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Marriage, any good therapist will tell you, is a balancing act.
For Angela and Willie Gillis, the act is easy. They've been best friends for more than 10 years, married for three. Their individual strengths balance the other's weaknesses.
They credit this sense of balance with helping them lose a combined 500 pounds.
"Everyone needs that one person to help them through, to talk to and someone who will hold them accountable. That person has been my husband," Angela writes on her blog, WeBeatFat.com.
A few days before their first wedding anniversary, Willie woke up and told his wife, "I'm tired of being big." He had just gotten back from visiting his newborn goddaughter and was scared he might not live long enough to see her grow up.
Jillian Michaels' 'Slim for Life' tips
Sticking to weight loss goals
Debunking diet myths
"For years I had been reading up on 'This is how you lose weight — nutrition, exercise,'" he says. "I wanted to see if I could do it."
That was January 2011. He weighed 492 pounds.
Couple's 500-pound weight loss just one success story
His wife didn't have to think long about joining him in his quest.
Growing up, she never thought she had a problem. "You know how (New Jersey) Gov. (Chris) Christie said, 'I'm the healthiest fat person'? That's how I was," she remembers.
She was fairly active, but she loved food. If she was happy, she ate. If she was sad, she ate. If she had the best day of her life, she ate chili cheese tater tots.
{gallery}stories/galleries/Willie-and-Angela-Gillis{/gallery} By January 2011, she weighed 338 pounds.
Willie had recently moved to Angela's hometown of Beaumont, Texas — a city so enamored with fried food and lazy summer days that it was named the fifth most obese city in the nation in 2012.
Even in the growing population, the two felt ostracized by their size.
"It's amazing how people will look at you when you're fat," she says. "We just didn't want to be those people anymore."
Memphis, most obese U.S. city, moving from fit to fat
So, her husband took out his research and created a plan. The couple started hitting the gym six days a week. At first, all they could do was walk 30 minutes on the treadmill. Slowly they increased their time, until she was running and he had walked off almost 150 pounds.
In the kitchen, Angela was the expert. She loves to cook and quickly learned to make healthier versions of the couple's favorite meals. The Gillises started eating a solid breakfast of steel cut oats and fruit or veggie omelets. They packed diet-friendly frozen meals for lunch and low-calorie snacks like yogurt, carrots and apples. Dinner was — and still is — lean meats and vegetables.
"We haven't had fried food in two years," she says.
That doesn't mean they don't give in to cravings on occasion. Willie used an iPhone app to track his calories and saved a few every day for a weekend treat. Angela had to continually ask herself if she was eating something because she loved it or because she just loved eating. Through it all, they kept each other accountable.
"I never wanted to come home and say, 'This is what I did today,' because I didn't want to disappoint him," she says. "And he didn't want to disappoint me."
Eating out was their biggest obstacle. Even light restaurant meals can be loaded with sodium and fat. It didn't bother the Gillises to go out and not eat anything, but it bothered the people they were with.
"Most of the memories we had with our friends (were) sitting down, going out to eat," she remembers. "Food is a very social thing."
They ended up isolating themselves a bit, and met new friends through their gym. They took photos of their progress, seeing a visible change each month as they weighed in.
Life for the Gillises is now full of activity. She teaches spin classes at the gym and recently completed a half marathon. She's lost 200 pounds, going from a size 28 to a size 0.
"I'm stronger. I believe more. I go after things I want more. I was never, ever a risk taker, but now I take the risk," she says.
Willie joined a local running club. He has lost 300 pounds and gained a world of self-confidence.
"A lot of people give up — they end up quitting because they're not doing something right. You have to take what you messed up on and try to make it work for you," he says. "Once you learn it, it doesn't take much to keep it going."
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This collection includes biographical information, literary works, correspondence, subjects in alphabetical order, photographs, negatives, slides, media, artifacts, and oversize items. Biographical information includes topics such as classes Morse took in college, classes he taught, awards won, and his professional work. Literary Works consists of articles, essays, pamphlets, and books written by Richard L. D. Morse. Correspondence Series are listed alphabetical and includes names such as Sam Brownback, Jimmy Carter, Robert Dole, Nancy Kassenbaum, John F. Kennedy, Walter Mondale, and Jim Slattery. Subject Series is listed in alphabetical order and includes topics such as Aging, American Council of Consumer Interest, Consumer Affairs, Consumer Protection, Consumers Union, Interest Rates, Ralph Nader, Truth in Lending and Truth in Savings. The Media Series includes topics such as Consumers Union, Financial Counseling, Homemaking Services, Senate Hearings and Truth in Lending.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
A Lesson in Proper Penmanship
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Take this one, for example:
Lovely, Dana K., lovely. There's no question that Ben felt special upon seeing this. Oh, and class, see how she filled in that awkward blank area with a mass of ribbon? That's called "thinking on your feet." There's no sense in wasting edible decor when you can simply reuse gift wrap you have on hand.
