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Debating God
35 comments:
- Ken Pulliam said...
Excellent points. One problem as you point out with debates is it is seen as a contest (and we humans love competition) and discussed in terms of who won and who lost. The greater concern as you mention should be not "who won" but "whose right" or even better "what's right".
I like the format of the Greer-Heard Forum at New Orleans Seminary where they will have two opposing scholars sit on the platform and just politely ask each other questions and dialogue about the issue. No attempt to try to "prove" someone or something is right or wrong. Then the next day they have a couple of additional scholars give a short speech on how they heard the dialogue.
The whole thing seems to be more congenial and doesn't create the "us" vs. "them" mentality. - May 7, 2010 at 3:00 PM
- Unknown said...
Our first goal in these efforts ought to be to figure out what's true and what conclusions the best available evidence supports, period.
William Lane Craig] will insist that the Holy Spirit has given him unassailable access to the truth, but until I understand how a special feeling inside your head can do this all by itself, I'm deeply suspicious. … I'm not inclined to take anything that Craig or his followers say seriously until I'm convinced that they are playing the same game with the same rules of rationality that the rest of us are.
One of the ways that the bias emerges in these situations is that the theist who listens, for instance, applies a harsher, more critical, and more careful set of standards to the atheistic arguments, and then he relaxes those same standards with regard to the arguments for theism. And atheists appear to be just as guilty of this double standard problem.
Just as guilty? That's a pretty broad generalization, even though you hedged it by saying "appear to be". But the symmetry you are implying does not exist. Remember that the theist is, by definition, committed to a single, specific belief. That's what the word means. This is not true of the atheist, who rejects all such beliefs. In fact the atheist rejects, not so much the theists' beliefs but their methodology, or rather their lack of one. The atheist has a methodology. It's called rational thought. The theist has only "belief". This is not a double standard, it is a fact, and it is foundational to the whole situation.
At the same time the non-believers are shaking their heads and complaining to each other, "How can the believers possibly believe that nonsense?," the believers are commiserating with each other about how wrong headed the nonbelievers' approach is.
Again, your description makes the argument sound more symmetrical than it really is. The non-believer's "How can they believe?" means What reasons do they have?; the believer's "How can they not?" means How can they be so mean? These are different questions: one is about evidence; the other, about emotion.
It may not be irrelevant to mention that the question "How can they believe?" has an answer: actually, they don't.
Unreflective, ideologue atheists who have been enslaved by the idea that religion and belief in God are evil (and I've met a lot of these) are just as lost and objectionable as the Christian who has been too swept up in the agenda to reason straight.
Again the false symmetry. A Christian has to be "swept up in the agenda". Blind faith is constitutive of Christianity, though not of atheism. Some atheists may be ideologues, but all Christians are – and that's not because my brush is so broad but because Christianity is (and is intended to be) an ideology from start to finish. - May 7, 2010 at 4:20 PM
- Matt McCormick said...
Thanks for reading closely guys. Yashwata, your first argument about the meaning of the term "theist" misses my point. What you find across the board with theists, atheists, Republicans, Democrats, Global Warming Deniers, and everyone else is a disposition to ramp up the critical analysis for any view for a contrary conclusion, and then let all sorts of non sequiturs, fallacies, and mistakes slide by in arguments that have conclusions they favor. Your a priori analysis of what the terms mean is irrelevant to the empirical fact of a human cognitive tendency.
Your point that some atheists may be ideologues but all Christians are may be right, but it's irrelevant to my point again. My claim wasn't about the total numbers being equal. My claim was that being uncritically committed to the conclusion that religion is evil is just as wrongheaded as the brainwashed Christian. With many of the atheists I'm talking to these days, their commitment to the view is as dogmatic, unreflective, and overgeneralized as the worst believers that they complain about. The irony of it is that many atheists are so proud to proclaim their mastery of reason while committing the same logical errors as the believers. The order of priorities has to be clear, objective reasoning first, atheism second, because as soon as atheism becomes the first priority, ideology eclipses everything else.
MM - May 7, 2010 at 4:51 PM
- Matt said...
"You have my permission to commit me to a mental hospital if that happens."
I think one thing you can do in the future to help mitigate the issues you brought up is, in your opening remarks, bring up what you stated in the first two paragraphs. Say it aloud, and let the audience hear it. It seems like it would do a quite a bit to bring them back towards rationality when considering each speaker.
As far as the debating WLC, I agree with you. It's pointless to debate someone who is not playing on the same field. - May 7, 2010 at 8:00 PM
- NAL said...
... so they can't help me figure out what's wrong with it nearly as well as the non-believers can. SB:
... so they can't help me figure out what's wrong with it nearly as well as the believers can. - May 7, 2010 at 9:19 PM
- Matt McCormick said...
Right, NAL. Thanks. Fixed.
- May 7, 2010 at 10:13 PM
- Paul Rinzler said...
What I've always wanted to do was to get a theist and an atheist (perhaps more than one of each?) to co-produce a document (perhaps through Google documents) in which they would present their arguments and counter-arguments in a logical fashion. That seems to me the only way in which one could get to the bottom of the logic of the disagreement, as opposed to a debate as well as arguments conducted through blog comments.
A little of the flavor of what I imagine is at
http://honestargument.com/ - May 8, 2010 at 3:55 PM
- T said...
I guess the reason why I would like to see you debate WLC is because you are well-versed in philosophy. I, unfortunately, have never heard anyone debate Craig who is able to sound as knowledgable Craig on "philisophical jargon." He loves to bring up various types of fallacies, famous philosophers or figures, and frequently uses arguments that claim to have the authority of great thinkers, but usually rely on the audience's ignorance and inability to fully test his assertions. It would be nice to hear someone who is just as familiar with the various "tenets of logic" respond to his fancy, but nonsensical rhetoric.
Although your first debate was somewhat "unrefined" as compared to your potential, once you have the timing issues and are able to consolodate ideas a little better, you are going to have one heck of a presentation!
So, yes you are right that it would never change Craig's mind, nor perhaps any of his followers, but these debates do generate exposure to doubt.
Okay, so I'm really not married to the idea of you having to debate Craig. I just believe his arguments lack integrity and I would like to see someone soundly demonstrate the fragility of his logic in a debate.
Keep up the good work!
Toby - May 8, 2010 at 10:10 PM
- Unknown said...
The idea of debating a man whose arguments lack integrity reminds me of a story my ex-wife told me. She said, "I used to play a game with my older brother. It was called Infinity. You take turns saying numbers, each time trying to name a higher number than your opponent did. The first person to say 'infinity' is the winner. For some reason, I always lost."
- May 8, 2010 at 11:40 PM
- Unknown said...
You said, "Your … argument about the meaning of the term "theist" misses my point. What you find across the board with theists, atheists, Republicans, Democrats, Global Warming Deniers, and everyone else is a disposition to ramp up the critical analysis for any view for a contrary conclusion, and then let all sorts of non sequiturs, fallacies, and mistakes slide by … that have conclusions they favor. Your a priori analysis of what the terms mean is irrelevant to the empirical fact of a human cognitive tendency."
OK, but in that case your point is a very broad one about human behavior. It's not about atheism any more than it is about, say, livestock husbandry. In any discussion, on any topic, some people will sometimes appeal to "arguments" that are not arguments. That can be obnoxious. On this I agree with you one hundred percent. - May 10, 2010 at 1:04 PM
- Unknown said...
Hi Dr.McCormick. I'm Nicholas-- I came to your office last week, and I said I would like to audit your Philosophy 131 course. You told me about your blog, and it's really thought provoking.
I find it really interesting, or rather disconcerting, that there appears to be both a lack of demonstrability and falsifiability of god or supernatural claims. It would appear that lacking the two would make everybody skeptical of those claims. However, ironically, it makes peoples' faith stronger. When it comes to Santa Claus and Unicorns, people demonstrate skepticism. When it comes to God or the supernatural, analogous unfalsifiable claims, they demonstrate much greater faith.
