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Saturday, October 11, 2008
Sorry, You Can't Have Any
Saturday, October 11, 2008
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- ad said...
Good timing for teaching the new grad about the unfairness of life, I think...
- October 11, 2008 at 9:23 AM
- Sleepwalker said...
Don't we all, honey. Don't we all.
- October 11, 2008 at 9:27 AM
- Rach said...
Can we also make a comment on how incredible misshaped that graduation hat is?!
- October 11, 2008 at 9:31 AM
Well, at least the decorator passed her penmanship class, right?
- October 11, 2008 at 9:33 AM
- Rosemary said...
--and at least it doesn't say "Congratwat, JeSicah."
- October 11, 2008 at 9:35 AM
- Mrs. C. said...
Ironically, the script is gogeous!
- October 11, 2008 at 9:42 AM
- knittinginnowhere said...
I love the uneven border around it too... a nice classy touch.
- October 11, 2008 at 9:47 AM
- MetalNoir said...
This is a nice-looking cake: completely presentable. It's fun, and I can forgive the minor aesthetic shortcomings because of that. I suppose it bears inclusion here because it displays that "knowing irony": the people who conceived the cake are well-aware of what's going on.
- October 11, 2008 at 10:01 AM
- Model Citizen aka Bonnie Rue said...
nothing says "tough titty, it's time to grow up" like the absence of sprinkles...
- October 11, 2008 at 10:02 AM
- Rachel said...
It would be wonderful if she had the sprinkles....poor kid....now I want some sprinkles!!
- October 11, 2008 at 10:02 AM
- Anne said...
I wamt sprinkles? What is "wamt" exactly? The hat looks like a pink foil wrapped Hersey kiss upside down. This is a classic cake wreck!
- October 11, 2008 at 10:03 AM
I can just hear the conversation between the customer and the baker. "That's right,a graduation hat and the year '2008' on top. Oh! and I want spinkles on it as well." "Okay, ma'am I can do that...."
- October 11, 2008 at 10:07 AM
Oh & the handwriting is so pretty!
- October 11, 2008 at 10:07 AM
- Libbie said...
Okay, this is it. My favorite wreck of all time (so far.) I think it's the fact that the decorator obviously has been doing it for a while, based on the lovely writing. Yet the decorator couldn't figure out that "I want sprinkles" meant...I want sprinkles.
Winner. - October 11, 2008 at 10:08 AM
- david santos said...
Really beautiful!!!
Have a nice weekend. - October 11, 2008 at 10:14 AM
OMG!! my new favourite!!!!!
and the penmanship is fantastic! - October 11, 2008 at 10:22 AM
- Hyla said...
LMAO! It is a beautiful cake, how could they not know! I just do not get it, they did such a wonderful job and then they ad that, don't they know that doesnt fit, don't they see this????? Where's the coffee?
http://earthyfinds.blogspot.com - October 11, 2008 at 10:24 AM
Having met Other Humans I probably already know the answer to this: Could someone be THAT dense??
- October 11, 2008 at 10:28 AM
I'd have had to have bought the cake, just for the humour of it.
I like the handwriting, though.
Amy B. - October 11, 2008 at 10:38 AM
Couldn't she have just one sprinkle? Well I guess not.
- October 11, 2008 at 10:45 AM
I wonder if she was bummed that she didn't get a Contralulation's, Congradulations, Congratwat, Cangratalation, ConGrat ulation? (Or however you spell it in whatever language she speaks.)
By the way, I want a BMW. I would never ask for it to be put on a cake...I might just get "I want a BM" on my cake!! And probably in brown icing. - October 11, 2008 at 10:48 AM
- The Crossing said...
- October 11, 2008 at 10:53 AM
I'm pretty sure I know what happened here...
"And I want sprinkles on it, too"
"OK, and what do you want the writing to say?"
"I said I want sprinkles!"
"...yes, but the writing...?"
"I told you I want sprinkles!"
"*sigh*" - October 11, 2008 at 11:00 AM
- sarah sundae said...
I want them, too.
- October 11, 2008 at 11:02 AM
- My Life, My Style said...
I just found your site and I looooove it so much! Maybe that is because I love everything that has to do with cupcakes and cake.
Have you seen this blog?
She makes the most ADORABLE cupcakes!
I wish I were as talented as some of the cake-decoraters you highlight. But my creations would probably end up in your "wreck" category!!!! - October 11, 2008 at 11:08 AM
It's actually a nice-looking cake, but then again I am neither a purist nor a perfectionist.
I think I just found a new motto. I want sprinkles. If any politicos come knocking at the door, I shall tell them that I will only vote for the party that will give me sprinkles! - October 11, 2008 at 11:09 AM
- Kirstie Sequitin said...
i asked for the same thing when i graduated.
... nothin. - October 11, 2008 at 11:16 AM
- Women on the Verge said...
Do you suppose all of her gifts were sprinkles? I mean, really, at least it would be a minor consolation.
- October 11, 2008 at 11:17 AM
- Natalie said...
this makes me laugh and just a little sad all at the same time.
- October 11, 2008 at 11:24 AM
- HorribleLicensePlates said...
Awesome. I love this stuff!!
- October 11, 2008 at 11:26 AM
I wish we could get the reaction of the buyer on some of these cakes. I mean, other than the jaw dropping to the floor as they stare at something totally wrong... Then wonder how to point out that it's wrong...at the same time realizing that the party is in two hours...
- October 11, 2008 at 11:39 AM
- Katy said...
oh, how i LOL'd...
that was brilliant! - October 11, 2008 at 11:41 AM
- Boozy Tooth said...
If ya can't get sprinkles on your graduation day, then when can ya? Geez... harsh.
- October 11, 2008 at 11:45 AM
- Meg said...
I must agree the penmanship is quite lovely. So lovely that it looks like this person must have had plenty of practice writing on cakes and yet he/she makes this lovely blunder! But seriously I love sprinkles I would want them too. But what better time to learn about the harsh realities of the cold, unfeeling real world?
- October 11, 2008 at 11:51 AM
I love this one. It's even better if you read it in Veruca Salt's voice.
http://yousuckatcraigslist.com - October 11, 2008 at 11:56 AM
This is so wonderful in its simplicity.
- October 11, 2008 at 12:03 PM
- Rebecca said...
I love how nicely done it is.
It's beautiful really, and then there's..... THAT! - October 11, 2008 at 12:05 PM
- Denise said...
It's almost as if the cake is talking to us...pleading with us...for a handful of sprinkles.
- October 11, 2008 at 12:09 PM
I cannot stop laughing. That is just amazing. Whoever made this order -- what were you THINKING???
- October 11, 2008 at 12:21 PM
- Angie McCullagh said...
Oh my holy hell...I laughed out loud. OUT LOUD. That is so rare.
Angie (from over at www.HalfAssedKitchen.com) - October 11, 2008 at 12:22 PM
- Persnickety Ticker said...
Life without sprinkles is just so not fair.
What a cruel yet sugary way to learn a life lesson. - October 11, 2008 at 12:24 PM
i guess the old rolling stones song is true.
"you can't always get what you want". - October 11, 2008 at 12:37 PM
- Ann Hedvig said...
- October 11, 2008 at 12:38 PM
- Kopperhead said...
I'm going to put sprinkles on everything I eat today in honor of Jessica P. Yes, even the broccoli.
- October 11, 2008 at 12:56 PM
- pika23 said...
Maybe it's my pain meds...but it took me a second or two to comprehend the actual mistake...now I'm giggling my butt off. Wow...this is SO my fave of all time!!!!!! reminds me of the time when my husband had to spell out his name for a form of some type that was being mailed to us . His name is spelled JON no H. So when he spelled out is name to the operator, he said J-O-N without the H. The week after he receives the catalog in the mail... adressed to JONNOH Reeves. Get it? they thought No H was part of the name I guess
- October 11, 2008 at 12:57 PM
Aw, that's sad... the cake is beautiful in general, I wonder if those are her school colors or just her favorite colors?