Andy B., pop quiz: What do you do when you run out of icing mid-inscription? Do you make more, or simply switch colors and hope no ones notices?
Haha, that's correct! Remember, class: Many children are colorblind. And the ones that aren't are generally too buzzed on sugar and caffeine to notice petty things like spacing, spelling, or sperm-like balloons.
Now, Erin S., say you have a small cake that someone wants you to write a message on, but you've also been wanting to try out the new 'blob' flower technique you saw on Careless Cakes. Which gets priority: the message, or the blobs?
Also correct! You see, class, this is why it's important to fill the entire cake with your design; so the message you write on top of it is uniformly difficult to read. As an added bonus, it's much harder for the client to spot any misspellings this way.
And lastly, Bethany T. is going to show us two things every baker should make more use of: plastic picks and abbreviations.
Wow, Bethany; I think that "BS" stands for "Beautifully Scripted!" I like how the color almost matches the birthday pick, too, but is off just enough to clash spectacularly - that took a lot of talent, I know.
[bell ringing] Well, that's all we have time for today, class. Remember to practice those blobs for next week's "Plop-a-Flower" review!
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Wow! we seem to have a pattern here with Carvel and Walmart.
Lesson learned: If you have absolutely no talent as a cake decorator you can still get a job as one if you just put in your application at the right places! - May 27, 2009 at 9:34 AM
- Haiku Joy said...
Plastic birthday wish
really shows "dedication."
But hey, great knife lines. - May 27, 2009 at 9:36 AM
- HelpMakeCents said...
Oh please... please please please.... please let my unordered, undetermined wedding cake have an abbreviation like "BS."
I wonder what it would stand for...
Bride Sweets?
Bachelor: Shattered?
Bologna Stack? - May 27, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Just makes me not want any cake.
And that is sad. - May 27, 2009 at 9:40 AM
- Haiku Joy said...
When sperm jerks go wild:
"The fittest survive, suckers!"
("Hey, who tied our tails?") - May 27, 2009 at 9:43 AM
- ErinQ said...
I think that there is only one solution to these cakes. Write your message on a piece of paper, and ask the wreckorater to just leave a blank space in the middle of the cake. That way, your message says exactly what you want, since you are going to end up with inedible decorations anyway. -Erin Q.
- May 27, 2009 at 9:43 AM
- Yakira said...
Wow, priceless. xD
- May 27, 2009 at 9:45 AM
- Half Assed Kitchen said...
Apparently that last one doesn't know about a thing called CENTERING.
Angie (from over at www.HalfAssedKitchen.com) - May 27, 2009 at 9:46 AM
- Giana said...
I think the one with pink icing looks like one of those puzzles they have for kids, where you tip the paper to read the tall stretched out letters. As if eating cake isn't fun enough, now its a party game to figure out the message!
- May 27, 2009 at 9:55 AM
- Dangalf said...
- May 27, 2009 at 9:59 AM
- Unknown said...
Ouch! That blob flower/writing on top cake hurt my eyes! Maybe it was supposed to be a "find the hidden image" cake. Now I'll be blinking all day.
- May 27, 2009 at 10:02 AM
I can't believe they actually gave the "BS" cake to a customer. What were they thinking?
- May 27, 2009 at 10:03 AM
- Viewtiful_Justin said...
That BS is really unfortunate...
- May 27, 2009 at 10:04 AM
What else can you do when you have a teeny tiny cake with no room to put a beautiful message? You almost HAVE to use a teeny tiny pick and abbreviations. Where on earth would she have put the full name?!?
wv: alowdozl-Some folk should not be alowdozl near a cake with icing. - May 27, 2009 at 10:13 AM
This has to be one of my favorite updates.
Great job, Jen. :)
I showed it to my brother, who said "I don't know, some of them seem alright..."
I should probably convert him to Wreckism. - May 27, 2009 at 10:14 AM
- Unknown said...
As I was looking in Google for an image of OPI Chocolate Moose nail polish, I came across the whole phenomena of chocolate moose cakes
I don't remember if you have posted anything about them, although they are not as funny as smoking camels, but still,
some of them are very wrecky
and some are actually quite nice, although not very moose-looking
http://mike-peggy.com/pics/alaska/rimg0031.jpg - May 27, 2009 at 10:19 AM
- TheQueen@TerrorsInTiaras said...
You better cover sprinkle placement in the next class, too. It's obvious your class has some talent in that area as well. :)
- May 27, 2009 at 10:22 AM
- Monique in TX said...
And when did just randomly squirting icing along the edges become acceptable as "decoration"? All of these are horrible.
WV: jolob. Verb, to squirt randomly and carelessly. "I'll just jolop some icing along the edge and I this cake will be ready to go." - May 27, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Silly cakes. Everyone knows that pie is superior anyway. ;) How about a pie-wrecks day? *laughs*
- May 27, 2009 at 10:29 AM
- Unknown said...
