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Judas and His Early Victories. 1Then his son Judas, who was called Maccabeus, took his place. 2All his brothers and all who had joined his father supported him, and they gladly carried on Israel's war.
3He spread abroad the glory of his people,
and put on his breastplate like a giant.
He armed himself with weapons of war;
he fought battles and protected the camp with his sword.
4In his deeds he was like a lion,
like a young lion roaring for prey.
5He pursued the lawless, hunting them out,
and those who troubled his people he destroyed by fire.
6The lawless were cowed by fear of him,
and all evildoers were dismayed.
By his hand deliverance was happily achieved,
7and he afflicted many kings.
He gave joy to Jacob by his deeds,
and his memory is blessed forever.
8He went about the cities of Judah
destroying the renegades there.
He turned away wrath from Israel,
9was renowned to the ends of the earth;
and gathered together those who were perishing.
10Then Apollonius* gathered together the Gentiles, along with a large army from Samaria, to fight against Israel. 11When Judas learned of it, he went out to meet him and struck and killed him. Many fell wounded, and the rest fled. 12They took their spoils, and Judas took the sword of Apollonius and fought with it the rest of his life.
13But Seron, commander of the Syrian army, heard that Judas had mustered an assembly of faithful men ready for war. 14So he said, "I will make a name for myself and win honor in the kingdom. I will wage war against Judas and his followers, who have despised the king's command." 15And again a large company of renegades advanced with him to help him take revenge on the Israelites.
16When he reached the ascent of Beth-horon,* Judas went out to meet him with a few men. 17But when they saw the army coming against them, they said to Judas: "How can we, few as we are, fight such a strong host as this? Besides, we are weak since we have not eaten today." 18But Judas said: "Many are easily hemmed in by a few; in the sight of Heaven there is no difference between deliverance by many or by few; 19for victory in war does not depend upon the size of the army, but on strength that comes from Heaven.a 20With great presumption and lawlessness they come against us to destroy us and our wives and children and to despoil us; 21but we are fighting for our lives and our laws. 22He* will crush them before us; so do not fear them." 23When he finished speaking, he rushed suddenly upon Seron and his army, who were crushed before him. 24He pursued Seron down the descent of Beth-horon into the plain. About eight hundred* of their men fell, and the rest fled to the land of the Philistines. 25Then Judas and his brothers began to be feared, and dread fell upon the Gentiles about them. 26His fame reached the king, and the Gentiles talked about the battles of Judas.
The King's Strategy. 27When King Antiochus heard these reports, he was filled with rage; so he ordered that all the forces of his kingdom be gathered, a very strong army. 28He opened his treasury, gave his soldiers a year's pay, and commanded them to be prepared for anything. 29But then he saw that this exhausted the money in his treasury; moreover the tribute from the province was small because of the dissension and distress he had brought upon the land by abolishing the laws which had been in effect from of old. 30He feared that, as had happened once or twice, he would not have enough for his expenses and for the gifts that he was accustomed to give with a lavish hand—more so than all previous kings. 31Greatly perplexed, he decided to go to Persia and levy tribute on those provinces, and so raise a large sum of money.
32He left Lysias, a noble of royal descent, in charge of the king's affairs from the Euphrates River to the frontier of Egypt, 33and commissioned him to take care of his son Antiochus until his return. 34He entrusted to him half of his forces, and the elephants, and gave him instructions concerning everything he wanted done. As for the inhabitants of Judea and Jerusalem, 35Lysias was to send an army against them to crush and destroy the power of Israel and the remnant of Jerusalem and efface their memory from the place. 36He was to settle foreigners in all their territory and distribute their land by lot. 37* The king took the remaining half of the army and set out from Antioch, his capital, in the year one hundred and forty-seven; he crossed the Euphrates River and went through the provinces beyond.
Preparations for Battle. 38b Lysias chose Ptolemy, son of Dorymenes, and Nicanor* and Gorgias, powerful men among the King's Friends, 39and with them he sent forty thousand foot soldiers and seven thousand cavalry to invade and ravage the land of Judah according to the king's orders. 40Setting out with their whole force, they came and pitched their camp near Emmaus* in the plain. 41When the merchants of the region heard of their prowess, they came to the camp, bringing a huge sum of silver and gold, along with fetters, to buy the Israelites as slaves. A force from Edom and from Philistia joined with them.
42Judas and his brothers saw that evils had multiplied and that armies were encamped within their territory. They learned of the orders which the king had given to destroy and utterly wipe out the people. 43So they said to one another, "Let us raise our people from their ruin and fight for them and for our sanctuary!"
44The assembly gathered together to prepare for battle and to pray and ask for mercy and compassion.
45Jerusalem was uninhabited, like a wilderness;
not one of her children came in or went out.
The sanctuary was trampled on,
and foreigners were in the citadel;
it was a habitation for Gentiles.
Joy had disappeared from Jacob,
and the flute and the harp were silent.
46* Thus they assembled and went to Mizpah near Jerusalem, because formerly at Mizpah there was a place of prayer for Israel.c 47That day they fasted and wore sackcloth; they sprinkled ashes on their heads and tore their garments. 48They unrolled the scroll of the law, to learn about the things for which the Gentiles consulted the images of their idols.* 49They brought with them the priestly garments, the first fruits, and the tithes; and they brought forward the nazirites* d who had completed the time of their vows. 50And they cried aloud to Heaven: "What shall we do with these, and where shall we take them? 51For your sanctuary has been trampled on and profaned, and your priests are in mourning and humbled. 52Now the Gentiles are gathered together against us to destroy us. You know what they plot against us. 53How shall we be able to resist them unless you help us?" 54Then they blew the trumpets and cried out loudly.