Too bad about the sprinkles, but how can you actually put that on a cake? Wouldn't you think "hmm, maybe I should call & see if 'i want sprinkles' should be written on the cake, or if they actually wanted sprinkles..." - October 11, 2008 at 1:13 PM
- jaclyn said...
The fact that the rest of the cake is pretty darn good for grocery-store decorating makes the mistake HILARIOUS. And sad.
- October 11, 2008 at 1:15 PM
i love this site & its hard to believe that some of the cakes are real! i work in a bakery & could never imagine actually giving a customer a cake like that!
- October 11, 2008 at 1:31 PM
- Marian Perera said...
Didn't they ask for anything else in the center of the cake? Shouldn't there have been a message for the graduate, as well as the sprinkles?
Love the blog, by the way! - October 11, 2008 at 1:40 PM
Is there an area under '2008' that looks like it has been re-iced - sort of a smoothed over bit as if something that was on there went wrong??
- October 11, 2008 at 1:45 PM
Ironically, sprinkles may have ruined this pretty cake.
~Lea - October 11, 2008 at 1:47 PM
The sense of longing is leaving me positively verklempt.
If only I had some sprinkles to share with this poor grardutwat...er...craguate...um...maybe it's gerdutate? - October 11, 2008 at 2:15 PM
- Chrissy said...
This is my favorite site!! I come here everyday (right after my email) and I have hooked my friends on it too! Thank you so much!!
Also, this cake LITERALLY made me laugh out loud. The cake and the headline you put with it is all I needed, I will be chuckling all day! - October 11, 2008 at 2:52 PM
They used the last of their sprinkles on Wendys' cake..LOL. I can not dis the artwork on the hat nor the penmanship.. the reverse shell border could use a little bit of help. But, all in all, the decorating is passable. And, if this cake was created in a grocery store they could have done an in store credit to the bakery department to get the graduate some damn sprinkles..
- October 11, 2008 at 2:58 PM
- Barbara said...
I think it's a possibility that the order form had a blank for the customer to fill in. For example it might have asked "What do you want on the cake?" meaning, written on it. Not even this saves the hapless lout who didn't get it, though. Barbara
- October 11, 2008 at 2:59 PM
- Tarot By Arwen said...
No no no. This is a metaphysical yearning put into sugar sweetness. We all want sprinkles in life. So this quite profound really. It is the Jedi Baker of the Universe delivering a much needed lesson to the graduate. Have what you want, you can't always. Work for it, you must.
- October 11, 2008 at 3:02 PM
- A Paperback Writer said...
Oh, the irony! The irony!
- October 11, 2008 at 3:07 PM
- Brock said...
Cakes just want sprinkles! I for one appreciate this cake's honesty
- October 11, 2008 at 3:24 PM
- D.B. Echo said...
OK. I had to Google this. Aside from references to Cake Wrecks, a lot of sites out there reference a quote from The Office: "I don't want Garbage! I want Sprinkles!" - after Dwight has killed Angela's cat Sprinkles, and has offered to replace it with a feral cat he calls Garbage, because that's what he likes to eat. (I have no idea, this is just what I've read. Even though I live and work in the Scranton area, I don't watch The Office.)
So could this be an Office reference? - October 11, 2008 at 3:33 PM
- Beth said...
This is my new favorite. It makes me happy that all people do not have common sense when most of the time it drives me mad!
- October 11, 2008 at 3:36 PM
- Jennifer Good said...
LOL. This just made my birthday.
- October 11, 2008 at 3:50 PM
- ksaldria said...
My best friend is a sprinkle addict. I would so get her that cake...and cover it in sprinkles.
Excellent wreck. I scared the cat off with my burst of laughter. - October 11, 2008 at 3:50 PM
This is so totally my favorite category of wreck! I HEART the literal translations. Keep 'em coming!
- October 11, 2008 at 4:07 PM
Living in LA the first thing I thought of was Sprinkle's cupcakes! So for a second I thought the grad had asked for Sprinkles (as in cup cakes) and her well meaning Mom told the baker "She said "I want Sprinkles for my graduation cake' ". And the more I think about it maybe that was the case? But a classic wreck nonetheless!
- October 11, 2008 at 4:13 PM
- Carie said...
....interesting. In my job as a decorator, if I have a questionable inscription, I ask the person who took the order or hmmm, wow maybe even call the customer????!!!...............DUH. I want sprinkles...........add SPRINKLES!!!!!
- October 11, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Kids today, expecting sprinkles... In my day, we were lucky to get just ONE sprinkle, no way we'd be audacious enough to ask for more than one!
- October 11, 2008 at 5:03 PM
- E.A.D. said...
There is no way anyone at the party could have kept a straight after reading that.
- October 11, 2008 at 5:15 PM
- Jonathan said...
Well, if the cake wants them, the it should have them.
- October 11, 2008 at 5:35 PM
- Rachael M. said...
Does NO ONE ever think to themselves, "Gee, "I want sprinkles" is an odd message for a cake" as they pass their giant container of sprinkles???
- October 11, 2008 at 5:39 PM
Wow! You have officially scared me out of ever ordering another "professionally" made cake again. Thanks alot! ;^)
- October 11, 2008 at 5:54 PM
I think her sprinkles ended up on my daughter's birthday cake.
As soon as I can I am submitting the pictures. I didn't ask for sprinkles and I swear it looked like they dropped 3 jars worth on there! - October 11, 2008 at 6:15 PM
- Lobbie said...
The brevity of this post makes it one of the funniest ones yet.
- October 11, 2008 at 6:42 PM
- fuzzandfuzzlet said...
lol omgosh I can`t stop laughing. That one really tickled my funny bone.
- October 11, 2008 at 6:45 PM
- October 11, 2008 at 6:46 PM
- joyce said...
I'm with Barbara on this one---the form was misleading, perhaps. But, Vickie's comment was a hoot---3 jars of sprinkles on your daughter's cake?? No wonder this cake did not get any. Too funny
- October 11, 2008 at 6:58 PM
So lets look again at this beautiful cake... oh wait what is this, the border on the bottom is missing a few swirls, that's okay you'll get it... wait! What's wrong with this pile of roses and rose buds? oh I see you forgot all the vines needed to connect the roses and buds... silly it looks so weird with one rose bud chilling off by its self up there at the top... ps you really messed up with the sprinkles but that's okay, next time right? lol love it!
- October 11, 2008 at 7:04 PM
This cake made me laugh more than any other cake on Cake Wrecks. The simple demand, not only so out of place on the cake but also completely unmet by the decorator, make this cake a winner.
- October 11, 2008 at 7:23 PM
- Six Green Zebras said...
I ordered a cake today...the first since stumbling across this fine blog. I'm terrified about what may be waiting for me come Monday afternoon. Who knows, maybe I'll have a wreck to report.
- October 11, 2008 at 7:38 PM
- amybowen said...
One of the funniest ones yet!
- October 11, 2008 at 9:09 PM
- Carina said...
That's just happiness.
- October 11, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Bakery help wanted: Simpleton needed to decorate cakes. Must have neat handwriting, be able to follow directions exactly as stated, and color co-ordinate your clothes.
Ability to make descent icing roses and reverse scrolls is a plus. - October 11, 2008 at 10:55 PM
- Mad Izatie said...
Now I want sprinkles too. Damn.
- October 11, 2008 at 10:57 PM
"Sprinkles" becomes a really, really weird word after you read it enough times. Sprinkles. Sprinkles. Sprinkles. How is that a real word?
- October 11, 2008 at 11:00 PM
- Ro said...
"I want sprinkles on it" ... hahaha
- October 12, 2008 at 1:20 AM
I love sprinkles!
- October 12, 2008 at 1:45 AM
- Sariah said...
This cake would go great with my BIL's college graduation. The band played "You can't always get what you want". No, I am not making this up!