I try to avoid having double standards, and I encourage respectful civil discussions. I had a discussion with one of my religious relatives. He told me, "If you don't believe in a god or the supernatural, you won't see evidence of god or the supernatural. If you believe it, you will. God is real."
Surprisingly, many people I know couple the arguments from ignorance fallacy and begging the question fallacy, and call it a successful day of discussion.
Of course, people define god in different ways, and have different standards of evidence, but I think that if the evidence of a personal god rivals to that which is provided for unicorns and leprechauns-- I don't find it impressive.
But if you define god in another way, perhaps say god is merely love and love is merely god, then that's a different story. That would sound deep. Not to skew too far off topic, but I'd dare say I am an atheist with regards to love.
But I question the relevance of calling love another name besides love-- and that goes with calling all sorts of natural phenomena a god.
That's just my little take on why I am still a skeptic with regards to a personal god. - May 10, 2010 at 7:52 PM
- Unknown said...
I find it funny you said you wouldn't want to debate Craig but when you debated, you were debating Craig. He was using his same presentation that Craig used in '06 when he did a debate against an historian about the resurrection.
Moving on though, I want to know how you would have done your presentation differently and what you would have brought up that would have made more of an impact. - May 11, 2010 at 1:17 PM
- Matt McCormick said...
Thanks for the comment, I guess, J. Using Craig's argument, which is a pretty poor one, was Russell DiSilvestro's choice, not mine. But I find Russell to be much more intellectually honest and reasonable than Craig. Russell's interested in figuring what's philosophicallly justified; Craig's sole purpose is defending an ideology.
What would I do differently? The debate context of 20 minutes each, and then 10 and 5 is contrived. This is a complicated topic and the Amplified Doubts model I'm presenting takes some more time to explain so that people can see the accumulated effect of all the historical problems. A panel style discussion where both of us get 45 minutes or an hour would be better, with discussion after.
MM - May 11, 2010 at 1:41 PM
- svenjamin said...
Check out the classic debate between Bertrand Russell and Frederick Copleston (Jesuit, and author of the approximately dozen volume History of Philosophy):
Note the polite dialogue format, in which they give each other approximately equal talking time. This is what debates would be like between intellectual honest and charitable individuals.
Craig excels in a particular format. His debate with Shelly Kagan was pretty instructive. Kagan wasn't very successful with the opening speech, where Craig was efficient and effective. However, the rest of the debate was Q and A. Kagan was able to immediately point out problems in Craig's arguments and respond to Craig's objections to his, and the WLC rhetoric boat never picked up any steam. - May 13, 2010 at 11:47 AM
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- brenda said...
"Unreflective, ideologue atheists who have been enslaved by the idea that religion and belief in God are evil [...] are just as lost and objectionable as the Christian who has been too swept up in the agenda to reason straight."
Unreflective, ideologue atheists are exactly why I no longer consider myself an atheist. I'm agnostic and wish to have nothing whatsoever to do with the flaming assholes that call themselves atheists.
"If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use is the rule?"
I want a third pill. - May 22, 2010 at 11:24 AM
- brenda said...
yashwata said...
"Some atheists may be ideologues, but all Christians are"
This is clearly false. I know of many Christians who are not ideologues therefore your claim that all Christians must be ideologues is refuted.
Moreover this points to your own atheist ideology and dogmatism. You have constructed a rigid tautology for your definition of Christianity (and presumably theism as well) thusly:
All Christians are ideologues.
X is a Christian.
Therefore X is an ideologue.
But how do you know the truth of your first premise? Simple:
"that's not because my brush is so broad but because Christianity is (and is intended to be) an ideology from start to finish."
In other words all Christians are ideologues because all Christians are ideologues. This is a tautology and therefore false.
The truth of the matter is that labeling all of the members of any group in such a manner is itself a mark of an ideologue. You are being just as dogmatic and fundamentalist as any evangelical when you smear an entire mass of people as evil because you have defined them as evil.
That is how ideology functions today. God is unconscious. That is, in order for God (ideology) to function properly in the ego of the believer he (God) must be unconscious (held unconsciously). The believer must be unaware of what it is he is truly doing.
Atheists are today's true believers. - May 22, 2010 at 12:14 PM
- mikespeir said...
How about we atheists who don't make such claims, Brenda? How about the claim that "Atheists are today's true believers" itself?
- May 22, 2010 at 2:08 PM
- Unknown said...
To refer to atheism as a dogma is a hysterical grasping at straws. Dogma is exactly what atheism is not. Or, as someone else put it, "If atheism is a religion, then not collecting stamps is a hobby."
- May 22, 2010 at 5:24 PM
- brenda said...
yashwata said...
"To refer to atheism as a dogma is a hysterical grasping at straws. Dogma is exactly what atheism is not."
I didn't refer to "atheism" I referred to "your own atheist ideology and dogmatism". Specifically your claim that all Christians are ideologues.
"Or, as someone else put it, "If atheism is a religion, then not collecting stamps is a hobby.""
But you are not not collecting stamps. When you make specific positive claims then you are collecting stamps. Further, you cannot define yourself out of existence. You cannot say that "all those people over there are dogmatic ideologues, I alone am pure". That is called... wait for it... ideology.
How do we know when someone is dogmatic or an ideologue? We know through their behavior. They behave in ways that are characteristic of those whom we are comparing them to. One excellent measure is when someone makes sweeping generalizations of an entire class of people based on stereotypes. When someone does that we know what they are.
They are a bigot. "A prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own."
That's a good description of many atheists online along with Dawkins, Hitchens and Harris to boot.
You are a bigot yashwata.
mikespeir said...
"How about we atheists who don't make such claims, Brenda? How about the claim that "Atheists are today's true believers" itself?"
Well I guess that if you do not do the things that I find abhorrent about the atheist/theist climate today then I wasn't speaking to you.
After all I am told time and again that atheism doesn't even exist. That it is really just a "lack of belief" and you just can't say anything at all about something that has a negative definition. That would be like me saying that I don't like non-apples. The sentence is meaningless.
Of course the question arises then what are you if you don't really exist? How is it possible for you to be offended if I attack atheism since as you have defined it atheism cannot be a "thing" that has any positive existence. What is there to take offense at?
The truth is that people just don't work the way that many atheists would like to pretend that they do. People can form a social identity around a negative and in spite of the claim that atheism doesn't exist it does exist in the minds of those who call themselves atheists.
Atheism is a collective intentionality and a very real social group with a really existing ontology. But I do understand. It sure is mighty sweet to pretend that there is no such thing as atheism. That way you get to take pot shots at your opponents and then cry foul when they try to criticize you in return. It may be intellectually dishonest but it does give you an rhetorical advantage. That's why you do it.
Because for you all that matters is winning. - May 23, 2010 at 12:42 AM
- mikespeir said...
"Well I guess that if you do not do the things that I find abhorrent about the atheist/theist climate today then I wasn't speaking to you."
But your paintbrush seems awfully broad to be able to get away with that kind of defense, doesn't it?
"Atheism is a collective intentionality and a very real social group with a really existing ontology."
Would you believe that I don't even know another atheist personally? (Not that I'm aware of, anyway.) I enjoy the online give and take with others, so, sure, there's a kind of society about it. But, really, the camaraderie of atheists isn't important enough to me to seek out like minded persons in real life. (There probably aren't that many in this little North Texas hick town, anyway.)
"Because for you all that matters is winning."
Are you determined to make a caricature of yourself? Talk about dogmatism! Or, maybe I've been sucked in. That's it, isn't it? :-) You're just here to mess with our wee little atheist brains! - May 23, 2010 at 2:22 AM
- Unknown said...