LOL, love it! Starting my morning with a cup of coffee and a moment to read your blog, puts a bounce in my step for the rest of the day. Thank you!
- May 27, 2009 at 10:33 AM
- Bri said...
wow...These make me sad. They're unfortunate cakes...I felt almost bad for laughing at them. Almost. Meh...not really.
Did the Magic Colour Change Frosting decorator write that inscription with a butterknife or a matchstick or something other than a piping bag? - May 27, 2009 at 10:43 AM
- Morgi said...
I'm going to be generous and assume the round cake with "Welcome Baby Hlrhlr" was a tiny, pre-decorated cake that the customer had to have written on THAT VERY SECOND. Not that I've ever had that happen.
Morgi - May 27, 2009 at 10:51 AM
- Unknown said...
It's a good thing "Hayderd" is colorblind.
- May 27, 2009 at 10:58 AM
- Unknown said...
Hm. These are. Um. Special. (Scratching my head.) (Furrowing my eyebrows.) (Sighing.) (Turning my head away.) (Weeping.) Yeah, really, uh, special.
- May 27, 2009 at 10:58 AM
- the ginabean said...
I like the big BS on the last cake. So appropriate...
Wow. I feel pretty d@mn good about my cake-writing abilities now. Thanks, Jen! - May 27, 2009 at 11:03 AM
I'm seriously crying, I'm laughing SO hard at the "BS" cake!
- May 27, 2009 at 11:14 AM
- Christina M. said...
I would feel bad if I had to reuse my christmas colors and ribbons on someone's birthday cake (like the first shown). Then again, maybe they were Ben's favorite colors. I just can help but see recycled christmas decorations...
- May 27, 2009 at 11:56 AM
- B said...
I am the proud owner of the BS cake. :) We (my friend Stephanie and I) went to the store to pick out our own birthday cake after we and our group of friends had just not enjoyed a meal of eh-ish quality that cost us an arm a leg to pay for it. When we got there to get a cake and we asked the people behind the decorator counter to write on it for us, they told us they weren't allowed. They wouldn't even hand the frosting bag over to my friend Stephanie so she could decorate it herself. After we had told them about our already subpar birthday night, they finally agreed to decorate it. It took one of the decorator's a full 10 minutes (NOT exaggerating!) to write BS. When she held it up and asked if it was okay we were like "Yeah, it's great...." but it was perfect. It totally went along with everything else that happened that day on our birthday celebration. When we brought it back to the house for the party, our friends and spouses couldn't stop laughing. :) Def a memorable birthday. :D
- May 27, 2009 at 11:59 AM
- B said...
The decorators of the BS cake told us they weren't allowed to decorate the cake b/c they "hadn't practiced enough". We relayed our already eh birthday night and convinced them to decorate it for us. When they showed it to us we were like "Greaaat...." The B in the BS cake is supposed to stand for my name Bethany while the S stands for my friend's name also celebrating her birthday (Stephanie).
- May 27, 2009 at 12:15 PM
- Suzanne Dargie said...
EEEEK! The last cake! Not only is it hideous, it's an ICE CREAM CAKE! (I HATE those)
- May 27, 2009 at 12:23 PM
- Unknown said...
I love the sarcastic cake decorating teacher. Like Snape on happy pills...or a sugar high.
*giggles madly* - May 27, 2009 at 12:34 PM
- Denise said...
I have seen some work like this at my place of work! Since I am or was a cake decorator! I have to admit I did find myself thumbing through the older posts to see if any of MY cakes made it on this blog...Whew! (There wasn't any) But I can say this usually if a cake decorator is on break or off that day then the other peeps in the bakery get to do the honor of writing on cakes! And it is not a pretty site! My coworker mispelled congradulations. Yes, she is a cake decorator for 20 years! Uhm how can you mispell that? I always check the cake orders and there it sat. A plain white cake with red writing.Congradulations...I am thinking wow I have to hand this cake to a CUSTOMER? Well, after trying to scrape off the red writing which didn't work I had to refrost the whole damn cake! I added red roses and red border. This cake was for management I found out later. I am glad I caught the error right away!Congratulations!
- May 27, 2009 at 12:46 PM
- Dennis said...
> hope no ones notices
Someones did. - May 27, 2009 at 12:49 PM
What kills me...these people have jobs after letting stuff like this go out the door! Seriously.
- May 27, 2009 at 12:50 PM
- Melissa (& Billy) said...
Almost all the cakes at my local supermarket look like the Carvel one, with artfully(?) applied icing squiggles in your choice of coordinating colors (or, near graduation time, in the local school colors) and sprinkles. They are, in effect, blank canvases for messages of thoughtfulness and good cheer...or wrecks like these. 0_o
I agree with Morgi; the flower blob cake with the pepto-pink icing probably went something like this:
Friend 1: Have we got everything we need for the baby shower? Oh no, I forgot to order a cake!