- October 12, 2008 at 3:05 AM
OK! Enough about the sprinkles; you graduated, eat the cake and get on with your life!! lol I soo laughed at this one!!
- October 12, 2008 at 3:32 AM
- Emily said...
That is a very sad cake. It wants those sprinkles so badly... D:
- October 12, 2008 at 4:13 AM
- KLZ said...
Sadly, it has taken me many weeks of watching your site to realize that many cakes are pre-made with all the pretty decorations, sent to the store with clean faces, and left to the destruction of poor penmanship and spelling. I finally figured that out when bad writing, odd spelling, and strange phrases were shown with otherwise perfect cakes.
Now that I have understood this mystery, "I WANT SPRINKLES!" - October 12, 2008 at 7:20 AM
- Scraplin said...
Funny stuff! The cake in general is not bad, the writing is decent, but WTF were they thinking with the I want sprinkles? LOL I think I would have called the customer back and verified the writing before putting it on the cake. I have to do it all the time at our bakery, because when something doesn't make sense on the order, that's what you DO!
- October 12, 2008 at 1:19 PM
"And what do you want on it?"
"I want sprinkles." - October 12, 2008 at 1:38 PM
I'm thinking (or hoping) in cases like this, it's a case of the cake decorator not speaking English very well.
- October 12, 2008 at 3:51 PM
- a mysterious blogger said...
It could have been a phone order. Even the Creator doesn't know what will happen to those poor cakes that come from a phone order.
It might also be from a nonsensical web page form with ambiguous boxes such as "What do you want on your cake?" when they really mean "Insert cake text here:" - October 12, 2008 at 6:11 PM
- Misa said...
Ok, not just LOLing, but also crying. Where's my emoticon?
- October 12, 2008 at 8:12 PM
- Ms Unreliable said...
Maybe if she asked nicely...
- October 13, 2008 at 12:30 AM
Oh my - that is so sad. That one gave me a huge laugh this morning! lol
- October 13, 2008 at 9:20 AM
- Misty said...
Funny! What's better is how nice the writing is. How can you get that decent at cake decorating but still not have a clue?
- October 13, 2008 at 11:08 AM
- Bero *hearts* the Office! said...
Hi, so I actually know Jess P. and I went to her college graduation party so I saw the cake in person. One, this blog is hilarious. Two, the comments on this cake made me see the cake in a whole new light!!!
So the "I want sprinkles" is actually a phrase from our fave TV SHOW "THE OFFICE" in which Angela's cat Sprinkles died, and Dwight give her another cat named Garbage. She goes "I don't want Garbage I WANT SPRINKLES". So Jess thought it would be funny to have it on a cake, and on went the order to Costco. When I went to pick up the cake that day before the party I couldn't stop laughing at how awesome the cake looked. COSTCO CAKE IS SOOOO DELICIOUS!!
But other people at the party actually did think she wanted sprinkles on the cake. LOL
classic cake wreck! - October 13, 2008 at 11:35 AM
This is my new favorite wreck. And I don't know what makes it funnier, the actual assertion of wanting sprinkles or the post title.
- October 13, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Man, it ruins it to know the backstory- that they actually WANTED the cake to say that. It was much funnier to imagine it was a mistake.
- October 13, 2008 at 3:11 PM
- D.B. Echo said...
DINGDINGDING! bero *hearts* the office confirmed my theory! (See my October 11 comment from 3:33 PM.)
- October 13, 2008 at 7:45 PM
- Steph said...
This made me LOL.
- October 14, 2008 at 11:04 AM
- kikibibi said...
I "want" sprinkles...
I want "sprinkles"....
hmmm, this could get even funnier. Literal LOL, you know it!
(and Bonnie Rue - hilarious comment!) - October 14, 2008 at 1:52 PM
- Beth said...
good thing it didn't say I want "sprinkles"
- October 14, 2008 at 6:10 PM
- Nicole Wilson Conley said...
oh my gosh, i cracked up very loudly at work when i scrolled down to this one... i haven't been by the site in a while (i had forgotten to add it to my bloglines - madness!) and i seriously almost fell out of my chair. so great.
nicole w.
raleigh, nc - October 16, 2008 at 2:56 PM
Hahaha! I love it. This almost tops the (alleged) Walmart cake. Excellent. What a great laugh!
- October 16, 2008 at 5:18 PM
As a cake decorator who does not have 10 years of experience under my belt, in fact I don't even have 2 full years yet. I think its a perfectly nice cake. You can whine all you want about the imperfections but someone has to take home the not so perfect ones and whoever ordered it obviously wasn't gonna do it themselves. So either take it or get a 50% refund since you still gotta pay half for special orders even if you dont take them home with you.
-MK - October 17, 2008 at 4:16 PM
- verminjerky said...
I just had a brand new experience. This made me laugh so hard that when I finally stopped laughing, two or three minutes later, I felt as though I had just completed a night of wild passion.
Seriously. I lay back in my chair and relaxed with a heavy sigh, at which point this analogy occurred to me.
This one is that funny. - October 19, 2008 at 8:59 AM
I just laughed so hard I cried.
- October 20, 2008 at 12:37 AM
- Adhis said...
Oh, yes, this is a laugh out loud funny!
I especially like the pink dreidel on the top left. - October 20, 2008 at 1:39 PM
- Sarah said...
Haha! I scrolled all the way to the bottom to write that I thought the dreidel made it a lovely Hanukkah cake, but someone beat me to it!
- November 14, 2008 at 12:17 PM
i dunno why, but this is the funniest one to me, lmao! it should be the title of a song, and have that cake be the picture on the cd.
- November 15, 2008 at 7:34 PM
MK said...
As a cake decorator who does not have 10 years of experience under my belt, in fact I don't even have 2 full years yet. I think its a perfectly nice cake. You can whine all you want about the imperfections but someone has to take home the not so perfect ones and whoever ordered it obviously wasn't gonna do it themselves. So either take it or get a 50% refund since you still gotta pay half for special orders even if you dont take them home with you.
October 17, 2008 4:16 PM
Ooooo-kay. Ummmm, maybe you don't get the gist of the site if you take it so personally when someone criticizes a cake that is less than perfect. And IMHO, nobody here is whining either. How is it whining to get a chuckle out of something that looks like a no-brainer moment on the part of the decorator?
If I order something that's supposed to be 'professionally' decorated, I expect it to look professional. And I wouldn't pay one red cent for something I didn't approve, but particularly something I didn't even walk out of the bakery with.
Cake store: Here's your cake!
Me: Umm, that's not what I ordered. And it looks awful!
Cake store: So what. Pay for it anyway.
Me: NO!
Cake store: Okay, then let us keep it and pay us 50% anyway.
Me: Bwa-hahahahahahahahahahaha! You're kidding. Right? Really. You've got to be kidding. You're not kidding? *walking out door empty handed with same amount of money as I entered with*
Personally, I get a gianormous laugh out of all the cakes here. And amazingly, I feel a little better about the ones I've turned out knowing there are people paid to do this stuff, and theirs look waaaay worse than anything I've ever done. *evil grin* - December 15, 2008 at 2:09 PM
- Travis said...
Am I the only person that thinks the picture on the cake looks like an acorn wearing the graduation cap?
- December 22, 2008 at 7:54 PM
- Unknown said...
I actually smiled looking at that cake. I almost never smile. I either keep a straight face or I laugh my head off when I'm in a conversation with someone. I love it when something makes me smile !!! <3 ;D
~Insanity keeps me sane~
Annie - January 24, 2009 at 8:05 PM
I was at work when I found this post. I started to laugh so loud that tears come out of my eyes and my boss started asking if I was ok.
- February 5, 2009 at 2:13 PM
- docreport said...
(In the tone of the Simpsons Comic book guy)
Best wreck ever - September 28, 2009 at 11:17 AM
the hat looks like a turnip.