55After this Judas appointed officers for the people, over thousands, over hundreds, over fifties, and over tens. 56He proclaimed that those who were building houses, or were just married, or were planting vineyards, and those who were afraid, could each return home, according to the law.e 57Then the army moved off, and they camped to the south of Emmaus. 58Judas said: "Arm yourselves and be brave; in the morning be ready to fight these Gentiles who have assembled against us to destroy us and our sanctuary. 59It is better for us to die in battle than to witness the evils befalling our nation and our sanctuary. 60Whatever is willed in heaven will be done."
* [3:10] Apollonius: the Mysian commander mentioned in 1 Mc 1:29; 2 Mc 5:24.
* [3:16] Beth-horon: the famous pass leading up from the coastal plain to the Judean hill country. Here Joshua won an important battle (Jos 10:10–11), and in A.D. 66 a Roman force under Cestius was trapped and massacred.
* [3:22] He: out of reverence for God, the author of 1 Maccabees prefers to use the pronoun and other expressions, such as "Heaven," instead of the divine name. Cf. v. 50.
* [3:24] About eight hundred: the figures given in this book for strength of armies and number of casualties are not always to be taken literally. In accordance with biblical usage, they indicate rather the importance of the battle described or the greatness of the victory.
* [3:37] This expedition, in the spring of 165 B.C., resulted in failure; cf. chap. 6.
* [3:38] Nicanor: perhaps the leader of another attack against the Jews four years later; he was finally killed by Judas; cf. 7:26–46.
* [3:40] Emmaus: probably not the village mentioned in Lk 24:13 but a settlement about twenty miles west of Jerusalem at the edge of the hill country.
* [3:46] Mizpah…a place of prayer for Israel: a holy place of great antiquity eight miles north and slightly west of Jerusalem. It was here that Samuel began to judge the Israelites (1 Sm 7:5–11; 10:17).
* [3:48] To learn…idols: favorable omens for the coming battle. A contrast is intended between the idol worship of the pagans and the consultation of the word of God by the Jews; cf. 2 Mc 8:23.
* [3:49] Nazirites: see note on Nm 6:2–21.
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1 chicken – around 2.5 pounds
3 fresh turmeric leaves – sliced thinly (optional)
3 tbsp of kerisik (coconut paste)
3 kaffir lime leaves (limau purut)
2 cup of coconut milk + some water
Salt and palm sugar/sugar to taste
To blend into paste:
10 shallots
2" of lengkuas (galangal)
2" of ginger
2 stalk of lemongrass
4 cloves of garlic
10 dried chilies (soaked until soft)
10 fresh red chilies
2" fresh turmeric or 2 tbsp of turmeric powder
2 tbsp meat curry powder
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1 cup of fresh grated coconut
1. In a non-stick pan, dry fry the grated coconut until golden brown.
2. Removed and blend it into paste while it is still hot until it is fine and paste like.
1. Clean, remove skin and fats from the chicken. Cut the chicken into medium size pieces.
2. Heat about 3 tbsp of oil in a wok and gently fry the blended paste for 2 minutes or until slightly dry and fragrant.
3. Add in the chicken and continue to stir-fry until the chicken changes color. Add in coconut milk and enough water to cover the chicken. Bring it to boil. Roughly tear up the kaffir lime leaves and add it into the beef. Reduce heat to simmer.
4. Cover and simmer and stir occasionally and cook until meat is tender. If the dish dries up too fast, do add a little more hot water or coconut milk to it.
5. Add in palm sugar, salt to taste. Add in the turmeric leaves and kerisik (coconut paste) and cook till the sauce dries up. Serve with warm rice.
Note: The level of spiciness can be adjusted to your liking. The same recipe can also be used in the same way for beef and lamb
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AMS President J. Marshall Shepherd, a professor at the University of Georgia in Athens (about an hour from Atlanta) says, "as soon as I saw what was unfolding with kids being stranded in schools, 6+ hour commutes, and other horror stories, I knew it was coming, I knew it."
And then it came: people hinting that meteorologists had left Atlanta and other Georgia towns vulnerable to a "rush hour from hell," as Mark wrote for The Two-Way earlier today.
"Some in the public, social medial or decision-making positions would 'blame' the meteorologists," Shepherd wrote in a blog post published Wednesday. The post, titled "An Open Thank You to Meteorologists in Atlanta," was highlighted by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Jim Galloway today.
To those who say that they were told the storm would stay south of Atlanta, and that there were no storm watches or warnings before Tuesday, Shepherd has a simple response: "Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, and Wrong!"
He cites a bulletin from the National Weather Service just before 5 a.m. on Monday — more than 24 hours before the storm turned Atlanta's streets and highways into virtual parking lots. The report includes counties that make up the Atlanta metro area:
This isn't to suggest there's a full-on feud brewing between Georgia's politicians and its weather experts. The governor isn't mentioned by name in Sheperd's post. And he acknowledges, "Our decision-makers have a tough job given these circumstances, and I know they try to make the best decisions with the information they have."
Perhaps the problem is the terminology, Shepherd says. The public, and its leaders, might not realize the degree of certainty that underpins words such as "watch" and "warning." A watch, he notes, means 2-4 inches of snow, or noteworthy freezing rain or sleet, might fall in a day or less.
Shepherd asks if the public might respond better to a weather index or numbers that signify a storm's potential impact. And he said meteorologists should also avoid confusing their audience with an overabundance of possible weather models.