Friend 2: How about one of these over here? I like the one with the flowers.
Friend 1: Well, she IS having a girl...but it's kind of impersonal as it is.
Friend 2: They could write something on it--like with pink icing.
Friend 1: Wouldn't that look funny?
Friend 2: Oh, it won't matter. We're just going to cut it up and eat it anyway.
Friend 1: Why, you're right!
XD - May 27, 2009 at 12:51 PM
- Justi said...
Why on earth would someone use red and green (clearly Christmas colors) on a birthday cake?!?
- May 27, 2009 at 1:10 PM
Great. I'm going to be giggling at "Sperm-like balloons" all day!
PS- thank you Haiku Joy. That. Was. Brilliant. - May 27, 2009 at 1:17 PM
- Patti said...
This was truly hilarious! Thanks!
- May 27, 2009 at 1:18 PM
- Morgan the Muse said...
ha, what is with that last one, really? Geez.
- May 27, 2009 at 1:22 PM
WV: ALIGI - THE GIRL BEHIND THE BAKERY COUNTER IS ALIGI TO BE A CAKE DECORATOR. - May 27, 2009 at 1:26 PM
- Unknown said...
The BS on the last cake looks like it was written with the same stuff. You know, the stuff you find in a pasture full of cows? :op
~Amy B.
wv: subtable "there are some very subtable mistakes in those wrecks.." LOL - May 27, 2009 at 1:38 PM
- My Feet Hurt said...
I FINALLY got it!! That third cake says "Welcome Baby Hannah". I think I need glasses now...
- May 27, 2009 at 1:56 PM
- JennyF said...
I wonder if they meant "PS" but then didn't know what to say.
- May 27, 2009 at 2:17 PM
- ksaldria said...
Great now I've got a song stuck in my head. *sings* 99 sperm balloons sitting in my living room...
- May 27, 2009 at 2:29 PM
- jackie31337 said...
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the needs to be a Cake Wrecks show on Food Network. Maybe it could be a reality show where random people with no cake decorating experience are dropped into a bakery and expected to churn out cakes.
- May 27, 2009 at 2:42 PM
- jackie31337 said...
Jeremy said Silly cakes. Everyone knows that pie is superior anyway. ;) How about a pie-wrecks day? *laughs*
I can't remember if Jen commemorated Pi day on March 14th, but she still has a chance to get some pie wrecks up in time for European Pi Day on July 22nd (22/7). - May 27, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Perhaps Hayden is a Seattle FC fan?
- May 27, 2009 at 2:49 PM
- Ted S. (Just a Cineast) said...
Hayden's only one year old -- I don't think he can even read his birthday cake.
And I think that pink thing reads "Welcome Bitchy Hannah" -- welcoming a new employee and angling for a sexual harassment lawsuit at the same time. - May 27, 2009 at 3:26 PM
Thank you...they say laughter is good for your health. And since I have started reading your blog I am getting my daily dose. This blog is just about the funniest thing I have ever read!
- May 27, 2009 at 4:04 PM
- Laurie said...
Hilarious! Love the "BS" one.
- May 27, 2009 at 4:05 PM
- Scritzy said...
The backstory on the BS cake makes it even funnier! Thanks, Bethany, and may you and Stephanie have many more happy birthdays — no BS!
- May 27, 2009 at 4:12 PM
hahaha, that was hilarious.
- May 27, 2009 at 5:49 PM
- sendingtheclowns said...
Jen writes (about the first cake):
"Oh, and class, see how she filled in that awkward blank area with a mass of ribbon? That's called "thinking on your feet."
Yeaaahhhh...that's ONE way of putting it.
I, however, tend to ever-so-slightly lean toward calling it " *scrawling with* your feet" (refering to the message-writing, that is).
And I'd REALLY love to know what a "Haydenl Birthday" is that someone is being wished a Happy one OF (on the second creation).
As for #3-- This appears to be yet another case of that wild & crazy Latest Fad (don't EVEN tell me that you haven't heard of this yet) wherein the person who drew the short straw (*loser*) has to go on a wild scamper through a bakery, randomly assailing unsuspecting cakes with Silly String and maniacal giggles. Great fun for the ten to ten-and-a-half-year-old set, I hear. - May 27, 2009 at 6:18 PM
- TheAimee said...
hahahahahaha! The "BS" cake?! What's with that? I almost choked on my jicama when I saw it... Thanks for a wonderful post, Jen!
- May 27, 2009 at 6:35 PM
@Ted S. (Just a Cineast)... "Welcome Bitchy Hannah" is CLASSIC!!! My cheeks hurt from laughing at that one!
- May 27, 2009 at 6:45 PM
- Just Me said...
Really? I can't believe these people still have jobs!! Almost makes me want to go back to decorating...almost!!
- May 27, 2009 at 8:53 PM
- Elizabeth C. said...