- October 6, 2009 at 2:13 PM
am i a bad person for thinking this penmanship isn't really all that great?
- October 26, 2009 at 1:59 PM
- JillyBiehn said...
Okay, so I've read the "official" explanation, but as I read I couldn't help thinking, "What if the sprinkles aren't a WHAT, but a WHO?" Whole new perspective. *nods*
- April 8, 2010 at 6:14 PM
I LOVE The Office. And the graduation cap is actually pretty good compared to some of the ones I've seen on this site.
- July 1, 2010 at 5:13 PM
- Roller shoes said...
nice post,thank you for share
- August 9, 2010 at 4:14 AM
Best. Cake. Ever.
- June 18, 2011 at 10:26 PM
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- the financial world is in free fall,
- the government of my country can't stop posturing and pontificating long enough to take effective action,
- the media predicts that by Christmas we shall all be living in old shoeboxes awaiting the Apocalypse, and
- yesterday when I picked up the long-neglected Wedding Ring Shawl to do a little work, I realized I'd skipped an entire row in the effing chart. Again.
Fall has arrived in New England, and Abigail has inaugurated her Panopticon Hoodie (details are in this old entry if you want 'em). Some things are still moving right along, thank you very much. The trees are turning, I am knitting, my little niece is walking and talking and playing and making me happy I'm on the planet.
I still look at those buttonholes with a twinge of pride. They weren't hard–I used this variation on Maggie Righetti's one-row method–but they were my first and buttonholes are one of those things in knitting that exude an air of difficultà.
In case you were practical and did not major in Art History whilst in college, difficultà is a term that is used to describe (among other things) the exaggerated, complex, often tortured postures and proportions that characterized (some would say, infected) art created in the Mannerist period that followed the High Renaissance.
Simply put, the Mannerists were a bunch of show-offs. They painted this kind of thing just to prove they could.
Madonna del Collo Lungo (Madonna with the Long Neck) by Parmigianino. Uffizi, Florence. Guess why they call her that.
Here's my off-the-cuff list of some things in knitting that count as difficultà. They're not necessarily difficult, but they look like they must have been. What else should be here?
- Two-acre lace shawls worked in yarn spun from gnat's eyelashes.
- About half of the stuff in this glorious book.
- Aran sweaters with more decorative motifs between the neck and the hem than are found in the entire Book of Kells.
- All techniques identified as "Japanese"–cast ons, short rows, etc.
- Garments knit in directions you wouldn't expect, like sweaters that start two inches above the left shoulderblade and grow seamlessly to the right wrist.
- Pretty much anything cooked up by Kaffe Fassett or Debbie New.
- Entrelac.
This year's ornament, the fourth in the series, is ready in the shop, and I hope you'll like it.
Joy comes from many sources, I know, but I always find that my joy is amplified when yarn is somehow involved.

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FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said the disaster relief agency has several hundred mobile homes in its inventory of emergency supplies and has started moving some of them to disaster zone. He said it is unclear yet if FEMA will need to order more of the temporary homes.
He told reporters Thursday that officials still don't know "what total demand would be."
Since the storm hit last week, more than 317,000 people have registered with FEMA for financial help and the agency has approved more than $300 million in emergency aid. In New York and New Jersey, FEMA has determined that more than 101,000 people are eligible for temporary housing at hotels or motels in the region but it's unclear exactly how many people are taking advantage of that option.
More than 56,000 people have also been ruled eligible for FEMA's individual and households program, which provides money for renting a new place or housing repairs.
Fugate said some people who have been forced out of their homes have sought shelter at hotels as far away as Albany.
FEMA was widely criticized for using trailers after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated New Orleans and parts of the Gulf Coast in 2005 after many of those trailers were later found to contain toxic levels of formaldehyde.
A class-action settlement agreement in a federal lawsuit over the trailers earlier this year called for around two dozen companies that manufactured trailers distributed in that emergency to pay a total of $37.5 million to resolve claims from residents housed in the trailers.
Fugate said the mobile homes being sent to New York and New Jersey have been approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The mobile homes being used for this storm are not the same kind that were used after Katrina and Rita, FEMA said.
Officials in New York and New Jersey don't know yet how many people may have been left homeless by the storm. In New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said this week that officials were going door-to-door in hard-hit areas to determine the need for temporary housing. He said the worst-case estimate is 40,000 people, half of them in public housing.
But Bloomberg said as many as 20,000 will probably get their heat and power back within a few days. Ultimately, the number of people who need housing could be under 10,000, he said.
At least 4,000 residents were in New Jersey shelters. On Wednesday, some storm evacuees were moved from shelters to tent-like housing at a racetrack in Oceanport, N.J. because a building that had been used as temporary shelters had to revert to normal use.
A nor'easter that hit the region Wednesday hindered recovery efforts and cut power to some areas that had only recently had the lights turned back on.


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Good morning, I'm David Greene with a story of mistaken identity - at the bar. New Jersey officials have wrapped up an operation called Operation Swill that target bars who are trying to pull a fast one. They'll charge for good booze but actually pour the cheap stuff in your glass. They've caught 29 bars red-faced; 13 of those TGI Fridays. The operation involved confidential informants, gizmos to test out liquor, and more than 100 agents. I would say this was some top shelf police work.
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SACRAMENTO, California: The California Assembly has passed a bill that would make the state the first in the nation to allow non-citizens who are in the country legally to serve on jury duty.
Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski, D-Fremont, said his bill, AB1401, would help California widen the pool of prospective jurors and help integrate immigrants into the community.
It does not change other criteria for being eligible to serve on a jury, such as being at least 18, living in the county that is making the summons, and being proficient in English.
The bill passed 45-25 largely on a party-line vote in the Democratic-controlled Assembly and will move on to the Senate. One Democrat – Assemblyman Adam Gray, of Merced – voted no, while some other Democrats did not vote.
Democratic lawmakers who voted for the bill said there is no correlation between being a citizen and a juror, and they noted that there is no citizenship requirement to be an attorney or a judge. Republican lawmakers who opposed Wieckowski's bill called it misguided and premature.
Assemblywoman Diane Harkey, R-Dana Point, said there is no shortage of jurors.
"Jury selection is not the problem. The problem is trial court funding," Harkey said before the vote. "I hope we can focus on that. Let's not break something; it's not broken now. Let's not whittle away at what is reserved for U.S. citizens. There's a reason for it."
Wieckowski's office said the bill is the first of its kind in the nation and suggested that courts regularly struggle to find enough prospective jurors because jury duty is often seen as an inconvenience, if not a burden. His office did not cite any statistics but pointed to a 2003 legislative report that said numerous articles have noted high rates of non-participation.
A 2007 survey by the Center for Jury Studies said 20 percent of courts across the country reported a failure to respond or failure to appear rate of 15 percent or higher. The center is run by the National Center for State Courts, a Virginia-based nonprofit dedicated to improving court systems.
It's not clear, however, if that rate translates to a shortage of jurors in California.
Noting that women were once kept off juries, Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, said the judicial system should be changed to allow a person to be judged by their peers.
"This isn't about affording someone who would come in as a juror something," Perez said. "But rather understanding that the importance of the jury selection process of affording justice to the person in that courtroom."
An estimated 10 million Californians are summoned for jury duty each year and about 4 million are eligible and available to serve, according to the Judicial Council, which administers the state's court system. About 3.2 million complete the service, meaning they waited in a courthouse assembly room or were placed on call.
In 2010-2011, the most recent year available, only about 165,000 people were sworn in as jurors. -AP


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Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is a back up of acid or food from the stomach to the esophagus. The esophagus is the tube that connects the mouth and stomach. GER is common in babies. It causes them to spit up. Most babies outgrow GER within 12 months.
After 18-24 months, esophageal injury and additional symptoms may point to gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). GERD is the regular flow of acid to the esophagus. GERD requires treatment to avoid complications.