He invited government officials to discuss ways for everyone to improve — conveniently enough, the American Meteorological Society's annual meeting will be held in Atlanta next week.
"The theme is 'Extreme Weather-Climate and the Built Environment: New Perspectives, Opportunities, and Tools,' " Shepherd wrote. "The Atlanta 'snow' event is a poster child for this theme."
In the meantime, it would help if officials and the public monitored weather forecasts, he said, rather than relying on a "snapshot" of the weather that might be proved inaccurate as a storm develops
That seemed to be the case with the officials at a news conference led by Deal late Tuesday, when he began his remarks by saying, "As you know, we have been confronted with an unexpected storm that has hit the metropolitan Atlanta area."
Deal went on to say the government's plans for the storm had been made based on predictions that it would miss the city, or only give it "a mild dusting."
For his part, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is quoted by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as saying, "I'm not going to get into the blame game, but the crisis that we are going through is across the region."
But Reed also acknowledged, "Government, schools and business[es] closing at the same time, and releasing everybody out into the city was a mistake."
Marshall isn't alone in rebuffing the idea that the storm came out of nowhere — Al Roker backed him up on NBC's Today show this morning.
"The mayor and the governor got on TV yesterday and said, 'Oh, this wasn't expected,' " Roker said. "And that's not true."
He added that the storm and its path had been predicted Monday.
"They took a gamble. They didn't want to pre-treat the roads; I don't think they wanted to spend the money and do what they needed to," Roker said. "And then ... everybody started going home right around noon."
And that signaled the beginning of the traffic snarls that have still locked cars into place and stranded residents.
"This was poor planning on the mayor's part and the governor's part, pure and simple," Roker said. "They were warned about it. They should have been prepared for it. And people are still suffering."
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Carlo Petrini has been named one of the eight winners of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Champions of the Earth award – the UN's flagship environment award that recognizes outstanding visionaries and leaders in the fields of policy, science and civil society action.
On September 18, 2013, during a ceremony in the American Museum of Natural History in New York, UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner will officially award the prize to the founder and president of Slow Food. As Petrini cannot be there in person, Richard McCarty, President of Slow Food USA, will receive the trophy on his behalf.
Outlining their motivations for choosing Petrini, the UNEP said:
"With this Prize, we recognize your remarkable accomplishment as the founder of the Slow Food Movement covering a network of over 100,000 supporters in over 150 countries. With the critical issue of sustainable consumption and production in the context of global food security, your movement has become a formidable force that defends local food traditions, protects local biodiversity, and promotes small-scale quality products with an increasing focus on investments in the South. Through the Presidia projects and the Terra Madre network of food communities, you have also helped focus attention on the important role of indigenous peoples in upholding food traditions as well as being the custodians of irreplaceable inherited knowledge".
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The demand that employees re-apply for their jobs came four days before Christmas, and two days after a group of employees met with the director to demand union representation.
Today in San Antonio, even as I write this, Bexar P.O.s are staging a protest at the courthouse asking that the retention interview order be rescinded. One of the employee leaders, Sherri Simonelli, forwarded me her comments prepared for the event, which I thought I'd reprint below:
Sherri Simonelli, Adult Probation Talking Points, January 23, 2007
Good afternoon. My name is Sherri Simonelli, and I have proudly served the people of Bexar County as an Adult Probation Officer for 4 years. My husband is an Active Duty in the Army, and I have two children - Michael who is 14 and David who is 8. Everyday, I and my fellow officers and support staff strive to keep Bexar County and San Antonio safe. As Adult Probation officers we are the ones who work on the frontline with defendants on a daily basis. We are the ones who make sure that they are tested for drugs, pay their fines and are rehabilitated to be more productive members of society.
We stand here today united with members of the community, labor organizations and elected officials to send a clear message to the people of our community and the Adult Probation administration. The taxpayers of Bexar County demand accountability at all levels of government. Not equipping our Adult Probation Officers with the resources they need to keep Bexar County safe is wrong. Being a Probation Officer is a profession, officers should be treated with respect and the lines of communication should be kept open with our management. As Probation Officers, we have made a decision to dedicate ourselves to serving the public. As public servants it's our obligation to keep our community safe and that is why we stand before you today. The working conditions in Adult Probation are impeding us from carrying out our duties. We would like for Probation Officers and the administration to be able to work as one … unfortunately, our pleas for partnership have fallen on deaf ears. We seek a seat at the table to discuss what makes most sense for San Antonio and Bexar County when it comes to public safety.
At any given time there are 20,000-30,000 cases that Adult Probation Officers manage. We have one of the worst retention rates of any department in Bexar County. Officers are leaving out of frustration over skyrocketing caseloads. It is nearly impossible for a Probation Officer to deal with 140-150 defendants on a daily basis- this is a recipe for failure.
The retention of officers is critical in order for cases involving arson, burglary, and sex offenders to be given the attention they require.
We are here today for a very simple reason: that reason is a better and safer San Antonio. We love our community and our jobs and we will continue this struggle until our voices are heard, because we know that what is at stake is the safety and security of all working families in San Antonio.
We've gathered today requesting that the retention interviews initiated by Adult Probation Chief Fitzgerald cease immediately so that we can get back to work and continue to do what we do best, which is keeping San Antonio Safe. The taxpayers of Bexar County have spoken and are behind us, they do not think that mandatory retention interviews of the 430 Adult Probation employees is the most efficient use of taxpayer money. We ask Chief Fitzgerald to make the right decision and stop these mandatory retention interviews and begin to address the issues that we have laid out today.
Thank You for being here in solidarity with us and have a blessed day.