I really think that a sprinkles and squiggles class is necessary.
Is dribbling the leftover icing from christmas all over the edges acceptable now?
And maybe for the more gifted students you should give a "How to make balloons that do not look like fat wing-ed sperms" lesson ;) - May 27, 2009 at 10:51 PM
- Stephanie McGee said...
Every time I think of getting a degree in baking and pastry arts I think of how often my creations would end up on this blog and I rethink that decision. Thanks, Jen, for keeping the world free of one more wreckerator. (Though I think there will be many more to replace me.)
The cakes in this post were magnificently horrid and the backstory on the BS cake is hilarious and makes the cake better. - May 27, 2009 at 11:10 PM
- Nancy said...
Jen...I have a question. I have seen cakes similar to this one that is made by...say Walmart but the only thing they do is the outside decorations...the cake is left blank for you to do your own "writing". Do we know for certain that this (or any other cake...especially the really bad ones) aren't really done by the buyer and not a "cake decorator"?
I was just wondering...no biggy. - May 27, 2009 at 11:38 PM
These are so...bad. How are they allowed to be SOLD?!!
I hope at least they tasted good... - May 27, 2009 at 11:58 PM
- twinkle teaches said...
The first one should have an artistic name like "Murder on Christmas!" :) tina
- May 28, 2009 at 1:01 AM
My husband's initials are BS. Hmmm...I have now picked out his next cake. Thanks, Care Wrecks!
- May 28, 2009 at 1:14 AM
- Len and Zen said...
ha ha those pictures are awesome. oh by the way, i added you to my blogroll http://www.foodmailers.blogspot.com, thanks.
- May 28, 2009 at 5:22 AM
- B said...
Nancy: "but the only thing they do is the outside decorations...the cake is left blank for you to do your own "writing". Do we know for certain that this (or any other cake...especially the really bad ones) aren't really done by the buyer and not a "cake decorator"?"
I assure you the BS cake was not decorated by us. The Walmart cake decorators would not give the bag to my friend so she could just write on it herself (the back story about it is in the comments). If we were to have written it, trust me, it would have said Happy Birthday Bethany and Stephanie and it would have been centered.
Our Walmart does write and decorate on cakes. Stephanie has had them do it before for her. They come blank, but then you take them up to the bakery counter and tell them what you want written on it and they do it. As we can see from the BS cake, it's just not always done well. - May 28, 2009 at 7:19 AM
- Dreamybee said...
Wow, I never thought about using ribbons to fill in empty space. I'll have to file that one away!
I love your site! Even if I don't have time to do anything in the morning, I usually at least make it over here to start my morning with a chuckle. I know you probably aren't really into the whole blog award meme thing, but I have an award for you over at my blog (2 awards, actually), and just wanted to let you know.
http://subliminalintervention.blogspot.com/2009/04/im-such-ingrate.html - May 28, 2009 at 8:46 AM
- Miranda said...
Ms. England, if you ever get your hands on Snape, happy pills or no, would you be so kind as to send him to me?
I have many, many evil plans for him. *whipcrax* - May 28, 2009 at 9:22 AM
@Nancy: the "wrecks are so bad they must be hoaxes" comments have been all made before. Jen does her best to assure the sources are from sold or for sale cakes, that is the premise of the whole blog.
When they are done by not for profit home bakers, she usually notes it.
And as long as I can remember (up to 40 years) grocery store bakeries have been making predecorated cakes that they (or you) can add a message to at the last minute if you are too rushed or too cheap to pre-order a custom cake.
Alex - May 28, 2009 at 11:35 AM
- ~Stephanie said...
Just to add to the comments "B" keeps leaving. This is "S", and had I been able to write on the cake it would have looked so much better. I mean, it couldn't look much worse, right! :) I should have known better, though, than to even ask them to write on it. We just thought that this was our night, so why we have to decorate our own cake? I once bought a large there, and asked the decorator to write on it. I wanted it to say, "NERDS RULE!" It was for B's husband's get-together. Well, she wrote it in large flowery cursive. It didn't fit at all. Nerds don't do flowing script. They do binary code, and block letters, right? So, I brought it home and scraped the writing off. I even used some paper towels. I then wrote on it myself, and added some sprinkles. Now it looked nerdy enough! Never again, unless it's a joke, will I ask them to write on any dessert!
~ S - May 28, 2009 at 12:03 PM
- Unknown said...
To be fair--I worked in a Food Lion deli/bakery for nearly a year. I was never given any training in cake decorating--all that was done by my boss. But sometimes after she left for the day, people would come to the deli, pick up a premade cake, and ask me or my friend to write on it for them. We did our best, but we always warned them ahead of time that we weren't trained at it and couldn't guarantee the results would be great. And writing with an icing bag isn't the easiest task in the world. So keep that in mind when hating on badly written cakes.
- May 28, 2009 at 1:46 PM
- ~Stephanie said...