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The lower esophageal sphincter (LES) is a muscular ring between the esophagus and the stomach. It relaxes to let food pass into the stomach, then closes shut to prevent it from backing up. With GERD, the ring doesn't close as tightly as it normally should. This causes acid reflux, a burning sensation that can be felt below the breastbone.
The following factors contribute to GERD:
- Increased relaxation of the LES
- Problems with LES muscle tone
- Problems with the nerves that control the LES
- Delayed emptying of the stomach
- Genetics and family history
Risk Factors
Factors that may increase your baby's chance of GERD include:
- Premature birth
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
- Down syndrome or intellectual disability
- Neurological impairments
- Cerebral palsy
- Head injury
- Hiatal hernia
- Allergy to formula
- Certain medications
- Exposure to tobacco smoke
- Narrow or short esophagus
GER is very common in the first year of life. If GER symptoms worsen or don't improve by 18 months, ask the doctor to re-evaluate your baby.
Symptoms may include:
- Spitting up or vomiting
- Not growing or gaining weight
- Refusal to feed or difficulty feeding
- Irritability or fussiness during or after feeding
- Arching of back or other movements during or after feeding
- Regurgitation or bloody vomit
- Breathing problems, including during sleep
- Difficulty swallowing
- Frequent respiratory problems
- Cough or wheezing
- Hoarseness
- Disturbed sleep
- Excessive crying
You will be asked about your baby's symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Your baby may need to see a pediatric gastroenterologist. This is a doctor who focuses on problems of the stomach and intestines.
Images may need to be taken of your stomach and esophagus. They may be done with a biopsy . Images can be done with:
Other tests may include:
- 24-hour pH monitoring—a probe is placed in the esophagus to keep track of the acid in the lower esophagus
- Short trial of medications—success or failure of medication may help your doctor understand the cause
Talk with the doctor about the best treatment plan for your baby. Treatment options include the following:
Lifestyle Changes
Lifestyle changes can help improve symptoms. Your baby's doctor may suggest these lifestyle changes:
- Try a hypoallergenic formula for 1-2 weeks. This formula has removed items linked with common allergic reactions.
- Provide small, frequent feedings.
- Thicken your baby's formula or milk. Use rice, cereal or another thickening agent.
- Use a different pre-thickened formula.
- Burp your baby more often. For example, burp your baby every ounce and 1to 2 hours after being fed.
- Make sure your baby is in an upright position during feeding. Keep your baby upright for 30 minutes after being fed.
- Keep a diary of your baby's symptoms.
- Ask your doctor about sleeping positions. These positions depend on your baby's age. Young babies should always be placed on their back because of the risk of sudden infant death syndrome .
- Keep your baby away from secondhand smoke.
In most cases, treatment starts with making lifestyle changes. Medication may be given if your baby's GERD does not improve. The medication can help to decrease acid in the stomach and help the esophagus heal. Medication options may include:
- H-2 blockers
- Proton pump inhibitors
Surgery or endoscopy may be recommended with more severe cases.
The most common surgery is called fundoplication . During this procedure, a part of the stomach will be wrapped around the stomach valve. This makes the valve stronger. It should prevent stomach acid from backing up into the esophagus. This surgery is often done through small incisions in the skin.
GI Kids—North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition http://www.gikids.org
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov
About Kids Health—The Hospital for Sick Children http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca
Canadian Digestive Health Foundation http://www.cdhf.ca
Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in infants. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases website. Available at: http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-topics/digestive-diseases/ger-and-gerd-in-infants/Pages/facts.aspx. Accessed January 29, 2021.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease in infants. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T116575/Gastroesophageal-reflux-disease-GERD-in-infants . Accessed January 29, 2021.
1/20/2015 DynaMed Plus Systematic Literature Surveillance http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T116575/Gastroesophageal-reflux-disease-GERD-in-infants : National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: Recognition, diagnosis and management in children and young people. January 2015. Available at: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng1. Accessed March 10, 2016.
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See our earlier entries in this series: What America Sells To The World, What America Does For Work, What America Buys and What America Pays in Taxes
Americans now owe more on student loans than they owe on their credit cards.
The amount of student debt being taken on every year has been rising rapidly for years now.
You probably know these things already. People keep reporting it, with the implication that student debt is out of control, that there is some kind of crisis building.
But it turns out that the rise in total student debt is not primarily the result of each student borrowing more money. It's the result of more students going to college.
"The main force pushing up the total amount of outstanding student debt is growth in the number of people going to college," said Sandy Baum, an analyst at the College Board.
Average debt per college graduate is rising — but not nearly as fast as total student debt.
These graphs show average debt per student for bachelor's degree recipients, by year. You can find this data and much more in College Board's 2011 report on trends in student aid (see page 19 for the source for these graphs).
These are, of course, only averages. There are some students who get through college without any debt at all. Others owe much, much more than the average. This post from the Atlantic has a nice discussion of the distribution.
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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Asparagus is still plentiful in our local farmer's markets and I have two final recipes that I want to share with you as its season draws to a close. I'll feature one tonight and another tomorrow. I want to warn you up front that tonight's recipe is neither quick nor easy to prepare and patience is required to work through it. I can also tell you that it is over-the-top delicious and the dish is one that foodies and others with sophisticated palates will enjoy. The recipe was develop by Martha Rose Shulman for the New York Times. You can find her original recipe here. I want to point out that this recipe uses an olive oil bechamel. I've included a recipe for it at the end of this post so you don't have to go searching for one. I'd also like to suggest you make three cups of the sauce to use with the lasagna. My only criticism of this dish was that I though the edges and the top were a bit too dry. The extra sauce will solve that problem and allow you to really enjoy this light and luscious main course. The lasagna can be assembled well-ahead of serving, so this is a marvelous dish to prepare for guests. You'll get to serve them a really special meal and yet have time to enjoy their company. I think those of you who try the lasagna will really be pleased. Here's how it is made.
Asparagus Lasagna...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Martha Rose Shulman and The New York Times
2 large garlic cloves, peeled
2 pounds asparagus
1 recipe olive oil béchamel (see below)
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon freshly grated Parmesan
1/2 cup finely chopped fresh herbs, such as tarragon, chervil, parsley, chives, basil, arugula
1/2 pound no-boil lasagna noodles
1) Fill a pasta pot with water, and add garlic cloves. Bring to a boil while trimming asparagus by breaking off woody ends. When water comes to a boil, add salt to taste and asparagus ends. Reduce heat to medium low, cover partially and simmer asparagus ends for 30 minutes. Remove asparagus ends and garlic cloves from water and discard. Bring water back to a boil, and add asparagus stalks. Boil thick asparagus stalks for five minutes, medium and thin stalks for three minutes. Transfer them, using a spider or tongs, to a bowl of ice water. Do not drain cooking water. Allow asparagus to cool for a few minutes, then drain and dry on a clean kitchen towel. If the asparagus stalks are thick, cut in half lengthwise first, then cut all asparagus (thick or thin) into 1-inch lengths. Set aside.
2) Whisk 1/3 to 1/2 cup of cooking water from asparagus into béchamel, along with 1/4 cup of Parmesan and herbs. Add freshly ground pepper to taste and adjust salt.
3) Oil or butter a 3-quart baking dish or lasagna dish. Bring water back to a rolling boil, and drop in enough lasagna noodles to cover surface of the baking dish (for my rectangular dish, that's three lasagna noodles). Boil just until pasta is flexible (about three minutes for no-boil lasagna). Using tongs, transfer pasta to a bowl of cold water, then drain on a clean dish towel.
4)Spread a very thin layer of béchamel over bottom of baking dish. Cover with a layer of pasta. Stir asparagus into remaining béchamel, and spread a layer over noodles. Sprinkle on 2 tablespoons Parmesan. Parboil another layer's worth of pasta, and top with asparagus béchamel, then with another 2 tablespoons of Parmesan. Repeat with one more layer. End with a layer of pasta, and if you have any béchamel left, spread it over the top and sprinkle on the remaining Parmesan. Cover tightly with plastic if storing in the refrigerator.
5) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Drizzle 1 tablespoon of olive oil over lasagna, and cover tightly with foil. Bake for 30 minutes, or until bubbling. Uncover, and continue to bake until top just begins to color, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat, allow to sit five to 10 minutes, and serve. Yield: 6 servings.
Olive Oil Bechamel
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons finely chopped shallot or onion (optional)
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups low-fat (1 percent) milk
Salt to taste
Freshly ground white or black pepper
Heat oil over medium heat in a heavy medium saucepan. Add shallot or onion, and cook, stirring, until softened, about three minutes. Stir in flour, and cook, stirring, for about three minutes until smooth and bubbling but not browned. The paste should have texture of wet sand. Whisk in milk all at once, and bring to a simmer, whisking until mixture begins to thicken. Turn heat to very low, and simmer, stirring often with a whisk and scraping bottom and edges of pan with a rubber spatula, for 10 minutes, until sauce has thickened and lost its raw flour taste. Season with salt and pepper. Strain while hot into a heatproof bowl or a Pyrex measuring cup.
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Last week while I was enjoying my lentil stew with Italian sausage and kale I noted how green it was. One thought led to another and the next thing that I was thinking about was red lentils and how a red lentil stew would be nice. Since I still had the remaining half a pound of the Italian sausage that needed to be finished the choice was easy to make. I started with the green lentil stew recipe and replaced the green de puy lentils with red lentils. From there I removed the green kale and replaced it with some tomatoes. I still have a freezer full of roasted red peppers from the fall and I could not resist adding a few of them for even more red. With that I had my red lentil stew recipe. Since I was planning on making some cheesy garlic bread to go with the stew, I threw the rind from that into the stew to add even more flavour. This stew was really easy to make with the hardest part being chopping all of the vegetables but it was well worth the effort! The roasted red peppers went really well with the Italian sausage and red lentils and they really added a ton of flavour to the stew. Although the same amount of red lentils as de puy lentils did not make as predominant a showing in this stew, the red lentil version was definitely tastier!
Italian Sausage and Roasted Red Pepper Lentil Stew
- 1/2 pound Italian sausage (casing removed and crumbled)
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 onion (diced)
- 1 carrot (diced)
- 2 stalks celery (diced)
- 2 cloves garlic (chopped)
- chili pepper flakes to taste
- 1 cup red wine
- 1 cup dry red lentils
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 2 roasted red peppers (sliced into bite sized pieces)
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1 parmigiano reggiano rind (optional)
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup parsley (chopped)
- Cook the sausage in a large pot and set aside.
- Heat the oil in the same pot.
- All the onions, carrot and celery and and cook until tender, about 10-15 minutes.
- Add the garlic and chili pepper flakes and cook until fragrant, about a minute.
- Add the red wine and deglaze the pan.
- Add the sausage, lentils, chicken stock, roasted red peppers, tomatoes, bay leaf, oregano, balsamic vinegar and parmigiano reggiano rind and bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat, cover and simmer until the lentils are cooked al dente, about 20-30 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper, remove from heat and mix in the parsley.
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Saturday, January 3, 2009
Groom's Cake for a Cop
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Aaaaand now I'm craving donuts. Thanks a LOT, Anony M.
It's nice to see a member of law enforcement with such a good sense of humor, though. At least, I hope this was his idea: it would have been a tad awkward if the bride's father ordered it. No one wants a parking ticket at their own daughter's wedding, right?
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- Boozy Tooth said...
What a colossal mess! I get the donut thing, but did it have to look like something the cat just drug it in?
Grapes ARE a nice touch tho. - January 3, 2009 at 9:37 AM
- Amy said...
dang it, now i've got to go get donuts for breakfast!
what i want to know is why would they put fruit on it? i mean donuts one a cake are one thing but dumping the fruit bowl and flower vase on top was just a bad idea - January 3, 2009 at 9:52 AM
- Cindy said...
Now I want Krispy Kreme.
I don't understand why that looks good (tasty at least) to me, but it does. - January 3, 2009 at 9:52 AM
"Krispy" and "Kreme," my two favorite words!
- January 3, 2009 at 9:55 AM
I agree with Alix.. except what's up with the fruit?????
- January 3, 2009 at 9:56 AM
- April said...
mmmmmmmmmm... donuts!!!
- January 3, 2009 at 9:57 AM
- Colleen said...
That's a crack up! Makes me miss Krispy Kreme even more (sadly there are no more KKs in California).
cyberrblue.wordpress.com - January 3, 2009 at 10:10 AM
The donut thing is cute and all... but who came up with the idea to pretty it up with fruit? They don't seem to fit.
- January 3, 2009 at 10:12 AM
- Zorilita - Mary Bellamy said...
Because nothing says celebration like grapes, donuts and a coffee cup stuck on a cake. 0.o;;
- January 3, 2009 at 10:17 AM
- Jennifer said...
So is the all the fruit an attempt at health or what?
LOL, word verification - ingym - how appropriate. - January 3, 2009 at 10:19 AM
- Vashti said...
Why didnt they just get him a stack of donuts? Its just a big mess! and is the fruit to balance out the mass of sugar? if so im thinking they need a whole vineyard to do that!
- January 3, 2009 at 10:25 AM
- Malibu Niki said...
There's a cake under there? Barf.
- January 3, 2009 at 10:25 AM
- Unknown said...
i have to agree. not aesthetically pleasing at all.
word verification: prong - my brother's favorite band. (wait that's a real word!) - January 3, 2009 at 10:27 AM
I had to figure out if I was seeing something professionally made, or something the decorator just threw together because he/she forgot about the cake.
Also, I'm craving doughnuts now. - January 3, 2009 at 10:32 AM
- kcunning said...
Pfft. Amateur. Should have made this:
I made that. Crazy calories. Crazy good. Guy hit. And can give you a headache after the first rush is gone. - January 3, 2009 at 10:43 AM
- Dianna said...
This actually makes me not want doughnuts. - January 3, 2009 at 10:48 AM
- The Courteous Chihuahua said...
At least there's not a little fondant pig on there!
- January 3, 2009 at 10:51 AM
- Unknown said...
Why are there grapes in with the donuts? And how sugar-y icky is that going to be!
~Amy B. - January 3, 2009 at 10:55 AM
- Angie McCullagh said...
I'll take three Krispy Kremes and a side of icing. How do you request your piece with that thing? I'd be so pissed if I got stuck with the grapes.
Angie (from over at www.HalfAssedKitchen.com) - January 3, 2009 at 11:01 AM
- Catherine said...
I think probably the fruit is a nod to the traditional chocolate grooms cake garnished with fruit. At least I hope so. Well, at least most of it you can eat, that's a plus.....
- January 3, 2009 at 11:23 AM
This gives me an idea for a new category of cake wreck. Forget CCCs, how about cakes made of stacks of donuts. Mmm tasty and so easy to tear appart.
- January 3, 2009 at 11:37 AM
- Jamie said...
It would have been much more aesthetically pleasing if they had just taken a box of donuts and piled them into a pleasantly-shaped, cake-like formation... sort of like those tacky Twinkie cakes you see, with Twinkies just piled up on each other.
- January 3, 2009 at 11:50 AM
- sophanne said...
Sometimes cakewrecks is slow to load but that's o.k. because as it loads I try to imagine what the wreck will be based on the title. I can tell you that I missed this one by a mile!
- January 3, 2009 at 11:52 AM
- oucheba said...
Love your site. Keep up the amazing work! The world needs more Cake Wrecks.
- January 3, 2009 at 11:53 AM
The mixture of tastes in the mouth, all at the same time would be a bit much. I think all in all though (including the flowers and fruit) it was a very well displayed and thought up cake/doughnut creation. Perhaps the cake needed a little decor and the fruit and flowers was better than adding say a piped rosette or lily, adding to the already sugary confection.