Well played! I admit: it does hurt to be called a bigot. Even when it's the pot calling the kettle black, it hurts.
Maybe you'll understand if I put it this way:
Hey, Brenda. May you burn in Hell. - May 23, 2010 at 9:16 AM
- Unknown said...
Wait, it's not the pot calling the kettle black. It's the plastic flange around the mouth of the garbage disposal... calling the espresso machine... black.
- May 23, 2010 at 9:32 AM
- brenda said...
mikespeir said...
" But your paintbrush seems awfully broad to be able to get away with that kind of defense, doesn't it?"
I am very careful to use specific terms like "New Atheist", "some", "many" and so on. I am labeling a behavior that I find repulsive and in my experience is found in the majority of online discussions with the so-called New Atheists.
"Would you believe that I don't even know another atheist personally?"
You have my sympathies with regard to Texas. I think the particular brand of fundamentalism in the South is very scary. Which is why I am puzzled at the extreme bigotry I see in most New Atheists. One would think it would be in your interest to form political alliances with the more liberal factions of modern society yet you seem intent on creating as many enemies as you can.
That seems like a very bad strategy to me.
"Are you determined to make a caricature of yourself? Talk about dogmatism!"
It has been my experience that all that seems to really matter to most atheists today is how to defeat one's opponents in rhetorical battle. Getting things right, discovering new truths, challenging one's preconceptions etc. do not matter or are even seen as signs of weakness. Everything simply *has* to be a fucking battle to be king of the hill.
With this blog there seems to me to be a small hope that that the usual dick-sizing games of the Internet Tough Guys are not in play. That philosophy is actually respected. That one's rhetorical opponent's positions are not systematically misrepresented and distorted. One can dream. - May 23, 2010 at 10:09 AM
- mikespeir said...
Now, Brenda, if you had presented yourself that way from the beginning, I think I could at least have granted that you had a thoughtful opinion. An opinion, BTW, that I in some measure share with you.
- May 23, 2010 at 1:27 PM
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- June 13, 2010 at 9:12 AM
Matt McCormick: "by whatever rhetorical or argumentative means necessary has eclipsed his [William Craig's] concerns about truth and reason."
This just seems irresponsibly uncharitable to me. Let's be careful with what we say about others. :)
Matt McCormick: "[Craig] is a master of manipulating or reframing the discussion and scoring points that are rhetorically effective, but on reflection seem to have little real philosophical merit." [...]
Two things:
1. As it happens, I think most who have debate experience would agree that it's rather Craig's time management that makes him a good debater (which the inexperienced are almost always bad at), not "manipulating/reframing the discussion" or "rhetoric".
2. If Craig outmatches the competition because his *arguments* are genuinely better, we'd *expect* the competition (like yourself) to say he only won because of rhetoric, wouldn't we? All I mean to say here is that if you're going to convince anyone, rather than just flippantly stating he's all rhetoric, you'll probably need justify the claim. - September 14, 2010 at 11:26 AM
- Unknown said...
"if you're going to convince anyone, rather than just flippantly stating he's all rhetoric, you'll probably need justify the claim."
Matt's participation in the debate, and his posting of this blog entry, and his participation in the comments, is all about justifying the claim. To write that Matt's being flippant instead of justifying his claims is misleading. The movie's over, and you walk into the theater and say you found the plot implausible. Next time, watch the movie first. - September 14, 2010 at 12:23 PM
- Unknown said...
Looking at this thread again, what really astonishes me is Brenda's "many Christians … are not ideologues".
That Christianity is an ideology is not an argument that can be refuted, it is definitional. It is a simple fact about what the words mean. So Brenda's "refutation" is actually an attempt to confuse us about what the words mean. I am coming to believe that this move is central to religious advocacy. - September 14, 2010 at 12:41 PM
hehe... yashwata, perhaps you've mistaken Matt McCormicks's blog for another, so we watched different "movies" :) As it happens, I did a word search for "Craig" on all Matt's posts. Here's all that has ever come up in this blog's entries:
(1.) In "Knowing More than Science" and "My Private, Unassailable Knowledge of God", "God is not Beyond Logic", Matt goes after Craig's appeal to personal experience (which Craig *does not* use as an argument in debate; he's very clear about this).
(2.) In "God and the Big Bang", Matt goes after Craig's Kalam.
(3.) In "Is Heaven Guilt Money", Matt comments on Craig's handling of the problem of evil.
Now tell me yashwata, in what world does this justify McCormick's claim that "[Craig] is a master of manipulating or reframing the discussion and scoring points that are rhetorically effective, but on reflection seem to have little real philosophical merit."?(1) is irrelevant and neither (2) nor (3) even attempt to justify anything like that. I think my previous statement stands. - September 15, 2010 at 1:09 PM
- Matt McCormick said...
Well, thanks for all the interest in everything I've said here about the topic. Of course, the question of whether I have said enough in the blog to justify some claim to your satisfaction and whether I am actually justified are different. I've been reading and thinking about Craig's arguments, debates, articles, videos, and presentations for decades. So I figure I can make a claim about his tactics and his skills. If you don't think I'm entitled, I don't really care. If you don't think I've said enough to convince you, I can live with that too. I don't convince many people who've been caught by the religious mind virus of much.
MM - September 15, 2010 at 1:29 PM
Needless to say, my comment didn't imply that you personally unjustified; it says that the claim is publicly unjustified. If you think justification would be useless to those who have the "religious mind virus" then of course the recommendation would be for the benefit of those who don't have such a thing (like myself *wink).
Here's the statement in question again: "If Craig outmatches the competition because his *arguments* are genuinely better, we'd *expect* the competition (like yourself) to say he only won because of rhetoric, wouldn't we? All I mean to say here is that if you're going to convince anyone, rather than just flippantly stating he's all rhetoric, you'll probably need justify the claim."
It still seems like a fair comment. Those who lack the "religious mind virus" whom you'd want to justify the claim to would include many (a) agnostics, (b) atheists, (c) theists [including (d) Christians who would agree with you if given reasons.] Otherwise, people don't have any more reason to think you're right than to think you're a complaining atheist who says exactly what you need to say given debate losses. - September 15, 2010 at 2:47 PM
- Unknown said...
"You're a complaining XYZist who says exactly what you need to say" is a charge that can be leveled at any person, in any discussion, anywhere. It's not a fair comment, it's an irrelevant and misleading comment.
- October 4, 2010 at 10:38 PM


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WASHINGTON—Too many European countries still must act to address claims on property seized during the Holocaust so survivors and their families can see a measure of justice in their lifetimes, leaders of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) said today.
Chairman Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) and Co-Chairman Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) convened the hearing "Holocaust Era Assets – After the Prague Conference," taking testimony from Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat, who recently returned from a follow up meeting to the Prague Conference. The Conference set a June 30 deadline for the development of guidelines regarding restitution and compensation of wrongfully seized real estate.
At the fourth Helsinki Commission hearing held on the issue of Holocaust-era assets since 1996, Chairman Cardin mentioned the need for urgent follow through from the governments of Poland and Lithuania. (See photos from the hearing here.)
"Every major political party in Poland has supported draft legislation on property compensation and I hope that the Prime Minister will be able to carry through on his stated commitment to see a general property law adopted," Cardin said. (See the full statement here.) "In Lithuania, the 1995 property law is needlessly restrictive. I hope the government will fulfill its promises to revisit that law and ensure that communal properties, including schools and places of worship, are returned to their proper owners. Making amends for such crimes and atrocities cannot and should not drag out for yet another generation."
"There is something terribly perverse about applying the normal rules of inheritance to the extraordinary and tragic circumstances created by the Holocaust," Co-Chairman Hastings said. (See the full statement here.) "It is just wrong that a government can prevent a man from retrieving his own uncle's artwork because a law says that uncle has no direct heirs. When whole families were murdered in the Holocaust, I would think such an exception should be made a part of the law."