I do get that not everyone is able to write nicely on a cake. However, most people aren't so "spacially-challenged" as to not even be able to identify the center of something. I think she may have done better with her eyes closed. We truly did appreciate the effort, though, and the laughs it provided. It was so horrible that we figured that it couldn't get much worse, so we put those really long sparkler candles on it. By the end, there was black ash all over the cake as well. Having never used that type of candle before, I had no idea what to expect. It was too funny! Our cake was on fire!
- May 28, 2009 at 2:49 PM
- Unknown said...
In defense of the third cake (the one with balloons): I work in a bakery and so many people want to order the smallest store cake they can buy and want us to put every name of every person they met in their entire life.
In that case I force the customer to take Happy Birthday or buy a larger cake. - May 28, 2009 at 8:51 PM
- Aviatrix said...
Oh come on. I CAN'T believe those are iced by professional bakers.
SURELY people bought blank sheet cakes and had their eight year olds put the inscriptions on, using butter icing, toothpicks and a butter knife. I know you can get exactly the effects shown here with those tools, because that's all I had to work with when I was eight. And my spelling was better. - May 28, 2009 at 9:13 PM
- Aviatrix said...
Oh, I'm sorry. I was bad and didn't read the comments before adding mine. I usually do.
I do believe you that professionals did this. I just don't want to believe it. - May 28, 2009 at 10:35 PM
The Happy Birthday picks remind me of a story I heard about 12 years ago at work. Someone had ordered a birthday cake for a coworker and actually asked for a Happy Birthday pick on it. When they picked up the cake, the wreckerator had written "Happy Birthday Pick" on the cake. I really wish someone had taken a picture of it back then!
- May 29, 2009 at 12:26 AM
- MrSound said...
Happy Birthday to the names:D. Nice vanilla frosting's and penmanship.lol!
- May 31, 2009 at 5:37 AM
I am the owner of the 1st cake!! First of all, it was for my son's hstily thrown together 2nd birthday party. Quick side note: Ben was born December 19th and we can never seem to get people to take time out of their busy holiday schedules to come to the poor little guy's parties. Anyways, we found out about 2 days before the party that our family was actually free and able to come, so we put together a quick get-together for him. I stopped at our local Giant Eagle grocery store to get a cake. I figured, "He's 2! What does he care if it's generic?" ;o) So I found an almond flavored cake (sadly, that close to Christmas, all you can find are red and green cakes!) and asked the woman to please write 'Happy Birthday Ben!' on the cake for me. She was extremely annoyed to be called away from her donut sprinkling to assist me and when she gave me the cake back a few minutes later, it was sealed in a white box. I took the cake from her, didn't even think twice about it and headed home to set up for the party. When I opened the box I was appalled at what I saw! The writing! The leaning! The awful uncenteredness (is that a word?)! THE HORROR! LOL -- of course, as a faithful CW reader, I immediately grabbed my camera and snapped a picture. Luckily, Benjamin (being 2) didn't care what his cake looked like, as long as it tasted good (which it did!). And my family? They thought it was hilarious! :o)
~Dana - June 1, 2009 at 4:03 PM
You know, I've had to DO that inscription-over-the-decorations stuff, like on that one round cake. Or write something insanely long in something insanely small, with sorta-kinda-but-not-really legible handwriting.
Two reasons. (1. That's the cake the customer wants, and that's the inscription the customer wants, and whoever decorated the cake last night didn't think about somebody wanting "Congratulations Hanna, Barbara, Micheal and Pam" written on a three-inch wide oval (NOT KIDDING). Now if the customer ordered the cake the night before, there is no excuse, the decorator should have known better. (2. I am not a cake decorator. I had to fill in for the Cake decorator ONCE, and after an hour of being defeated by frosting, I do not want to do that again without at least six hours of training/practice. However, the managers of my store requires EVERYBODY in the bakery to write on the cake if the customer hands it to you. This includes the people who can't actually write and the people whose writing is known to be illegiable (like me). We can't say no, and asking somebody else (like the cake decorators, who are usually standing two feet behind us putting fresh fruit on top of a cheesecake or beating cookie crumbs into buttercream) is heavily frowned upon. Your hand needs to be BLEEDING for you to say no.
I can always tell how tired I am at work if the thought "This might wind up on cake wrecks" goes through my head. If it's follwed by the thought "screw it", it's usually about thirty minutes after my blood sugar crashed and thirty minutes before I get to go home and lay down for a while. - June 3, 2009 at 3:01 PM
Isn't 'Careless Cakes' one of the Sandra Lee stable of shows? No, wait -- that was 'I Couldn't Care Less Cakes'. My bad.