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Do you want a personal Hat consultation? I am YOUR Hat Designer! I live in St. Petersburg, Florida in the beautiful USA. If you live nearby you may visit my studio by appointment. Be warned, it is a working studio so frequently not very neat…creative mind at work! However, if you do not live in the area you may email me your picture and/or your dress and I will do my best to help you select the best hat for you. I want you to look fabulous as you attend the Kentucky Derby, Party or Horse Race. A hat is not complete without a smile coming from beneath it. After all, if you don't look good, HAT-A-TUDE doesn't look good. My clients are my inspiration. The fact that I care so much about providing personal service sets me apart from the "big box" online hat sellers. As one lovely client wrote: "I'm overwhelmed with this gorgeous hat. One thing for sure and I know A**** is competitive but there's a difference between class and cash….May be cheaper but your hats are quality!" Makes my heart sing!
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The Kentucky Oaks is run the Friday before the Kentucky Derby. The first running of the Kentucky Oaks (and the Kentucky Derby) was on May 19, 1875. The race was founded by Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr. and has been held continuously at the same race track location in Louisville, Kentucky. The Oaks is to celebrate the Ladies. Three year old fillies (female thoroughbred horses) run in the Oaks race. It is frequently called The Run for the Lilies since the official flower is the pink stargazer lily and the flower garland that covers the winning horse. Since 2008, the Oaks has also been the "Pink Out"! To honor breast and ovarian cancer survivors, PINK is worn by attendees at the Oaks. So if you are going to the Kentucky Oaks you will need a hat with pink trim or a pink hat. I have a lot of Pink in my Derby Hat Catalog! All shades and combinations and can "Pink Out" out your hat selection.
**FYI: To answer your question: If you are attending both the Oaks and Kentucky Derby, YES you will need 2 Hats!
How Big of a Brim Hat should I wear to the Kentucky Derby? This depends on a number of choices: How tall you are and how much "drama" do you want to carry on your head all day. A hat with a 5 inch brim looks proportionate on a 5' tall lady and small on a 6' tall lady. Also if you are petite you will be bending your head back all day to look at people in a XL large brim…ouch! Usually 6 inches is a good dramatic size brim on all women for the Kentucky Derby or Kentucky Oaks. To truly be over the top, go for an 8 inch brim hat! Many of my clients choose this option. Consider the Derby is a long day and you will be colliding with doorways and others! For any hat proper FIT is very important. Read more on this subject on my page What's my Head Size. One way to get the spectacular big hat look is to choose a profile fascinator or hatinator. This style is mounted on a headband (also fits more head sizes!) and more vertical than horizontal. Profiles have become very popular in England. I heard one reason is more people could be packed into Ascot. Purely hearsay, but sounds logical to me. Your outfit and your Derby Hat has to fulfill YOUR vision! Let Kathi @ Hat-A-Tude help you.
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Friday, September 25, 2009
Nifty Neat-O Penmanship
Friday, September 25, 2009
While debating what Wreck theme to do for Neatorama, I remembered this article titled "Is cursive handwriting necessary?", and I thought, hey, this would be an excellent time to voice my opinion on that very question!
Hem hem hem! Ok, here goes.
Firstly, I'd like to begin with:
In addition to:
Secondly, I'd like to point out:
And furthermore...
Some skeptics, of course, disagree. To them I say:
So in conclusion, ladies and gentlemen:
Thank you all. I'll get off my soapbox now.
Ashleigh E., Anony M., Alison P., T.X., Heidi, & Abby M., I trust you got my point?
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I work at a writing center on a college campus and student came in, wanting help in writing his assignment in cursive. For whatever reason, his instructor wanted it handwritten in cursive--not typed--and this student had no idea how to write in cursive. It's quickly becoming a lost art.
- September 25, 2009 at 9:38 AM
- Taylor@MyOlderBrothers said...
"Cogratulation" on decorating a cake with a squiggle-pen while having a seizure during an earthquake while driving offroad wearing a blindfold.
At least the bear-faced E.T. tapeworms distract from the mistakes. - September 25, 2009 at 9:39 AM
- Fahnette said...
Kate, that's sad! Lost art is right, cursive writing is something that's lovely and individual and can be very artistic. Did you ever find out why, was he not taught or did he forget how to write?
Man, those bear heads are frightening. I hope that wasn't for a small child. Heck, I know grownups that couldn't handle that cake. Yikes. - September 25, 2009 at 9:52 AM
- TheQueen@TerrorsInTiaras said...
Wow. Just wow.
- September 25, 2009 at 9:52 AM
- Suzy said...
That second cake looks like someone's small intestine has been draped over a cake and then used to write with. Hideous!
- September 25, 2009 at 9:53 AM
- Brandy said...
OMG, does that one really have "Ashley" scribbled out, then an "oops!" before "Ashleigh"??? Really? And I thought the ones where they've obviously scraped a word off and redone it were bad... I think that's FAR preferable to this.
Speaking of cursive, my little brother (who is now a freshman in college) was taught to print using this "Italics" alphabet (apparently you can write as well as type in italics, who knew?), that was designed to make printing similar to cursive so that all they'd have to do is connect the letters and *poof* it's cursive! But he still doesn't write in cursive, he just has goofy print handwriting. - September 25, 2009 at 9:53 AM
Kate - that is SAD. What do they teach in schools? My daughter is in 4th grade and they've been working on cursive since the 2nd grade, so I know it's still being taught around here!
And the penmanship on those cakes is just atrocious. I work hard to make my naturally sloppy handwriting legible; these people obviously have not! - September 25, 2009 at 9:53 AM
- Unknown said...