Jwels3bz1g - January 3, 2009 at 11:58 AM
- sendingtheclowns said...
What is that underneath it all? Tulle? Old nylons? Anyway, it's not a very manly-man look for a cop. They could have covered the table with old parking tickets, mayhaps.
I also vote for ditching the fruit--and the ittybitty flowers-- NO reason to be there, as one really cannot pretty-up a thing like that.
Who knows? Maybe that's what the department orders out for lunch delivery every day. - January 3, 2009 at 11:59 AM
- Melissa Hale said...
I have to agree with everyone on the fruit - what's up with that? And the fake flowers?
And am I the only one that things, flavor wise, the combo of krispy kremes and cake is just....well, i think I threw up a little.
Surely there is a better way to do a donut cake? - January 3, 2009 at 12:00 PM
- joyce said...
It needs sprinkles !!!
And Krispy Kreme has doughnuts with sprinkles, too.
And when you click on the picture, it is super big and yummy! And I have Krispy Kremes in my freezer. They taste super good microwaved for a few seconds. - January 3, 2009 at 12:21 PM
- Nandi said...
Too funny.
- January 3, 2009 at 12:23 PM
Now I'm sad...the closest KK to me closed when I was pregnant, how's that for mean?!?
Sigh...I love the cake. I think that I will tell DH I want a cake covered in KK doughnuts for my birthday! :) - January 3, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Are the badge and Krispy Kreme cup made of fondant? :)
- January 3, 2009 at 12:39 PM
Oh wow...that's so...umm.
I don't have words. - January 3, 2009 at 12:50 PM
I love this wreck and as an cops x-wife I think it is even funnier.
- January 3, 2009 at 12:56 PM
- Feisty Irish Wench said...
Ah such a demonstration of the struggle for a cop's dietary balance...donuts AND produce. Hectic work life/wife nagging to eat better. Really, a huge struggle. Huge.
- January 3, 2009 at 1:02 PM
- Suzanne Dargie said...
I'm glad they put a bit of fruit into the mix. My brother is a police officer and he said they often try to eat healthier nowadays.
Krispy Kreme donuts are disgusting to me! I tried one once and I found it WAY too sweet. Here in Canada we have Tim Horton's....which aren't as good as they used to be. Maybe my tastebuds are changing. - January 3, 2009 at 1:43 PM
My favorite part is the completely random fruit. Lol!
- January 3, 2009 at 1:49 PM
- WM said...
I'm thinking those cute massive donut cakes from the link yesterday would have been a better idea. Is the fruit there to counteract the sugar overload?
- January 3, 2009 at 1:52 PM
- Diana said...
My husband is a cop, and he would probably love this! Of course, design and aesthetics aren't really his area of expertise. But, as was mentioned by someone else, there's no Krispy Kreme in CA anymore, so none of that for him. (Which I'm okay with - I'd like for him to stay a skinny cop!)
- January 3, 2009 at 2:38 PM
Cute idea but that is rather messy looking. Hey, if you don't like cake you can have donuts instead.
- January 3, 2009 at 2:49 PM
- Debbi said...
It just looks like a big mess. I thought the random fruit was the worst part, then the girly flowers was the worst, then I decided the "flung on" donuts were really the worst ... then how can we make it even worse? Throw a badge and a coffee cup to round the whole thing out. It is just a mess.
I win the prize for using the word "worse/worst" the most!
OMG! My WV is "plasma" ...I have never had a real word before! - January 3, 2009 at 3:04 PM
- Debbi said...
Oh, and there is NO saving this wreck! None!
- January 3, 2009 at 3:05 PM
- Scritzy said...
Must ... have ... Krispy ... Kreme ...
Fortunately, I have one just a couple of miles away. I hope the Hot light is on ... - January 3, 2009 at 3:06 PM
- Cloth by Kim said...
That is nasty. I made my already queasy tummy worse....
- January 3, 2009 at 3:21 PM
The KK groom cake here: http://buthornes.com/cake/ isn't all that bad, but still wrecky. Any cake made out of doughnuts is just wrong.
- January 3, 2009 at 3:24 PM
i call fake! anyone can squish some krispy kremes into a pallet of whipped creme. yes, it looks yummy, stomach-ache inducing and bad for you..but not sure i'd call it a wreck.
- January 3, 2009 at 3:25 PM
- Lauren said...
I'm actually a little jealous he gets a Krispy Kreme mug. A wedding and a free coffee cup? That's just about everything you could want, right?
- January 3, 2009 at 3:33 PM
I had to look at the enlarged picture to convince myself that the grapes were real and not plastic (I was having a vivid flashback to my Great-Grandmother's fruit bowl that didn't changed between 1975 and 1998) I'm not sure I understand the fake flowers, ether.
Um, take away all the inedible flotsam (Jen, that's my new favorite word!) and this almost looks tasty--although it will probably look better when all the doughnuts are picked off first. - January 3, 2009 at 3:38 PM
Are you serious about thinking this looks tasty? Because this is one of the most disgusting-looking things I've ever seen. I'd never want to eat it. If it was served at a wedding, I'd pass--and I never pass on wedding cake.
- January 3, 2009 at 4:10 PM
oh god. this actually turns my stomach a little bit. First time that has happened. it looks absolutely disgusting.
- January 3, 2009 at 4:51 PM
- RoseAnn said...
Cyberrblue: You must be in the wrong part of CA. KK had just opened in Sacramento before we moved a couple of years ago!
- January 3, 2009 at 5:36 PM
I actually like the cake. lol. I'm a Krispy Kreme freak, though. Unfortunately for my figure, I live just down the road from one! O_O Honestly, I think the fruit and flowers area cute little touch of the traditional while at the same time, the whole cake just blows tradition out of the water. I want a piece with a big hunk of donut!
- January 3, 2009 at 6:21 PM
- Karen said...
My friends had a tower of KK's for their wedding 'cake', it was the BEST 'cake' ever!
- January 3, 2009 at 6:25 PM
- sendingtheclowns said...
Oh, my goodness--I forgot you could click on the photo to enlarge!
I clicked on it to enlarge.
I wish I hadn't.
I didn't even notice that the thing in the middle was a badge!! It looked to me like a clear plastic donation jar. (I thought that was odd.)
The badge depicts what looks like two women in dresses. Odder still.
Can we just forget the whole thing? - January 3, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Krispy Kreme donuts are disgusting to me! I tried one once and I found it WAY too sweet. Here in Canada we have Tim Horton's....which aren't as good as they used to be. Maybe my tastebuds are changing.
Your tastebuds aren't changing; they went from making them from scratch in each store to mass-producing them in a factory. Now the "bakers" at Tim Hortons just heat up frozen donuts from a box and glaze or dip them.
I think this Krispy Kreme cake would be way more appealing without the fruit on it. I love fruit, I love Krispy Kreme... but the combination looks very unappetizing. - January 3, 2009 at 6:37 PM
- David said...
Sweet Baby Jebus in a Pita Pocket, I've gone into a sugar coma. Plus, I think I've gone blind.
It's U.G.L.Y. - January 3, 2009 at 7:07 PM
A friend of mine had a neighbor who was a cop and had the "DARE to keep cops off doughnuts" bumper sticker.
- January 3, 2009 at 8:59 PM
- Das Mutter said...
I LOVE it! It's hysterical, just as it should be.
- January 3, 2009 at 9:32 PM
- Debra said...
This is hysterical! I also have an ex-husband who was a cop. Quite fitting if you ask me. ;-)
- January 3, 2009 at 10:25 PM
now I'm very anti- KK (got sick after having some that weren't completely cooked), but perhaps the fruit and flowers were there to tie into the other wedding decor(like the wedding cake)and not a lame attempt to introduce healthy snacks. Still wrecktastic, but not as confusing . . . .