"Each year we lose more Holocaust survivors, and that precious generation of witnesses will soon be gone. The failure to return their properties is tragic proof of the axiom: 'justice delayed is justice denied,'" said Ranking Minority Commissioner Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ).
Ambassador Eizenstat, Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for Holocaust Issues, testified that despite some progress, implementation remains uneven across the globe.
"Corruption, processing delays, difficulty in obtaining basic documentation, and inconsistent information about the application process have marred property restitution in too many countries," he said. "In some instances, basic legislation is still lacking. No country has been exemplary in this field, and many have been quite the opposite."
This hearing comes one year after the Prague Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets, which addressed social welfare needs of Holocaust survivors; restitution of Jewish private and communal property; Judaica and Jewish-owned art that was lost or stolen during the Holocaust and has not yet been restituted; as well as Holocaust education. Senator Cardin led the Senate in authoring a resolution last year supporting the goals of the Prague conference and urging the President to send a high-level delegation to represent the United States.


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Sunday, September 28, 2008
Sunday Sweets to Make Henson Proud
Sunday, September 28, 2008
I mention this by way of introduction to today's featured NON-Wreck, made by Heather Haynes of Clarksville, Indiana:
Yes, it's all the characters from the Muppet Show, modeled in fondant, on cake.
The Electric Mayhem is looking mighty groovy.
And I love Camilla the chicken. Say, have I mentioned that my hubby John does a fantastic Swedish Chef impersonation? Seriously. If you ever meet him, ask him to say "Bork bork bork" for you. It's downright uncanny.
Of course a Muppet Show cake would never be complete without their in-house peanut gallery, Statler and Waldorf. Still, I'm guessing even those two curmudgeons wouldn't find a thing to complain about on this sweet creation.
I don't have any info on baker Heather; I only know this cake won the blue ribbon at the 2007 Kentucky State Fair. If anyone has more info or a website for her, be sure to let me know.
Also, there's a nice slide show of these and more photos here. Thanks to all of you readers who sent in the link!
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- V. Nicharico said...
I don't think I could ever eat it though! I love the Muppets and so do my kids. I think somehow the idea of taking a bite out of Kermit is wrong :| And I'd keep Animal...he's always been my favorite, hehe. - September 28, 2008 at 9:24 AM
I love Beaker! Too awesome. This cake is amazing!! No wonder it won!
- September 28, 2008 at 9:24 AM
- unmitigated me said...
Incredible. I wish I'd had this for my wedding cake 23 years ago!
- September 28, 2008 at 9:27 AM
- MommaSuds said...
I love the muppets and I love this cake.She did such a great job on it.I hope you find out some more info on her.I would love to see some more cakes designed by her.
- September 28, 2008 at 9:35 AM
- RipleyVT said...
Absolutely remarkable!!!
- September 28, 2008 at 9:40 AM
- The Creeper said...
That is fabulous!
She's even got the Professor and Beaker. - September 28, 2008 at 9:41 AM
That's great!!!
My husband actually does a fantastic impression of the Swedish Chef, as well...it's one of the things that attracted me to him, when we met waaay bak in middle school. Funny guys = good. :-D - September 28, 2008 at 9:42 AM
- The Courteous Chihuahua said...
I love the Muppets; I love this cake. I still get sad when I about Jim Henson being gone.
- September 28, 2008 at 9:47 AM
- Sarah said...
That thing is awesome! Great details.
- September 28, 2008 at 10:10 AM
- Shan said...
Her name is Heather Haynes and she is from Clarksville, Indiana. She won honorable mention in 2005 in Wilton's Cake Decorating contest with a cake called "A Mad Tea Party." From what I can tell, she has no web site or anything.
- September 28, 2008 at 10:13 AM
- Bridget said...
This cake is great! :) We've been renting all of the Muppet Shows from Netflix...my nine-year-old loves them. I can't believe it's been so many years since they were on!
- September 28, 2008 at 10:14 AM
- Cyberhippien said...
Well, sorry to disappoint you all, but the Swedish chef doesn't speak Swedish. We don't understand him either...
- September 28, 2008 at 10:14 AM
- Kristin Weaver said...
This cake is fantastic. She did a terrific job. I'd be scared to eat it.
- September 28, 2008 at 10:14 AM
That is the best cake I've ever seen.
- September 28, 2008 at 10:15 AM
- Marissa said...
That's absolutely stupendous!
When Jim Henson died, my first thought was, "I wonder if Kermit is OK." Silly. I know. But that's how lifelike and endearing The Muppets are to me. - September 28, 2008 at 10:17 AM
- Miss Attitude said...
This is quite impressive, I can't imagine eating it though. I'm with v. nicharico, isn't it wrong to bite off Kermit's head?
- September 28, 2008 at 10:28 AM
- Unknown said...
Statler: You know, there's nothing like a good cake.
Waldorf: Yeah, and this is nothing like a good cake.
Both: Dwoah! Ho ho ho ho!
Sorry, I had to! - September 28, 2008 at 10:30 AM
- Corey Wilde said...
It's time to put on make-up, it's time to light the lights...
I would admire the hell out of this cake, take many hundreds of photos, and then eat it with great enjoyment. Yes, MOI! - September 28, 2008 at 10:33 AM
- Unknown said...
I don't know how you can eat something so beautiful! (I feel the same way when I watch Ace of Cakes and see all that work go into something someone is gonna eat!)
I love the cake - it's a piece of work (and I am from the muppet era so I'm LOVING it!).
Cathy - September 28, 2008 at 10:37 AM
These cakes came out so good it's almost sad to think they have to be eaten.
- September 28, 2008 at 10:44 AM
- Terri said...
That is an awesome cake! I miss the Muppets! :(
Terri - September 28, 2008 at 10:46 AM
ZOMG!!! Professor Bunson Honeydew and Beaker!!! The Electric Mayhem!!! Gonzo!!! Camilla!!! Scooter!!! Sam the All-American Eagle!!!
(faints dead away from the awesome)
You know, when The Muppet Show was on the air, my family judged the relative coolness of celebreties by how they interacted with Muppets. My father's brain nearly imploded the night Alice Cooper was on. Here was this freaky guy wearing makeup and singing songs that creeped him entirely...but he was so great with Muppets he had to be cool...but he was a freak...but he was cool...it was amusing to watch.
I'll never forget the one with Rudolph Nureyev, simply because he looked like he was having the time of his life dancing a spoof ballet (Swine Lake) and singing a duet with Miss Piggy.
I'm with middle aged woman, this would be a wedding cake to stand up and cheer for...even if I would feel guilty eating Kermit. - September 28, 2008 at 10:51 AM
- Bethany said...
That is awesome! I love the Muppets- what an incredible cake! :)
- September 28, 2008 at 11:00 AM
- Unknown said...
This is an incredible cake. I'd have to take all the fondant characters off, shellac them, and put them on a shelf. I couldn't eat them.
Not only because they're the muppets, but because look at all the loving effort that went into making them? All that detail. Sam's feathers! Rolf's fur! Gonzo's argyle sweater! - September 28, 2008 at 11:08 AM
- twenty pound tabby said...
I sooooo want that cake!!!!
- September 28, 2008 at 11:19 AM
This is WONDERFUL! Thanks for sharing non-wrecks.
- September 28, 2008 at 11:33 AM
How is it that someone from Indiana enters the Kentucky State Fair?
I don't remember seeing this cake when we went to the fair last year, and I know we stopped by the baked goods and such...
Hmmm... I'll probably remember it later... - September 28, 2008 at 11:35 AM
- CakeEater said...
To recreate the characters so true to their form? Truly a gifted person! - September 28, 2008 at 11:37 AM
- Martha said...
Jen, this is one of my all-time favorite cakes - I can't believe I didn't think to send this for a Sunday blog. You get extra props for posting this near Jim's birthday, too, which was this past Wednesday, 9/24.