As a calligrapher and a current English teacher in China, I teach that while pronunciation is important, so is handwriting! Not all my students have computers (even though internet cafes/bars are common) so I receive much of their work in handwriting! I'm proud to say that theirs is soooo much better than these cakes! (What were those glow worm things?)
- September 25, 2009 at 9:54 AM
- Nina Suluh said...
OMG my eyes... they BURN!!!
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The Shakespearean equivalent of "Glee"... - September 25, 2009 at 9:54 AM
Ouch. I can't even make out what the last one is supposed to say :(
- September 25, 2009 at 9:55 AM
- Jen@Scrapingirl said...
Holy Moly!!! Those are terrible. I can't imagine picking up one of those.
- September 25, 2009 at 9:59 AM
- Terry Lee said...
unbelievable. i'm speechless, which is a rare thing.
- September 25, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Oh my goodness... did they actually scribble out a name with icing, write "Oops!" next to it, and then try again?! That's.... that blows my mind. :)
- September 25, 2009 at 10:04 AM
- Unknown said...
frankly speaking, I don't know if it's becoming a lost art too fast, or not nearly fast enough.
I feel much better about my own handwriting today. - September 25, 2009 at 10:04 AM
- Casey said...
Do they not teach that in the 3rd grade anymore? My goodness! ;)
- September 25, 2009 at 10:05 AM
- HorribleLicensePlates said...
Remember those pens that move when you write to make "cool" swirly patterns? Maybe they have those for cakes now...
- September 25, 2009 at 10:08 AM
- Taylor said...
I think the last one says:
Class of 04
5th Yr
Is that what I'm seeing? Can someone verify this is correct? - September 25, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Actually, I think that they wrote "opps!" after Ashley rather than "oops!" Ouch.
- September 25, 2009 at 10:16 AM
for the last one, my money is on:
"Cease boy
5th yr"
...which is passive-aggressive enough to be creepy/hilarious even without the horrible handwriting. - September 25, 2009 at 10:18 AM
These aren't just wrecks; they're multi-vehicle pile-ups with explosions and screams of terror and Bruce Willis running from the scene screaming, "The icing! It's gonna BLOW!!!" And then…nothing but sprinkles.
^..^ - September 25, 2009 at 10:19 AM
- M said...
Does the third one say 'Happy Birthday Aligod?'
What is with the special and unique baby names these days? - September 25, 2009 at 10:22 AM
- Melinda said...
I would not have paid for any of these cakes, unless it was with the specific purpose of sending it on to Jen. Speaking of, I am THIS CLOSE to buying these huge decorated chocolate chip cookies, because they pre-made a "banner" that goes on them so they have a space to write a name or occasion...only the banner looks a lot like a male member.
- September 25, 2009 at 10:25 AM
- Dr. Wifey said...
This reminds me of when I was in high school and worked at the local grocery store. I worked in the customer service booth. One night after the bakery had closed a customer wanted a cake, so I went back and got one for her. She wanted writing on the cake. "Happy Birthday Junior!" Writing on cakes is harder than it looks! After she saw the effort it took just to make the H, she told me just to write H.B. Jr. LOL
- September 25, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Please tell me those were practice cakes!
- September 25, 2009 at 10:39 AM
- ilovebabyquilts said...
That second to last one looks like a competent decorator made three of the borders, then went on a cigarette break and a 2 year old took over to do the front border and writing! Or maybe the competent decorator took halucinatory drugs and they just kicked in as she was getting to the front border.
- September 25, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Cake 2: Because every dieter needs a tapeworm cake.
And...drumroll please...the BEST. VERIFICATION. EVAH!
It just writes itself. - September 25, 2009 at 10:42 AM
- Krusho said...
Sadly, I don't think that says "oops." I think it says "opps!"
HOW do those cakes make it to the case? HOW do these decorators still retain their jobs? Oi. - September 25, 2009 at 10:43 AM
- Adnoxious said...
Those are all really bad, but the first one is LSD-tastic!
adnoxious.blogspot.com - September 25, 2009 at 10:45 AM
It took a bit, but I believe that last cake says:
Class of 04
5th Yr - September 25, 2009 at 10:46 AM
OK, well, even when I took my glasses off to read the screen, I still couldn't make out what any of the names. Gees, i hope my vision is alright. :)
thks for the chuckle - taylor@myolderbrothers, you took the words outta my mouth... - September 25, 2009 at 10:52 AM
My daughter asked what "cursive" was, and my husband said "It's a lazy way of writing." D:
Afterwards, I laid into him about it.
I have really bad penmanship;it's genetic -- my dad has nearly illegible handwriting, and my paternal grandmother had to write really, really slow to make her hand writing look neat.
But I would never assume that I could work as a professional cake decorator. Nor would I assume I could fill-in for one. I hope none of these people had to pay for these messes. - September 25, 2009 at 11:02 AM
That Ashleigh cake...
they even spelled oops wrong! (opps!)
That last cake looks to me like it says "Class of OU 5th yr"
I have no clue who the yellow and blue cake is for.
And I think you guys are seeing pink bear heads where there are none, just to try to make sense of a horrible wreck. - September 25, 2009 at 11:05 AM
- Daya said...
I can't believe they put "oops" on a cake. I think I would have preferred an obvious smear from them wiping the frosting off and re-writing it. Also, I am so excited to see you guys tonight!!
- September 25, 2009 at 11:06 AM
- Unknown said...
Either a doctor or a pre-schooler did these. Just not sure which.