WV- dingly . . . the technical term for how your stomach feels after looking at this KK 'cake' - January 3, 2009 at 10:29 PM
- queenb said...
I dunno...I think maybe the bride's father did order it....the badge in the middle says 'special police'...hmmm...interesting...
And I can see the hot sign of my local Krispy Kreme from my desk at work...bwahahahaha...not to mention the daughter of a co-worker works there.....bwahahahaha...again!
~Bonnie B~ - January 3, 2009 at 11:54 PM
- Jen L. said...
If I had sen this before I got married, this would have been my wedding cake! Krispy Kremes are my weakness.
- January 4, 2009 at 12:01 AM
- jess said...
haa I told my husband we should have done this to him at our recent wedding and he wouldn't go for it. although I would have done it a bit tidier. the whole cop-donut thing isn't just a cliche! its so true I'VE eaten more donuts since I met him than I probably did in my entire life before that!
- January 4, 2009 at 2:33 PM
- Catie said...
Umm actually I think if you take out the fake flowers (which are just sick...bleaak), the badge-thingy (which I thought was made of ice at first...silly me), the excess frosting (or any frosting at all for that matter) and added more fruit for color (like cantaloupe, honeydew, maybe some kiwi) it would look a lot more appetizing for me at least. Even with the donuts. I'd probably not use KK's though. They're a bit too sugarly (lol) for me. I'm kinda weird though. Love this site! brings me joy and happiness!
Word Verification: calkhoe. I don't even want to go there. - January 6, 2009 at 11:04 AM
- Michelle said...
My son's friend's dad is a cop, and last time I was at their house he was wearing a shirt that said "A Day In The Life Of A Cop" and in one of the panels it showed the little stick figure guy with a policeman's hat scarfing a huge pile of donuts. No point in getting all riled up over the stereotype, right?
And surprisingly, I DON'T crave donuts. Probably because I'm getting sick; otherwise I'd be scarfing them down like the stick figure - January 6, 2009 at 1:35 PM
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Incumbent presidents generally try to cast their re-election contest as a choice between the imperfect but well-meaning and effective occupant of the White House and the far worse alternative offered by the rival party.
Challengers, on the other hand, try to frame a presidential race as a referendum on the sitting president whose record nearly always contains missteps, or who can be blamed for trouble in the economy or elsewhere.
In short, whether it's the president or the challenger, the way the game is played requires each to define the opposition as well as himself.
And in speeches both President Obama and the likely Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, gave Tuesday, a day that may have been a pivotal day in the 2012 election, both men were hard at work trying to define the other as in one way or another disconnected from the reality of ordinary Americans and from the arc of U.S. history.
Tuesday was probably pivotal because, with Romney's wins in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington, D.C. primaries, the contest for the GOP presidential nomination really appears to be settled and the general-election campaign begun, according to many analysts.
For his part Obama, in his Tuesday speech to news executives, painted Romney as being in the thrall of the discredited economic notion of trickle-down economics as well as a radical House Republican budget that would eviscerate domestic spending programs that help the middle class in order to give the superwealthy more tax breaks. (Romney spoke to the same news executives' group Wednesday.)
Obama also tried to reinforce the idea that Romney is a very wealthy man lacking the common touch by jabbing the former Massachusetts governor for using the word "marvelous" to describe the House Republican budget. "It's a word you don't often hear generally," Obama said.
Meanwhile Romney, in the victory speech that followed his sweep of the Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington, D.C. primaries, portrayed the president as believing that government knows best.
Romney even went back to the president's days as a community organizer to try and buttress his charge against the president:
"When he was a community organizer and communities were hurt by plant closings, his reaction was to turn to the government for help. He saw free enterprise as the villain and government as the solution."
Romney accused the president of being disconnected from reality because of the bubble that surrounds a president, of "flying around on Air Force One, surrounded by an adoring staff of true believers" which has left the president "out of touch."
While both men worked to define the way they hoped those voters who are in play would see the other party's presidential nominee, they also worked on defining themselves.
In an argument the president has made repeatedly in the past and will make continuously into the future it is he, not his Republican rivals, whose governing philosophy embodies the type of American values that have created the nation that became an economic and military superpower. Worth noting is that he, too, raised his experience as a community organizer though to make a point that was exactly opposite of Romney's attack:
"Keep in mind, I have never been somebody who believes that government can or should try to solve every problem. Some of you know my first job in Chicago was working with a group of Catholic churches that often did more good for the people in their communities than any government program could. In those same communities I saw that no education policy, however well crafted, can take the place of a parent's love and attention.
"As President, I've eliminated dozens of programs that weren't working, and announced over 500 regulatory reforms that will save businesses and taxpayers billions, and put annual domestic spending on a path to become the smallest share of the economy since Dwight Eisenhower held this office — since before I was born. I know that the true engine of job creation in this country is the private sector, not Washington, which is why I've cut taxes for small business owners 17 times over the last three years.
"So I believe deeply that the free market is the greatest force for economic progress in human history. My mother and the grandparents who raised me instilled the values of self-reliance and personal responsibility that remain the cornerstone of the American idea. But I also share the belief of our first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln — a belief that, through government, we should do together what we cannot do as well for ourselves."
Romney attempt at self-definition Tuesday night was as someone seeking to return America to a lost past, as a candidate more in tune than Obama with what made the U.S. the world's indispensable nation in the 20th and early 21st centuries:
"I don't want to transform America. I want to restore to America the economic values of freedom and opportunity and limited government that has made us the powerhouse of the world.
"It's opportunity. It's opportunity, not a check from government — it's opportunity that has always driven America and defined us as Americans. Now I am not naive enough to believe that free enterprise is a solution to all of our problems. But nor am I naive enough to doubt that it is one of the greatest forces for good this world has ever known.
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In a speech to news media executives Wednesday, Romney went further in defining himself and the president than he did Tuesday evening. Romney offered himself as a successful businessman and former governor who has proven himself as a problem solver.
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Dr. Dain Heer offers classes on a wide array of topics through out the world and is well known for his Being You, Changing the World events, based on his bestselling Being You, Changing the World book.
Dr. Dain Heer offers classes on a wide array of topics through out the world and is best known for his transformation process The Energetic Synthesis of Being (ESB).
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Don't ever stop exploring the possibilities that you know are real! It's what you're willing to BE when you're with someone that changes their reality. The greatest gift you can give someone is empowering them to express the greatness they truly be.
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What do you know? What do you know about being you?
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Is now the time for you to show others what is truly possible? To invite them to take living to a whole new level?
Then this training may be for you!
After this you'll be able to facilitate the following Being You Adventure classes:
You'll be the co-creator of something that has never existed before; a global invitation to BEING.
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Venue: Online via Zoom, Puerto Vallarta, MX
Format: Video Class
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From the Seller's Perspective
Whether you are buying or selling a home, consider the sale as a transaction beneficial to both parties. Very often buyers and sellers become emotional, feel slighted or even offended if neither party makes responsible and realistic offers. For all purposes, this is a business transaction that requires multiple parties and often outside services and financing. The "other" services require more time than most people think, but the key to moving the entire process along is an agreement, legally binding, between the buyers and sellers of a home.
Price goes a long way in determining how quickly a home will sell. An agent representing a buyer who is interested in a home must present an offer to your agent regardless of the amount offered. Take an offer seriously, and don't get offended if it is below the price you are asking. You may always negotiate or reject an offer. If you have multiple offers you do not have to accept the higher offer. Some terms in another offer may be more important.
Sellers wish to avoid the threat of litigation following the closing. The best way to accomplish this is to complete the Seller Disclosure Notice accurately and thoroughly by providing full answers to the questions asked. A frequent claim by buyers in post closing litigation is that the seller either failed to disclose material information or was misleading in describing some condition of the property.
As a seller, use the following guidelines:
- Let your REALTOR® do the negotiating.
- Look at all offers seriously.
- Don't get emotional over offers.
- Be open-minded to all buyers of homes.
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