mustache no one understands him.
- December 22, 2008 at 7:06 PM
- Nat said...
Santa in #2 is clearly shrugging, as in "it's not my fault I'm made of cupcakes."
- December 22, 2008 at 7:16 PM
- Kath said...
maybe the second santa is telling the kids to "come hither"...? no? But there couldn't possibly be someone stupid decorating a cake, could there be?
- December 22, 2008 at 7:29 PM
- Bridgete said...
Office Space, the Christmas Edition: When Santa Shows his Oh-Face.
Oh...Oh...Oh... - December 22, 2008 at 7:49 PM
I don't think Santa's nose is upside down, I think the rest of the cake is upside down. The way it is, the little "oh oh oh" picks say "ho ho ho" !
And I don't know what to think about the grapes/pinecone cupcakes.. maybe they are caviar? - December 22, 2008 at 8:48 PM
- M.D. said...
I think the OH OH OH cupcakes need to be displayed next to the sad Santa, because Im pretty sure thats what he would say after getting steam rolled and thrown on the grill like that. Poor guy.
- December 22, 2008 at 9:01 PM
- stuckonsushi said...
my favorite is the "Oh Oh Oh." of course, my dirty mind doesn't read that with Christmas in mind at all...
- December 22, 2008 at 9:38 PM
Thunder Thighs Santa looks like he's doing the Macarena.
- December 22, 2008 at 9:38 PM
- Woonette said...
I thought that the cake with the plastic details (the airbrushed one) was a teddy bear before i saw the right side up mustache! im such a retard...
- December 22, 2008 at 9:53 PM
- Hyena Overlord said...
Thanks for putting up the snowman. He's the first ccc sighted in the city I believe. S*****store has wreckerators
The legs are so he can run away...far far away.
I love the cupcakes...Christmas porno anyone?
wvotd cometal..."oh cometal ye faithful..." - December 22, 2008 at 10:09 PM
- Lulubelle B said...
Perhaps the Oh-Oh-Oh cupcakes are promotional items for a Tom Joyner event?
"Oh! Oh! Oh! It's the Tom Joyner Morning Show!" - December 22, 2008 at 11:01 PM
- sendingtheclowns said...
Merciful Heaven.
And looky! Santa Cake is wearing the Wicked Witch of the West's stripey stockings!
With any luck, someone will drop a house on HIM, too. - December 23, 2008 at 12:41 AM
Our Wal-Mart does NOT stoop to using mere plastic flotsam on its cakes. The bakers there, being wonderfully creative little elves, have taken it upon themselves to top all of their seasonal cakes with COOKIE CUTTERS. The theory is, apparently, that customers will overlook the pathetic ornamentation to "save money and live better" by not having to purchase cookie cutters this year.
Word verification: "whimpe," which very accurately describes dear Wally-world's holiday cake decorations... - December 23, 2008 at 1:09 AM
- Sleepwalker said...
Hubby and I were discussing one of these plastic flotsam Santa-face cakes in a large grocery store just yesterday, and I said it's not a Wreck, because it's so neatly done. Lame, but neat. How could someone screw that up?
I now see all too clearly... - December 23, 2008 at 2:05 AM
- -P said...
Well - since its the season, we could give some credit. If we turn the last one upside down, the OH OH OH becomes HO HO HO...
The missing exclamation mark is the saving grace :) - December 23, 2008 at 4:32 AM
lol, Safeway Safeway Safeway, they were the culprits in a Halloween pumpkin/jackolantern cake I sent you as well.
- December 23, 2008 at 4:43 AM
Sheesh. Given the number of inverted plastic decorations, what's next? Reindeer with their legs bending the wrong way? Santa plunged headfirst into a mound of frosting?
Actually, I'd probably buy that latter one if I ever saw it. - December 23, 2008 at 5:09 AM
- Minyassa said...
I love the OH OH OH cupcakes! But they should have waited...that's not a Xmas-appropriate design and should be saved for something more adult like the Night After Valentine's Day, perhaps.
- December 23, 2008 at 5:29 AM
- Bri said...
Score is right! These are so bad they're good. Those OH OH OH's win completely.
I don't know how the people who buy these cakes actually get past laughing at them to eating them.