I keep trying to read 'Hayderm'. Maybe that is because of the 'balloons'. - January 24, 2011 at 9:34 PM
i used to work at a bakery as a cake decorator and the cakes that left looking like that were for the customers that wait until the last min and go and want a custom cake after the decorators left. just because you work in a bakery doesn't mean your a cake decorator.
lesson her: remember your loved ones special day and order a cake, don't leave it up to chance and if you do and you get a cake like this than maybe that actually does show how much you cared - March 14, 2011 at 2:12 PM
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Astronomy magazine has chosen the New Hampshire Astronomical Society (NHAS) as the winner of its 2012 Out-of-this-world Award for outstanding public programming. The NHAS' many accomplishments helped it stand out from the competition. But the most notable was its Library Telescope Program.
For more than four years now, the NHAS has been sharing the wonders of the universe with the public through the placement of telescopes at libraries throughout New England. The goal is to help foster scientific literacy, stimulate an interest in astronomy, and provide people who have never looked through a telescope the chance to experience the excitement that comes from discovery.
Since its modest beginnings, the Library Telescope Program has placed scopes at more than 60 libraries in New Hampshire. Included are instructions and accessories custom made to insure a successful night of observing, even for those who know absolutely nothing about astronomy.
"I have worked with visionaries for all of my professional career, and nothing is more gratifying than to see a vision come to life," says NHAS President Richard R. DeMidio. "It has been amazing to watch an idea born in the mind of a single individual catch fire and spread across the globe exposing countless people to the wonders of the universe. It is hard to choose words of thanks that effectively convey our appreciation for the generosity we have received from the astronomy community. On behalf of all of NHAS, we offer our sincere gratitude to Astronomy magazine for this award. We thank all of those involved for making the LTP program a resounding success, from members of our organization to supporters in our extended astronomy family and those library directors who have embraced and implemented the program for their own communities."
And Marc Stowbridge, NHAS Library Telescope Creator, adds, "We are constantly amazed at how our Library Telescope Program has taken hold across the country and across the world, and at the generosity of those in the astronomy community who have endorsed and supported the program — in particular Craig Weatherwax at Oceanside Photo and Telescope, the folks at Orion Telescopes and Binoculars, and the Astronomy Foundation. We are also thrilled that Astronomy magazine has chosen to recognize our efforts with its Out-of-this-world Award, and we promise to put it to good use in our quest to continually expand our outreach efforts. On behalf of everyone associated with the New Hampshire Astronomical Society, thank you for this prestigious honor and gift."
The NHAS plans to use its $2,500 Out-of-this-world Award prize money to increase the number of libraries that offer telescopes for checkout, particularly in rural locations where budgets run at the razor's edge.
The NHAS is the seventh winner since the award debuted in 2006. Last year's award went to the The Albuquerque Astronomical Society, the previous year's award went to the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit in California, and the 2009 award went to the Amateur Observers' Society of New York. The winner receives $2,500 from Astronomy magazine.
This year, more than 20 groups entered from almost a dozen U.S. states and four other countries.
"This was another great year of astronomy club submissions, and we had a hard time picking a winner," says David J. Eicher, editor of Astronomy magazine. "So much wonderful outreach takes place all over the country and the world that it's still hard to pick just one winner. Each of the entrants deserves congratulations for their fantastic efforts, and we thank them for doing so much to promote the hobby and science of astronomy."


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"It beats jello"
"95% of diets fail anyway"
"Cheaper than therapy"
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"The end MIGHT be nigh"
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UPDATE: Here are some of my favorite entries so far, in case you don't feel like scrolling through the 1000+ comments:
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"You could always send this to Cake Wrecks" - TechyDad
"Eatable" - Kathyrn R.
"Mostly Harmless" - Cat Beiber
"Get Used To Disappointment" - Lynn
"My Other Cake Has A Witty Saying On It" - Tessa Beers
"D***n it, Jim, I'm a Doctor, not a cake decorator!" - Becky@whatslifewithoutwhimsy
"It's not as old as it looks" - Jen (3:44pm)
"I quit" - Donna
"It was this or death" - M.A.
"Think of the children" - Tracy
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"The bananas in your cart look lonely." - Charlie's Mom
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"Don't act like you've never settled before." - Bryan & Jessica
"In some foreign countries this is actually a compliment." - Dolores
"Suck it, Trebek." - Janebabes


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where nothing is safe...
and no one can be trusted...
"Like, ohmygawsh, Kelly! I know it's midnight and raining outside, but let's strip down to our bras and go running through the woods! What could possibly go wrong?"
From the people who brought you:
Butterflies from Hell,
Night Hugs from Hell,
Underwater Zombie Ballerinas (Also from Hell,)
and Gigli,
comes the most horrifying psychological thrill-ride blood bath you will ever wish you could un-see.
"Thank you for the teddy bear, mommy! I love him SO MUCH, and I'm glad he's not creepy and won't kill us in our sleep or anything!"
[pulling back shower curtain]
[blood-curdling scream]
When the streets are paved with evil... and the nights are filled with... evil...