I'm huge fan of the Muppets. I entered my wedding reception to "Mahna Mahna" (wish we'd had this cake!). My car's license plate is MUPPET (and the car's name is Camilla). My blog is named in honor of the Swedish Chef. For all of these reasons, I tip my hat to you for honoring this cake.
For anyone who's looking for some Muppety fun and news, I'd recommend checking out http://www.toughpigs.com! - September 28, 2008 at 11:53 AM
- Holly said...
That cake is incredible! You've got to love the Muppets!
- September 28, 2008 at 11:58 AM
- Melissa said...
Woohoo! I love it! Last year for Christmas, my Hubby got me season one of the Muppet Show. The whole family loves to sit down and watch it!
- September 28, 2008 at 12:15 PM
This cake is AMAZING!!!
I miss the muppets so much. Looking at this cake makes me wanna go out and rent muppets in space. hahaha
The chicken is my favorite, it just looks so darn cute. :) - September 28, 2008 at 12:18 PM
- Marni said...
That is FREAKIN AWESOME!!!
- September 28, 2008 at 12:19 PM
- Amy said...
Props to a fellow Hoosier!
I'll have to show this to my kids. We just watched The Muppets Take Manhattan last night! - September 28, 2008 at 12:29 PM
- Momma Trish said...
That's an incredible cake!
- September 28, 2008 at 1:07 PM
- Mini Me said...
I love the muppets! How cute!
- September 28, 2008 at 1:36 PM
- Shannon said...
oh man where's Pepe the prawn? He is my favorite
great post. Thanks for the pictures - September 28, 2008 at 1:36 PM
- Amy Lee said...
That is the best cake I have seen in a long time! I grew up watching that show and unsuccessfully tried to get my kids to watch it. They never got hooked, but I still am :) Awesome cake!!
- September 28, 2008 at 1:44 PM
As long as John doesn't say:
"BJork Bjork Bjork...."
-Laura R - September 28, 2008 at 1:56 PM
I was also amazed when I stumbled upon this at the 2007 state fair. I spent more time admiring this cake than I did anything else at the fair that day. And took lots of pictures, too.
- September 28, 2008 at 1:56 PM
- Stephanie said...
That is AWESOME! I'm seriously in awe. I've been renting the Muppet Show for my kids....good times.
- September 28, 2008 at 1:57 PM
- Cecilia said...
This is so beautiful!! My one complaint is that I'd never want to eat it. :-D
- September 28, 2008 at 2:06 PM
- Nee S. said...
Wow! I think this is the best thing I have ever seen. I don't think I would be able to desecrate it by eating it.
who has a tshirt "I appreciate the Muppets on a much deeper level than you" - September 28, 2008 at 2:22 PM
- Leslie said...
I LOVE the Muppet Show. As a child I never wanted the episode to end and as an adult I've bought the DVD sets. I'm just as excited to watch the shows as my children are! This cake is amazing!!
If I could buy it, I'd find a way to perserve it forever!! - September 28, 2008 at 2:31 PM
- Persnickety Ticker said...
Simply AWESOME! I would buy that cake in a heartbeat! Too bad it is almost too perfect to eat......almost.
- September 28, 2008 at 2:48 PM
I think it is the most fabulous cake I've ever seen!!!
I agree, I don't think I could have eaten it. For sure I would have taken the fondant characters off and preserved them, somehow....
She is awesome and the likenesses are FABU!!!
Jim Henson would be so proud! - September 28, 2008 at 2:50 PM
- ~Jenn ODonnell Danza~ said...
That is a beautiful cake! I love it!! That is amazing!
- September 28, 2008 at 2:54 PM
- Neen said...
Wow that is amazing! I'd hate to cut it though it is too pretty to eat.
- September 28, 2008 at 3:46 PM
Absolutely gorgeous!!! The only notable (IMO) missing is Rizzo the Rat.
Surely Jim is up there somewhere smiling down on Heather for her faithful re-creation, and on you Jenn for spotlighting them this week.
(Netflix has The Muppet Show?? OMG, I'm signing up TODAY! My 18 m/o daughter needs the exposure!) - September 28, 2008 at 3:57 PM
- Unknown said...
Wow, fantastic. How do you serve a cake like that, though? I wouldn't know where to start cutting...
- September 28, 2008 at 4:09 PM
- Jonathan's Mommy said...
I saw this cake in person at the fair. The pictures do not do it justice--it was simply amazing. I know I looked at it for over thirty minutes!
- September 28, 2008 at 4:25 PM
- Kat Mortensen said...
Beautiful cake! I could never eat it though.
I love "The Rainbow Connection". I also love "The Muppet Christmas Carol". I wonder if anyone's ever done that for a Christmas cake?
Kat - September 28, 2008 at 4:33 PM
Wow! One of the most amazing cakes I've ever seen. I think I need to go rent The Muppet Movie!
- September 28, 2008 at 5:02 PM
- Jillene said...
That is one AWESOME cake!!
- September 28, 2008 at 5:10 PM
- Amanda said...
omg i love this. i want it for my birthday
- September 28, 2008 at 5:15 PM
I swear I can hear the theme song from here!!!
- September 28, 2008 at 5:52 PM
- kelly said...
that is unbelievable!!!
- September 28, 2008 at 7:12 PM
- HEATHER said...
I love this cake!
I live in KY and I now have made it my mission to hunt this gal down and have her make one of these cakes for me!
I just can't believe the likenesses. This is the most awesome cake I have ever seen! - September 28, 2008 at 7:17 PM
- Sheri said...
Wow, that is an incredible amount of work! I LOVE the Muppets!
- September 28, 2008 at 7:24 PM
- Tiffany said...
I also admired (and took loads of pics) of this cake at the fair last year! It's SO amazing! Heather, if you are out there, you can charge any amount for a cake even half this good and my husband will get it for me for next year's b-day, at my command! We were anxiously trying to guess which cake at this year's KY State Fair was Heather's. (Perhaps the garden gnomes? Anyone know?) This is the best cake ever.
- September 28, 2008 at 8:52 PM
- Whirlwitch said...
Since nobody else has mentioned it so far, I will comment that this awesome cake is based on the gala sequence from The Great Muppet Caper. Kermit and Piggy are posed in a pretty good recreation of the fountain that Miss Piggy does her synchronized swimming number in. (Minus the fountain part, probably because Piggy still has her evening gown on.) The outfits are all exactly right. She must have watched the sequence many times to get it so right.
- September 28, 2008 at 8:55 PM
- Blythe said...
Holy Moly! That is one fabulous cake! The Chef is my fave character too.
- September 28, 2008 at 9:25 PM
- Chelsea said...
That is AMAZING!
- September 28, 2008 at 9:26 PM
- Nancy B said...
Fabulous cake! I enjoyed the comments too. Perhaps you should rename the post: For the Lovers, the Dreamers and Me.
- September 28, 2008 at 10:23 PM
- amylouwhosews said...
She definitely channeled Jim Henson on this. They are spot on replicas. In marzipan?!!? wow.
- September 28, 2008 at 10:48 PM
- Dark Phoenix (Nixa) said...
"We just watched The Muppets Take Manhattan last night!"
"Well, they finally made it to Broadway..."
"Yeah, I've got tickets!"
"Are they good seats?"
"Yeah; they're for the next train out of town!"
LOL, Statler and Waldorf... - September 28, 2008 at 11:10 PM
- Bohemian Bombshell said...
I found this website: http://www.slashfood.com/2008/07/01/fair-winning-muppet-show-cake/
One of the commenters on the post about the Muppet cake claims to be the baker's future sister-in-law, and stated that the baker, Heather Hayes, is not a professional, baking is just her hobby, but she hopes to one day open a bakery.
Cheers! - September 29, 2008 at 12:06 AM
- Laura ~Peach~ said...