Brianna McCarthy @ Passion.Fruit
http://briannamccarthy.blogspot.com - December 23, 2008 at 8:00 AM
ok, the santa face in pieces looks like a sad kitty cat...how could they get that sooooo wrong????
/looks down shaking head..they destroyed Santa!! - December 23, 2008 at 8:37 AM
- Hyena Overlord said...
....and the green brick. It's what I'm throwing through Santa's window. It's a nasty message written on nasty green paper. Because I still don't have the pony I asked for when I was 4.
wvotd wafes....what you do instead of waving because your thumbs are on backwards. - December 23, 2008 at 8:47 AM
- Tom said...
I laughed my ass off with the OH OH OH cupcakes...then I realized...maybe the decorator was iliterate....Now I am sad
- December 23, 2008 at 8:53 AM
- Cara said...
so....about the green rectangle with mismatched ribbon...
What is with the green squiggle on the side of the cake? You've got Rudolph, Santa, and what? - December 23, 2008 at 9:07 AM
- Just Mairs said...
You're all silly - can't you see the *cupcakes* are upside down?! Obviously none of you are trapeze artists or gymnasts....
- December 23, 2008 at 10:08 AM
I can't believe how many people are claiming that the "OH OH OH" picks are correct if you turn the cupcakes around.
Noooo, they're not. See how they're in at a definite angle? That gives the cupcakes a front, which is indeed facing the camera, and therefore they are upside-down.
Hopefully YOU can see that even if the original wreckerator couldn't. - December 23, 2008 at 10:31 AM
- Miranda said...
Dear Wreckerators: Drugs are bad, mmkay? At least when you're at work, they're bad! People don't have striped faces. Snowmen are generally not endowed with legs and feet. The nose goes above the mouth. Santa is not generally known to have a gargantuan tush and then toothpick legs, nor is it particularly jolly to dismember him. What's UP with you guys?
- December 23, 2008 at 11:37 AM
Hilarious today as always, of course, but I gotta chide you on the "Oh Oh Oh" entry...The photo's just upside-down! Spin 180 degrees and it becomes normal...sort of.
Elise - December 23, 2008 at 12:46 PM
- SmittyChic said...
Oh Oh Oh - How do you like Santa's "O-Face!"
- December 23, 2008 at 12:48 PM
The eyebrows are also wrong! Look closely and you'll see they should each be on the other eye!
Dallas, OR - December 23, 2008 at 1:31 PM
- Melissa said...
They have been selling tons of those snowman cakes at the grocery stores around us. It's crazy! And people buy them too! Will send in some pics of others ASAP.
Melissa - December 23, 2008 at 4:22 PM
- Oonie said...
Now I need to go look for Oh Oh Oh cupcakes for the humor value at my family Christmas! Thanks for the giggles.
- December 23, 2008 at 10:36 PM
I just saw the snowman CCC in our local grocery store. Except one of the mittens was facing the wrong way...much like the Santa. Too funny.
- December 24, 2008 at 1:24 PM
- ~Red~ said...
I know I'm a little behind, but I love this site, and the Santa upside-down nose thing made me remember a picture I took at Wal-mart in one of those claw machines:
If you wanna see it. :) - December 26, 2008 at 6:41 PM
- Nikki via The Scarlett Rose Garden said...
Oh how your commentary always cracks me up! I should've been in bed hours ago, but I get sucked in here!
That snowman cake seems to have some big... snow*balls* instead of legs!
And the Santa with the upside down nose/mouth? The entire background of the cake looks like a slab of bacon. Gross.
Thanks for the laughs! - January 19, 2009 at 2:13 AM
- Lian said...
"See? Santa went from sad & droopy to only mildly consternated."
I read that as 'mildly constipated', and you know what? That's what it -should- say! - January 23, 2009 at 10:41 AM
The thunderthighs don't worry me so much as the leprechaun legs...You'd think they'd at least get the time of year right?
- March 21, 2009 at 1:31 AM
Did anyone else notice that the Santa suicide cake has a plastic pick that reads "Blessed Season" on it? Blessed Season of what? Santa horror??!! Traumatizing the kids???