And, yes, Kate, you're right. Cursive is becoming a lost art. Especially the elegant handwriting of the 40's and earlier..sad.
Amy B - September 25, 2009 at 11:19 AM
- FiberQat said...
Have fun in Portland! Be sure to stop by Voodoo Donuts.
- September 25, 2009 at 11:21 AM
Re: the first cake... I'm the Ashleigh in question, and my friend got the "misspelled" cake as a joke. (As you can imagine, a lot of people misspell my name.) We thought it was doubly hilarious that the decorator accidentally misspelled "oops"!
- September 25, 2009 at 11:28 AM
I learned a handwriting method similar to the one Brandy described, except that in the mid-80s they called it D'Nealian. All of the letters had little tails on them, and the premise was that when it came time to write in cursive you would already be halfway there. It backfired though, and everyone I know who learned that method has the most appalling handwriting. I actually don't know HOW to print, my handwriting is mostly cursive and completely illegible. Although that's precisely the reason why I can time 100+ WPM, which is partly how I make my living, so...thanks, D'Nealian!
- September 25, 2009 at 11:30 AM
- Jennifer B said...
I can't even tell what the last one says and I've been staring at it for five minutes.
- September 25, 2009 at 11:33 AM
- Lauren said...
Neatorama is quite possibly one of my favorite sites ever. I'm glad it got a feature on your fabulous blog! :) Oh, and all that horrible handwriting? I think I know a guy that can do worse without trying, lol, however he is smart enough not to be in the cake decorating business.
- September 25, 2009 at 11:33 AM
Oh man, Taylor@myolderbrothers you made me laugh so much :)
- September 25, 2009 at 11:36 AM
Ok, I'm going to go practice my handwriting now. It's not as bad as those, but somehow that's not much consolation.
- September 25, 2009 at 11:54 AM
- The Honorable Mayor of Bethville said...
And on the third day, Aligod made croutons. And he tried them on a salad. And they were good.
- September 25, 2009 at 11:56 AM
- Little Lucy said...
I'm sure there's lots of reasons that cursive is a dying art. For me, it died when my 7th grade English teacher mocked me mercilessly about what she decried as "the worst handwriting she'd ever seen" and started marking down perfectly good essays because she allegedly couldn't read them. The other teachers I showed them to had no problem reading them, however. So to spite her I started writing everything in regular old text and it just stuck. I think these cakes might be enough to give her a nervous breakdown, which secretly makes me very happy.
To this day, 20 something years later, the only thing I use cursive for is my signature.
WV is tardis...your geekiness is oozing into the word verification software, Jen. Not that that's a bad thing. :-D - September 25, 2009 at 12:34 PM
- Stephanie said...
I'd just like to say that I like the "Ashley" crossed out, followed by "oops!," followed by "Ashleigh." At what point do these icing technicians decide the cake is too damaged to keep? Not soon enough, I suppose.
- September 25, 2009 at 12:40 PM
- Trevor said...
Seriously, that second cake? They aren't bears. They're worms. Probably tape worms come to get the sugar off the cake. They look like rejects from Alien, actually.
- September 25, 2009 at 12:49 PM
- mystic_eye_cda said...
In defence of the second cake (pink) that's more an "icing fail" than a writing fail.
That's someone squeezing the bag too hard and too far from the cake, possibly the icing is too runny or has chunks in it, as well.
BTDT on the way to learning how to half-assed ice cakes. - September 25, 2009 at 12:50 PM
A friend of mine who is 30 said they did not teach cursive in his schools growing up (rural Pennsylvania). Apparently there are some teachers who see it as an archaic form of writing. Not only can he not write cursive, but his printed hand is so bad I cannot read it, and he can barely read his own hand. He's also an atrocious speller when he communicates with text. What do they teach in school now? Everything you would ever want to know or learn can be googled in an instant.
- September 25, 2009 at 12:53 PM
A friend of mine who is 30 said they did not teach cursive in his schools growing up (rural Pennsylvania). Apparently there are some teachers who see it as an archaic form of writing. Not only can he not write cursive, but his printed hand is so bad I cannot read it, and he can barely read his own hand. He's also an atrocious speller when he communicates with text. What do they teach in school now? Everything you would ever want to know or learn can be googled in an instant.
- September 25, 2009 at 12:55 PM
- WATERBABY CHRISTINE said...
Opps indeed!
wv: skerba
It's not cursive writing, it's just skerbaling. - September 25, 2009 at 12:57 PM
- Norkio said...
Does that first cake say "Happy Birthday A$$hole"??? Wow. Seriously bad.
- September 25, 2009 at 1:33 PM
- Norkio said...
@ Brandy, my dad moved during grade school and the school he left hadn't started cursive, but the school he went to had already covered it. He did the same thing - connect the printed letters. He still has sort of odd looking handwriting and he's 76. There's hope for your brother. :-)
- September 25, 2009 at 1:34 PM
- raych said...
I am a long-time Wrecks devotee but I do not often lolz. I just wanted to reiterate: Poor Aligod indeed.
- September 25, 2009 at 1:50 PM
- Jessa Kennedy said...
I'm 27, and I never learned cursive in school... Growing up I was always under the assumption that it was an archaic form of writing that had been replaced by typing!
Though my printed writing is (I'm told) quite pretty and very easy to read, which is what my teachers all focused on. We were always graded on spelling and legibility.
Can't wait to see you tonight, Jen! - September 25, 2009 at 1:53 PM
My friend and i were having this very discussion the other day. She's a spanish teacher and she spent an entire class period teaching the kids how to sign their name because none of them knew how!!!