NIMAL ANIMAL ANIMAL!!!!!!!!! Love that cake its just way too cool!
- September 29, 2008 at 12:08 AM
- VH said...
What a wonderful creation...but how could anyone destroy it by eating it?? I'm in awe of the person who made that cake!
VH - September 29, 2008 at 12:58 AM
- Sariah said...
Oh. my. GOSH! I love the Muppets! I love cake!! I love this blog! Put it all together... oh, man, I think I'm hyperventilating out of the excitement of it all. This is one freakin' sweet cake. Heather, whoever and wherever you are, I bow down to you!!!
- September 29, 2008 at 2:38 AM
That is AWESOME. Also, I need to know where you got a Kermit with light up fireflies that plays Rainbow Connection. I mean seriously, I NEED to know this.
Statler and Waldorf would probably manage to complain about the cake being fattening if they couldn't object to the artistry. Just amazing.
(Hmm. Netflix... now that I've graduated and passed the bar and have a job, i.e. now that I have more income AND more time, it might just be time for a Netflix sub. Muppet Show would be high on the list.) - September 29, 2008 at 2:53 AM
- Lyzzydee said...
That is fantastic!!!
- September 29, 2008 at 3:10 AM
That. is so. AWESOME!!
The muppets have always held a special place in my heart, and seeing such an amazingly made homage to them is the coolest thing ever.
On a related note, it would have been a crime NOT to have put the Swedish chef on the cake. A crime I say!
Great to see some real cake talent on this site once in a while. It gives me faith in humanity.
YAAAAAAAYY! *flails! - September 29, 2008 at 4:18 AM
- sassypackrat said...
Love this! The baker is a true artist. I couldn't eat it, it's such a work of art!
- September 29, 2008 at 8:29 AM
I absolutely adored the muppets growing up and I still love them!!! Especially the two old grumpy men! Thanks for the smile!! - September 29, 2008 at 9:18 AM
- Kaye Prince said...
This cake is absolutely magical, I love it!
Just thought I'd share this with everyone: there is a Swedish Chef Google (i.e. Google Bork). It's one of google's funny language things, it's just like regular google, except that the opening google page is written as if by Swedish Chef. Your searches all come back in regular English though, so funny! Here's the link:
http://www.google.com/intl/xx-bork/ - September 29, 2008 at 10:37 AM
- Dea said...
LOVE it - what a wonderful job on every single character! I wouldn't be able to eat it (don't like fondant that much) but wow!!! I'm with you on the chicken - so awesome!
- September 29, 2008 at 10:41 AM
My fav has always been Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker the intrepid assitant. I see they are on one side of the cake and Beaker is surprisingly in one piece.
Usually Dr B blows him up. - September 29, 2008 at 10:45 AM
- BlueSparrows said...
Amazing, I couldn't draw that well, let along make those characters out of fondant!
- September 29, 2008 at 11:09 AM
The cake is awesome! Muppets are awesome! They need to cancel most of the crap that passes for kid TV these days and rerun the Muppets and Looney Tunes!
but I see one mistake - Floyd, the bass player in Dr. Teeth's band, is supposed to be pink - September 29, 2008 at 11:30 AM
- Jannie aka Chickengirl said...
LOL...my fiance does a pretty good impression of "bork! Bork! Bork!" too. Maybe he and your hubby can have a contest!
This cake is amazing. WOW. My favorite is of course the chicken. - September 29, 2008 at 11:56 AM
This cake? Totally made my day! *happily hugs Kermit the Frog doll*
- September 29, 2008 at 1:42 PM
- clueuin said...
[Clueuin Bowing]
I am not worthy, I am not worthy, I am not worthy!
Best Blog Post Ever!!!!!!
P.S God, I miss the muppets and Jim Henson! (He's son does good work though. Ever seen the work he did with his father,"Dark Crystal"? - September 29, 2008 at 1:45 PM
- Jason & Michelle said...
I live about 3 minutes away from Clarksville, Indiana. Possibly she works for one of our local bakeries! I will definitely be looking out for her name from here on out...
- September 29, 2008 at 3:13 PM
- Jason & Michelle said...
PS - to the person who asked how someone from Indiana enters the KY state fair: Clarksville is about 5 minutes away from Louisville, KY, which is where the state fair is held. They don't limit entries to residents of Kentucky. Just FYI!
- September 29, 2008 at 3:15 PM
- Jen said...
For the one or two of you who have inquired about my Kermit statue: first off, you can't have it. :)
Secondly, my hubby got it a few years ago from The Art of Disney Store at the park, and it's called a "big fig". I don't know if they still carry them there, but I did see one over on ebay. Hope that helps. - September 29, 2008 at 3:32 PM
- Dawn said...
This is faaaaBBBBBUlous! I am a huge muppet fan! HOw awesome!
- September 29, 2008 at 6:08 PM
- raiuchka said...
Totally amazing cake. I am so impressed, and I can't believe that she does this as a hobbyist! Such talent!
For all you fellow Muppets fans, if you ever go to Anaheim, CA, try to get to California Adventure (adjacent to Disneyland) and do the Muppet Theatre attraction. I was practically squealing! - September 29, 2008 at 7:05 PM
- Stephanie said...
That cake is rad. I heart the rainbow connection....
Stef - September 29, 2008 at 7:38 PM
- peacefulstorm24 said...
WOW, this is an awesome cake, well done! I admire you for your patience.
- September 29, 2008 at 9:47 PM
Cakes and baked good that are show items don't get eaten unless they are being entered as a taste item. At our state fair (which is still very agricultural and 4H-ish), there are many items that are submitted for taste contests. Then there are the ones such as wedding cakes, show cakes like this one etc, that are judged solely on the decorating, elaboration, constancy of theme, difficulty.
They're not cut into and eaten. And considering that they are baked and sometimes semi-constructed beforehand, and then they usually sit in a (dusty fairground) Exhibit hall for the 2 weeks of the fair....they're not anything you'd want to eat anyway. - September 29, 2008 at 10:10 PM
OMG, are you kidding me with that thing?!? that is nothing short of a-freakin'-mazing! the only thing though... i'd REALLY have to struggle with actually cutting in and eating it.
and thank god she didn't include those rats that show up in the later muppet movies (particularly the one w/ the jewel heist in london)... - September 30, 2008 at 1:07 AM
Oh how I loved the Muppet Show!
- September 30, 2008 at 9:17 AM
- Jennifer said...
I want this cake! If I ever get married, I want this at my wedding.
- September 30, 2008 at 1:20 PM
Congratulations to Heather! I love cake almost as much as I love the Muppets and it looks like she did justice to both.
- September 30, 2008 at 3:31 PM
- Mexanese said...
so freakin talented!
- October 1, 2008 at 3:00 AM
- erin said...
that is amazing!
- October 1, 2008 at 2:18 PM
- Unknown said...
WOW!!! That is incredible! I would love to see more of her work.
I love me some Muppets... - October 2, 2008 at 12:18 PM
- Unknown said...
love love love this cake!
- October 2, 2008 at 3:47 PM
that cake is AWESOME.
dont forget the mario kart cake though! - October 2, 2008 at 9:54 PM
- Larry said...
I've read the blog for a while -- and love it! I've never commented before today though.
This cake is AMAZING! It has brought me out of hiding. This is what they call talent! - October 3, 2008 at 11:30 AM
- Krista said...
WoW! Love that cake! HUGE Muppet fan. I love how all the characters look right.
- October 3, 2008 at 12:39 PM
- Fuzzy Izmit said...
That is so awesome! If you dont know already, there are some new shorts on youtube that are official NEW Muppet shorts.
Here is something to wet your Muppet whistle!
http://www.youtube.com/user/meepmeepmeepow - October 3, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Wow! That's the best cake I've ever seen. It's so well done. http://www.ineedtext.com/FoodBlog/
- October 4, 2008 at 4:30 AM
- Shaunery said...
THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL THE MUPPET SHOW!! Man, I loved that show and wow that cake is incredible!! I think the timing is great considering the Disney Chanel has been incorporating the Muppet Show characters into one of their shows.
Wonderful work, makes me wonder if she entered the competition this year.... - October 4, 2008 at 8:53 AM
Probably the Indiana State Fair. I didn't get to the Baked Goods area this year, but it looks like the display area from the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Maybe state fairs all look like that...
The cakes are always amazing! - October 8, 2008 at 11:36 AM
- amyinbc said...
Absolutely Fab..
- October 14, 2008 at 1:22 AM
Hi! This comment isn't really relevant to the amazing muppet-fondant creation of childhood and dreams, but you may like it anyway.
I recently discovered your blog and went back allllll the way to the first one. My family and I are big bakers, we don't do anything professionally but we all love your site. Thank you for reviewing horrific and splendid cakes! - February 9, 2009 at 10:46 PM
- The Joynes Girls said...
That is the BEST. CAKE. EVER. Who cares if I'm turning 33 on my next birthday? I act like I'm 3.
- April 30, 2009 at 12:45 PM
That is an awesome cake. I would not want to eat it.
- October 16, 2009 at 4:01 PM
visions of Sam the Eagle in my head singing... "Willow, tit willow, tit willow." LOVE it!
-moochmom - November 9, 2009 at 12:05 PM
- Angelus said...
the Swedish Chef does not nor has he ever spoke Swedish.
He speaks MOCK Swedish...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iljHvsGWPkE - November 11, 2009 at 9:11 PM
- Cupcakes Lady said...
That is some quality craftsmanship. You couldn't eat..you just couldn't.
Marvellous. xx - October 7, 2010 at 4:32 PM
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will take place July 12-16 at Nordita, in the top intelligent city of the world, beautiful Stockholm, Sweden. This is the 2010 installation of our 2007 PI workshop of which you can find my summary here.
The purpose of the workshop is to bring together people who study various possibilities to experimentally test quantum gravity in order to assess these possibilities and encourage discussions. Some topics are:
- Predictions for existent and planned earth based experiments (accelerators, high-precision measurements), possibly in scenarios with a lowered Planck scale.
- Cosmological measurements: signatures from the universe's early quantum phase (in the cosmic microwave/neutrino/graviton background, large and small scale structure)
- Astrophysical measurements: cosmic rays, gamma-ray bursts, supernovae.
- Quantum effects caused by space-time fuzziness (decoherence), status and proposals for experiments.
- Miscellaneous and other (emergent gravity, non-locality, etc.).
Yesterday, I submitted an application for conference support to the Swedish Research Council. (Many thanks to Thomas for helping with a Swedish title!) If this application goes through, most of the grant is meant to support students or postdocs in the early career stages, who have little or no travel grants available. I would really like to give these young researchers the opportunity to participate and learn something about what is still a very young field. So, if you feel addressed, mark the week July 12-16, and send me a note to be put on the waiting list (hossi at nordita dot org).
Since the topic touches on many different fields the workshop is bound to be interesting, and I'm very much looking forward to it.


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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
My favorite Guacamole
I know, I've told you about this before, but being summer and all, I think it doesn't hurt to repeat. It's such a great recipe. And such a great dish. I can easily eat guacamole with almost anything - and any time. My favorite though, is probably just as a dip with nice, salty corn chips.
Anne's Guacamole
2-3 ripe avocados
handful of cherry tomatoes, halved or quartered
juice of 1 lime or half a lemon
1 large bunch coriander, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, minced
salt and freshly ground black pepper
Mash the avocados. I use a nifty handheld immersion blender. Add the garlic. Mash some more. Add the lime, the salt and the pepper. Add the tomatoes, and decide if you like the texture or if you'd like to thin it out a little bit with some creme fraiche. Finish with the coriander, and that's all there is to it. Enjoy on corn chips.
Please, if you've got a favorite recipe for guacamole - do share! I'd love to hear it!
Recipe in Swedish:
30 comments:
- Suzanne G. said...
I adore guacamole. This is a good recipe, I imagine your cilantro is enormous with your extra summer sunlight in Sweden!
I'm lazy and just mix salsa with the avocado. This can get fancy as there are so many cool, gourmet salsas available. We have raspberry/lime, chipotle/corn, and others.
What is your selection of salsas like in Sweden? I'm in the US - July 11, 2007 5:40 AM
- mariep said...
I love gucamole!! I need to try this recipe.
- July 11, 2007 5:57 AM
- Willem Doreleijers said...
I'll tell you my favourite:
My first reaction: how could you forget the jalapenos? I use a whole lot of them! (I like it hot, as you understand right now, but most important is the fresh n sweeet taste of those peppers) Also I use some "purple" onion and instead of fresh koriander I use the powdered, just a little.
Please tell me what you think of this! (anyway; try it!)
Greetings of a food and especially guacamole-lover! - July 11, 2007 9:22 AM
- ariff said...
Man..i shouldnt open this blog..im fasting right now,and im looking at a recipe...sigh..
well,try this tomorrow - July 11, 2007 1:32 PM
- Vig said...
I'll make an avocado salad, when company's already sitting around the table. It's just a unobstructed guacamole, diced on a plate, with a squeeze of lemon or lime, plus a healthy dusting of cumin.
Guacamole always includes cumin and perhaps coriander, in addition to lime, cilantro, perhaps there will be diced purple onions, tomatoes.
Sometimes I just slice the avocado open, salt it, squeeze of citrus, dust of cumin, and eat it out of the skin with a spoon. Or on fresh Italian bread! or Bruscetta! - July 11, 2007 2:24 PM
- Kalyn Denny said...
Your recipe is just how I'd make it, except I always put a tiny bit of ground chile powder.
- July 11, 2007 3:09 PM
- KrakelSpektakel said...
Mamma annonserade att vi ska ska äta tacos på söndag. Jag antar att din röra fungerar fint som tillbehör?
- July 11, 2007 3:17 PM
tjena! jag är mexikansk och min familj ha en bra tex-mex restaurang...jag ska berätta för dig en hemlighet.
for salsa try this:
place 4 tomatoes, 2-4 jalapenos or slightly more serrano peppers depending on spiciness you like, one slice bacon, and 1-2 cloves of garlic in skin in a baking pan and drizzle with olive oil and place under a broiler until vegetables and tomatoes appear blackened on top (sometimes bacon and garlic are done before that time). Remove skin of tomatoes and peppers if possible . Add salt (1-2tsp) and pepper and handful of cilantro. Toss in blender. Serve with whatever you like, especially chips and margaritas.
To make guacamole add 2-3 tbsp of salsa to one avocado and juice from half a lime along with salt and pepper to taste.
For a green avocado dip, use the same salsa recipe as above but use 6-8 tomatillos instead of tomatoes to make salsa. Add the salsa to the avocado as described above and also add 1-2 tbsp of sour creme/creme fraiche. This sauce is yummy by itself or on nachos or enchiladas.
I do this at home at am very fast at making the salsas while i'm doing other stuff. Takes less than five minutes to prep and blend. i can share others if you like these.
jag älskar din sida!
har det så bra! - July 11, 2007 4:45 PM
- Mariashall said...
This recipe sounds yum, yum. It is easy and inexpensive. Being a lover of avocados, I'll just try it.
- July 11, 2007 4:50 PM
- Eve said...
Looks delicious.
I like to add a jalapeno and half of a red onion, no garlic. I think the onion adds some nice bite. Also, there's no such thing as too much cilantro! - July 11, 2007 4:58 PM
- PATRICIA said...
http://mi-mundo-sin-ti.blogspot.com - July 11, 2007 6:28 PM
- Kristi aka Fiber Fool said...