- March 25, 2009 at 6:21 PM
the up-side down nose cake makes me think "good kitty santa!"
- May 15, 2009 at 5:46 PM
- Phoebe Carmean said...
not only did they put santa's nose on upside-down, they also seem to have barbecued his face and then tried to cover it with the plastic santa face pieces!
-margo - May 20, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Am I the only one who saw that last pic and thought of "Sweet Caroline?"
(oh oh oh...good times never felt so good...So good! So good! Okay, I'll shut up now.) - May 22, 2009 at 7:49 PM
- anthemsong said...
OMG reading this for the first time, going back through to read all the old posts, and I think this is from my bakery! We put the Ho-Ho-Hos on upside down on purpose ;) To see if anyone would notice. Think its my bakery cause the pinecone picks are from 4 years ago and the snowflake are 2 years old, we used them all up this year
- June 7, 2009 at 7:24 AM
On the last wreck- I think mommy has her boyfriend over!
- June 8, 2009 at 1:02 PM
- Unknown said...
I know this post is forever ago, but I can't help myself, and simply must tell you. All I can think of is "The Right Stuff", from NKTOB.
- July 10, 2009 at 3:26 PM
- Hawkfeather said...
Emo Santa(a.k.a upside-down mouth)..
the upside down thing is bad.. but the lizard-man-esque striped flesh-
I dunno what disease he has- but i think if i sported flesh so festively striped- I might be sad too.
poor emo santa- the holidays *are* the hardest aren't they? - August 3, 2009 at 9:44 AM
Am I the only one that sees that present as a giftwrapped creature of some sort? Because from where I'm sitting, that Santa head on the side looks like an eye. It looks like it's about to pounce...
Word verification: "busti". Methinks the internet just made a Freudian slip. - April 29, 2010 at 6:10 PM
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Get Cash in a Moment in Arlington, Wisconsin, WI USA
Do you live in the USA in Arlington, Wisconsin, WI? Then you do not have any need to worry or get upset. Our goal is to boost your spirits and to let you get the way out for any financial problems. Due to quick cash payday loans online any of us may request a cash loan and obtain it within the shortest possible time. They are small short-term loans which are a very convenient source of getting cash advance mostly when you have an urgent need or for general needs.
Getting a cash loan today has never been easier for the US residents and this is done by filling out a form. This is so because obtaining an emergency payday loan today can be done in literally a few minutes after the form is completed and the application is submitted. For those who reside in the USA in Arlington, a cash advance loan application with the value from $100 to $1000 may be done immediately. And there's more! To make the life easier for our clients, loan applications can be done in the comfort of their homes or offices. With a PC connected to the Internet, an application form can be completed and sent in few minutes.
All one needs to do is to fill the application form available on our website. Please make sure that you have filled your real location of residence – Arlington and Wisconsin, WI. After you submit we will need a couple of minutes for finding offers from the credible organizations. This will be tailored to meet your needs. It will take just a couple of minutes. Our customers do not need to wait long to find a loan on our website. Due to fast accessibility and speed of our big database, an applicant will need to wait for few minutes only after the application is submitted. It is a great way to get a good payday loan without checking accounts.
As soon as this is done, and after we receive your online payday loan application and it is approved, a redirection is made in your browser to the lender's website. Each financial organization we deal with must clearly state all terms and rates according to your location and other important factors. So it is not just an east and quick thing to get USA payday loans – moreover, it does not take more than 30 minutes or so of your life. Like stated above, the need for money is often crucial in today's economic situation, and we make it possible here.
Unexpected expense should not become a problem anymore since we have a solution for you. Every application made here is considered with proper attention by our lending partners. Eventually, we emphasize that we process our clients' private data with the highest level of respect and guarantee absolute security. There is nothing to worry about. APPLY NOW!
No Faxing No Credit Check Payday Loans Online in Arlington, Wisconsin, WI!
Factors that make payday loans more preferable:
• All you personal information remains confidential.
• The deadline for repaying the loan in Arlington USA can be re-scheduled.
• The time for getting a payday loan in Arlington, Wisconsin, WI is usually within one hour.
• There are income restrictions so that you will never run into huge indebtedness.
• No deposits must be left or guarantors should be present for getting credited.