"Gosh, I'm so glad you came over to make out with me while I'm babysitting tonight. Maybe I should just go check on the baby... in the attic... in my high heels... in the dark... in my bra... alone... while you go get pizza.
[pulling back blanket]
This Friday the 13th, terror gets its just desserts.
Hell's Bakery... from Hell. In 3D.
If you can't stand the heat... you're probably about to get murdered.


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Classic Top Rectangular Folding Table (72"x30")
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Want to create a more original coffee shop style atmosphere in your banquet hall? Counter-height tables will look great with some sleek bar stools. They are a great choice for a creative fundraiser or special event where you are looking for a way to give your room a whole new look without undertaking any major renovations.
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Here are the contenders for the category of Best Christmas Cricut Cartridge of 2010:
1) Christmas Cards Seasonal Mini Cartridge: This card is good for not only Christmas cards, but also has loads of card bases you could make for any types of cards.
2) Christmas Winter Lace Cartridge: More snowflakes make this cartridge so fun!
3) Winter Frolic Cartridge: The word art on this cartridge is phenomenal! Also, love the sweet bird in the Christmas tree.
4) Jolly Holidays Lite Cartridge: Love the word art and more unusual Santas and images on this cartridge!
Melanie has made MANY gorgeous cards with Jolly Holidays cartridge - check them out here!
5) Gingerbread: This quick and easy cartridge has such cheerful Christmas images - love the candy cane here!
Want to see all my best Cricut cartridge picks of 2010? Head over to Joy's Top 2010 Cricut Cartridges for links to more categories!
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About this Collection
This collection presents 718 excerpts of sound recordings, 1,256 photographs, and 10 manuscripts from the American Folklife Center's Coal River Folklife Project Collection. The project documented traditional uses of the mountains in the Big Coal River Valley of southern West Virginia, and explored the cultural dimensions of ecological crisis from 1992 to 1999. There are extensive interviews with local residents on the seasonal harvesting of natural resources--ginseng, ramps (wild leeks), berries, nuts, fish, and game--on occupations, including coal mining and lumbering; and on the impact of large scale industries such as logging and mountaintop removal mining on local communities. Cultural and religious community events were a focus of the project, including storytelling, community dinners and foodways, baptisms, and cemetery customs.
Functioning as a de facto commons, the mountains have supported a way of life that for many generations has entailed hunting, gathering, and subsistence gardening, as well as coal mining and lumbering. This commons, articulated through stories, place names, artifacts, and seasonal practices, powerfully evokes collective memory and anchors community life. The commons is situated in what is known as the mixed mesophytic forest, a temperate-zone hardwood system unrivaled for its biological diversity. Consequently it supports an unusually diverse seasonal round of activities.
The Coal River Folklife Collection (AFC 1999/008) consists of approximately 290 audio cassettes, 13,647 still photographs, five Hi-8 videocassettes, and 26 linear feet of print material including administrative correspondence, photo and recording logs, tape transcriptions, field notes, maps, publications, and ephemera. All this material, together with a complete project inventory, is available to researchers in the American Folklife Center's Folklife Reading Room at the Library of Congress.
Mary Hufford, the field project director and curator for the online collection, collaborated with the late science writer John Flynn, of Rock Creek, West Virginia, and with photographers Lyntha Scott Eiler and Terry Eiler, to create the sound recordings and photographic images comprising the core of the collection. The Coal River Folklife Project was conducted in cooperation with the Lucy Braun Association for the Mixed Mesophytic Forest and Trees for the Planet, with funding from the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund for Folk Culture, and with the support of the Coal River Mountain Watch, based in Whitesville, West Virginia. Support from the National Park Service is gratefully acknowledged for documentation undertaken on the Coal River in 1993 as a part of the American Folklife Center's New River Gorge Folklife Project.


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Chugoku, Wood, bamboo crafts
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Miyajima woodwork Miyajima zaiku
- Wood, bamboo crafts
- Hiroshima
Miyajima Woodwork (called Miyajima zaiku in Japanese) are woodwork products made in Miyajima, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima prefecture. Miyajima Island, one of the Three Views of Japan*, has long been nicknamed the "Island of Gods", while Hatsu…
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Okuaizu Basketry Oku aizu amikumi zaiku
- Wood, bamboo crafts
- Fukushima
Okuaizu Basketry, called Okuaizu Amikumi Zaiku in Japanese, is basketry produced around Mishima Town, Onuma County, Fukushima Prefecture. As this mountainous area in the Okuaizu region has much snow and farmers are unable to work in the fields in …
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Katsuyama bamboo crafts Katsuyama take zaiku
- Wood, bamboo crafts
- Okayama
Katsuyama Take Zaiku are bamboo baskets produced in Maniwa City, Okayama Prefecture. Bamboo ware products are made in many areas across Japan from a variety of bamboos such as thick stemmed bamboo and black bamboo. However, Japanese timber bamboo …
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