Also - so sad! I just moved away from portland! Enjoy the rose city! - September 25, 2009 at 1:56 PM
- Melissa (& Billy) said...
That's all. Just 0_0
(come to think of it, that's my reaction to a lot of your posts!) - September 25, 2009 at 2:02 PM
*head tilt*
I'm pretty sure some of those are written in Kanji. - September 25, 2009 at 2:46 PM
- action jaqson said...
No, I believe the last cake says:
Stir-fry - September 25, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Creepy bear heads? I thought they were screaming tapeworms!
- September 25, 2009 at 2:49 PM
- MPdaCNA said...
I openly admit to having poor handwriting, my grandfather still rolls in his grave, but OMGOSH what the HELL are some of those trying to say?
- September 25, 2009 at 3:36 PM
- Stephanie said...
Hem hem hem!
Don't let Dolores in the kitchen! I can imagine what she'd do if those were her students:
"Wrong again, but we're out of time. Go home, you're hemorrhaging all over the cakes." - September 25, 2009 at 3:39 PM
- Katie (Kali) said...
Sad, I love cursive. I'm 24 and still make changed to my cursive to make it more elegant. I also loved it when I was young and I could write in cursive and my younger siblings couldn't understand a word. :)
WV: grail
"Whhhaat, is your Quest?"
"I seek the Grail"
"Whhhaat, is your favourite colour?" "Blue!" - September 25, 2009 at 3:49 PM
"CogratuiottaH" and have some bear heads dangling from ribbons!? (Seriously? Those are bear heads? I'm not sure I see it.)
Totally LLOL today, good job Jen. - September 25, 2009 at 3:53 PM
- Elleah said...
Those were the worst writing I've ever seen!
- September 25, 2009 at 4:18 PM
- abi said...
Okay, so the first cake was intentionally misspelled (well, except the "opps," which is delightfully ironic); but what's the excuse for the way the globby balloons are bleeding color onto the white icing? Just how old do you think that cake was??
- September 25, 2009 at 4:23 PM
- Buffy said...
I am trying desperately to laugh quietly, so as not to wake my husband, while tears roll down my cheeks. Poor, poor Aligod!
- September 25, 2009 at 5:30 PM
- Monica said...
I believe the creepy bear head on the left is a different part of creepy bear anatomy....
- September 25, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Doctors turned Wreckerators--that's where these came from! They're changing professions before the health-care reform.
WV: profflan--these cakes make Jen use profflanity. Also, these make me anti-cake and profflan. - September 25, 2009 at 5:57 PM
- Trude said...
Oh sweet Jesus. I just laughed so hard I cried! Thanks for brightening my afternoon. :)
- September 25, 2009 at 6:43 PM
- Unknown said...
Die cursive DIE!!!!
(I HATED writing cursive in elementary school, it took way too long to write and was illegible (at least when I wrote it.))
See ya at Powells! :D - September 25, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Meh, some of us are not blessed with beautiful handwriting despite our best efforts. I *failed* handwriting in third grade -- and despite having good grades in EVERY other class, they tried to hold me back. I can write, it's legible, and I can sign my name, but for whatever reason, I cannot do cursive.
- September 25, 2009 at 7:03 PM
- frigglesnitz said...
Cease fou 5th yr? Is that Navy Seal for something?
Did they actually cross out the wrong spelling on the first cake?
Oh, the aneurysms. - September 25, 2009 at 7:05 PM
They did not cross out "Ashley" on that first cake and write "oops" next to it. I know I must be seeing things.
- September 25, 2009 at 7:46 PM
- Josh (the DMT) said...
Wow. All I have to say to that is a very simple "Hapoy Bartkdai 7tk Lirka!" I'm sure it would look better if I wrote it in icing.
http://thedmtblogspot.com - September 25, 2009 at 7:59 PM
- The Mom said...
Creepy bear heads? I thought they were flamingos.
Bev - September 25, 2009 at 8:05 PM
- CanCan (Mom Most Traveled) said...
Makes me sad that people actually paid money for these crappy cakes. What a bummer!
It is more lazy than just your average crappy decorations.r - September 25, 2009 at 9:38 PM
- Melissa said...
That one cake looks like when ET was dying next to Elliot.
- September 25, 2009 at 9:43 PM
I am currently teaching 5th grade and have taught 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade. What do we teach in school? Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies, Good Citizenship, Critical Thinking Skills, Work Ethic - we teach kids how to be productive citizens in our future world. Seriously, you can't just "google" everything and have a well-rounded education.
Secondly, our school teachers handwriting in the 3rd grade, but from then on its up to the students as to whether or not they print or write in cursive. We have to be very careful how we use our time with our students. Having an extra fifteen minutes to enrich math, reading, or science is much more valuable then harping about handwriting. Besides, how often do you use cursive other than to sign your name?
Oh - and D'Nealian is the most popular form of handwriting b/c it does have a nice carry over to cursive. D'Nealian printing does not necessarily have to be sloppy - it all depends upon the writer. - September 25, 2009 at 11:22 PM
- Julie said...
Too funny. I once dumped off a cake in a different dept in Wal Mart after they handed me the one they screwed up. Childish I know, but I didn't feel like shelling out 20 bucks for bad penmanship.
- September 25, 2009 at 11:50 PM
- Jennifer said...
"Aligod" had me laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes.
- September 26, 2009 at 12:07 AM
- Heidi said...
I actually sent in the photograph of the Yellow and Blue one and it said Happy Birthday and then sideways Morgan. We saw it as we were leaving Fuddruckers in NJ in the refrigerator and had to open the fridge and take a picture of it. We desperately wanted to go over to the tables where they were holding the party and give Morgan a hug for the terrible cake she was about to receive.
That said, I love the first one - you gotta love someone that has the balls to cross off someone's misspelled name, write opps and then write it right and make someone buy it. - September 26, 2009 at 12:30 AM
- deromanticize said...
I am 22 and went to a Montessori school, where we ONLY learned cursive. When I switched to public school in 6th grade I gradually started writing in print more and more in order to fit in with how everyone else wrote. Now my cursive is horrible and ugly.
- September 26, 2009 at 12:44 AM
- ~ L. K. said...
I wish our teachers required us to give out homework handwritten. I absolutely love writing things out. However most of my courses are large, so the teacher can't grade over 300 students for just ONE of her classes :P
When I took the SAT, it took us around half an hour to get past the cursive stage. The woman in charge had to help everyone individually, teaching them for, the first time in their life, how to do cursive. (Thing is, I'm fairly certain that some had never written period.)
Although, not so humbly, I have extraordinarily beautiful handwriting. Even when I hurriedly jot down notes in classes, they're clear and pretty. (Everyone tells me so, so it's thankfully not just arrogance, haha!) - September 26, 2009 at 1:11 AM
I don't get how people just don't care about their handwriting on a cake. I'm not a decorator but I do work in a bakery, and it only took me around 3 weeks to write 1000x nicer than these cakes. In cursive. How can they continually not get yelled at and wrote up for that?
- September 26, 2009 at 2:39 AM
- Priscilla said...
Er... what exactly did that last cake say??
- September 26, 2009 at 9:51 AM
- QT3.14159 said...
was that last cake supposed to say "Class of 04 5th yr"???? Are they giving cake to 5th years seniors now? I didn't get cake from my school and I graduated in the time allotted by the school board.
- September 26, 2009 at 4:44 PM
- Rana said...
For me the answer of "why cursive" is pretty clear: It's far faster to write neatly in cursive (if you have practice) than it is to print. If you're having to take notes and want them to be legible later, or if you're having to write under time pressure (as when taking an exam) it's pretty important to be able write quickly and clearly.
It's not just "fancy" writing that looks pretty. It's meant to be practical and efficient. - September 26, 2009 at 5:40 PM
posts like this irritate me a little. i filled in for a girl who broke her arm in an albertsons bakery once. i was expected to personalize the cakes if someone wanted it, but they gave me no training and with my closing duties, there was never time for me to practice. my penmanship was atrocious and there was nothing i could do about it.
- September 26, 2009 at 6:55 PM
- Haiku Joy said...
The Prayer of an Untrained Cake Decorator
O Pastry Bag, be
Thou kind to this fearful cake.
I need rent. Amen. - September 26, 2009 at 11:39 PM
I look at health claim forms most of the day, many hand written. And I constantly find myself wondering why someone would let a 4 year old fill out something as important as a health claim.
I see now that some of these preschoolers are also into cake decorating! Too precious! - September 27, 2009 at 4:30 PM
I suppose the Ashley/opps/Ashleigh cake COULD be intentional...maybe folks have been misspelling her name for years, and now it's sort of a running gag in her life.
But "opps" has ALWAYS bothered me! "opps" would rhyme with hops. It should be "oops". There, I've gotten it off my chest! - September 27, 2009 at 4:35 PM
- Djinn said...
I lament the demise of cursive handwriting! After teaching school for many years, I am now hearing students complain that they cannot read the instructions on the board unless I print. Worse yet, they grumble about all the "hard words" in my lectures and want me to simplify the vocabulary. These sad cakes demonstrate that this is a national problem.
- September 27, 2009 at 10:07 PM
- Shelly said...
I will verify the last cake's
Class '04
5th yr
I also graduated in 2004 and we just had our 5 year reunion. That would help give the cake a purpose although the delivery is all wrong : ) - October 2, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Are those items on the second cake REALLY BEARS? I thought they were just ugly garlands and flowers! Cake Rorschach test!
- October 15, 2009 at 12:19 PM
- valarina_palemina said...
Re: the cursive writing thing-I recently saw an internet article saying how schools are skipping all but 1 year of cursive. Instead, they are focusing on computer skills. Can't you do both? How sad. BTW, we homeschool, and my 7 year old's cursive handwriting is better than most adults...
- October 25, 2009 at 11:46 PM
- valarina_palemina said...
re: the cursive writing thing: I recently read an internet article about how schools are now skipping cursive writing (instead they are training in computer skills). This woman's 8th grade daughter didn't know how to SIGN HER NAME. That's one reason we homeschool-my 7 year old's cursive handwriting is better than most adults...sad.
- October 25, 2009 at 11:48 PM
- Unknown said...
lol, poor Aligod indeed! That is the best cake ever!
A) my name is Alison (Ali to my brother)
B) it is in my brother's handwriting EXACTLY.
I know what cake i'm demanding for my next birthday! - November 4, 2009 at 4:38 AM
At first, I read 'Aligoo', which also makes no sense unless it's a nickname bestowed by a 6-month old. Then a CFL went on over my head (it was dim at first, but only took 20 minutes to reach full brightness -- thanks, Congress!) and I read 'Ali 600'. When someone begins their 7th century, it ought to rate more than a badly written cake.
- January 24, 2011 at 8:24 PM
- Auditions Los Angeles said...
With most of these cakes, they were better off being left blank. It's astonishing what bad penmanship can do. Can't they just spell with candles and make it easier for everyone?
- March 30, 2011 at 7:37 PM
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