Your recipe matches mine almost exactly. When cherry tomatoes are not in season I substitute my favorite chunky salsa as we get good prices on avocados in the middle of the winter from a second California harvest.
- July 11, 2007 7:27 PM
- Renegade said...
Looks delicious, I'm going to try it!!! Thanks!
Check out Renegade's BS - July 11, 2007 8:12 PM
- marissa said...
i have a good one...i grew up in southern california and learned it there,and it always gets raves:
two ripe avocados
one medium tomato
one jalepeno pepper
one small yellow or white onion
small bunch of cilantro/coriander
pinch of salt and pepper
squeeze of fresh lemon and lime juice
cut up all veggies and mash together with a potato masher (briefly if you like chunky, longer if you like smooth). add salt/pepper and lemon/lime.
enjoy! :) - July 11, 2007 9:03 PM
Great recipe, can't wait to try it.
I've lurked at your blog a time or two - linked through your comments on Farmgirl's blog (my name is also Anne, so I thought I would click your link to see who the other "Anne" was with the proper spelling and all). Now today I log in and take note of "Blogs of Note" and you're there! Congratulations!
Anne - July 11, 2007 9:24 PM
- Glenn Blakney said...
Very nice recipe! I like to add a tablespoon of cognac, and I use Key Lime juice instead of lemon juice. You can also use Meyer Lemons if you want it to be even sweeter. But an ingredient that really rocked a client two weeks ago was minced lobster. Just one small lobster, boiled and drained, then minced. I made chips from pita bread that I cut to chip size, put a drop of olive oil on and lightly salted. I baked them at 350Degrees F for about 10 minutes. I'd be flattered if you took a look at my food blog: http://mindtoys.blogspot.com/
Great looking blog!
Glenn - July 11, 2007 9:45 PM
- cnishi said...
2 avocados
juice from 1/2 lime
1/4 cup finely chopped white onion
1/2 tsp salt
2-3 finely chopped jalapenos (ribs and seeds removed)
1 tomato chopped and deseeded
mash everything together with fork except for tomato. Add tomato at the end and let flavors meld together for about an hour in the fridge.
A super simple recipe and I got rave reviews! - July 11, 2007 9:57 PM
- Rose said...
Living in California, I've eaten a lot of guac. But a few years ago we visited a friend's family, and his sister mixed up a superb guacamole with just avocados, lots of chopped garlic, and salt. For best results, the avocados should be perfectly ripe and flavorful. It's amazing!
- July 12, 2007 2:25 AM
- Dori said...
We have a family salsa recipe and we add that to avocado to make the guacamole...it tastes better than adding canned salsa...eventually I'll have to add that to my blog...yours looks great too, guacamole is always good!
- July 12, 2007 2:34 AM
I'm personally not a big guacamole fan, but you have a neat blog.
- July 12, 2007 4:06 AM
- Unknown said...
YUM!! I love homemade guacamole! I basically use the same as you, the cilantro and lime juice, but I add a packet of the extra spicy seasoning made by Concord Foods. (www.concordfoods.com) --Only this brand! It is better than any I've tried!
I've never added tomatoes though. But since I have a bunch of grape tomatoes in my garden right now, I think I'll try it this weekend!
Thanks! Great post! - July 12, 2007 5:30 AM
- Lena said...
I am a big guacamole fan, and Annes guacamole is one of the absolute best.
Troy Domingue - Vilket underbart tips, det låter som en underbar salsa den ska jag definitivt prova. - July 12, 2007 7:46 AM
- mimo said...
great recipe can't wait to make it myself
- July 12, 2007 7:11 PM
- Pille said...
My guacamole recipe is exactly the same, so you've got a perfect recipe already:)
- July 13, 2007 2:19 PM
- Kimberly Pye said...
I used your recipe to make my first guacamole ever! It was fab. If you want to see it, go here: http://kimberlypye.blogspot.com/2007/07/guacamole-primero-ol.html
I love your blog, by the way! - July 13, 2007 7:49 PM
- Naruto Fan said...
- July 14, 2007 11:03 PM
- Anne said...
Wow! Thanks everyone - looks like I have quite a bit to try out this summer!! :) The cognac tip is especially exciting - that's really different!
Herdingcats - sadly, we don't have a huge array of salsas to choose from here. It's pretty much "medium" or "hot". :) Raspberry/lime sounds incredible though! - July 15, 2007 5:26 PM
- Aaron said...
I love this recipe! Sounds very nice.
But what I like to do is add a little red onion or something to it, just to add a little more flavor. - July 16, 2007 8:50 PM
- Thumbalina said...
Hey .
your photos and the reciepes look great and delicious.Will defintly try them out !
Deepa - July 17, 2007 6:17 PM
I add cilantro and roasted jalapenos to mine and use my immersion blender's chopper attachment to roughly chop everything together. (don't forget the sea salt and a touch of olive oil)
Got my blender from a restaurant equipment store. It's AWESOME! - May 06, 2010 4:52 PM


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US Eases Immigration Law Even if Immigrants Supported Terrorism
February 9, 2014 11:05 am
The Obama administration has eased the rules for would-be asylum-seekers, refugees and others who hope to come to the United States or stay here and who gave support to terrorists or terrorist groups.
The change is one of President Barack Obama's first actions on immigration since he pledged during his State of the Union address last month to use more executive directives.
The Department of Homeland Security and the State Department now say that people considered to have provided "limited material support" to terrorists or terrorist groups are no longer automatically barred from the United States.
A post-Sept. 11 provision in immigrant law, known as terrorism related inadmissibility grounds, had affected anyone considered to have given support. With little exception, the provision has been applied rigidly to those trying to enter the U.S. and those already here but wanting to change their immigration status.
For a 49-year-old real estate agent in northern Virginia, the law has left him in a sort of immigration purgatory while his green card application has been on hold for more than a decade.
As a teenager in Tehran, Iran, in the early 1980s, he distributed fliers for a mujahedeen group that opposed the government of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and was at one time considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. government. He said he told the U.S. government about his activities when he and his wife applied for asylum in the late 1990s. Those requests were later granted and his wife has since become a U.S. citizen. But his case has remained stalled.
"When we are teenagers, we have different mindsets," He said. "I thought, I'm doing my country a favor."
He said he only briefly associated with the group, which was removed from Washington's list of terrorist organizations in 2012, and that he was never an active member or contributor to its activities. Now he's hopeful that the U.S. government will look at his teenage activities as "limited."
His lawyer, Parastoo Zahedi, said she has filed case in federal court to force U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to process his green card application, but now hopes the government will act on its own.
"In the past, the minute your name was associated with a (terrorist) organization you were being punished," Zahedi said. "Not every act is a terrorist act and you can't just lump everyone together."
The Homeland Security Department said in a statement that the rule change, which was announced last week and not made in concert with Congress, gives the government more discretion, but won't open the country to terrorists or their sympathizers. People seeking refugee status, asylum and visas, including those already in the United States, still will be checked to make sure they don't pose a threat to national security or public safety, the department said.
In the past, the provision has been criticized for allowing few exemptions beyond providing medical care or acting under duress. The change now allows officials to consider whether the support was not only limited but potentially part of "routine commercial transactions or routine social transactions."
The change does not specifically address "freedom fighters" who may have fought against an established government, including members of rebel groups who have led revolts in Arab Spring uprisings.
In late 2011, Citizenship and Immigration Services said about 4,400 affected cases were on hold as the government reviewed possible exemptions to the rule. It's unclear how many of those cases are still pending.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the rule change will help people he described as deserving refugees and asylum-seekers.
"The existing interpretation was so broad as to be unworkable," Leahy, D-Vt., said in a statement. He said the previous rule barred applicants for reasons "that no rational person would consider."
Republican lawmakers argued that the administration is relaxing rules designed by Congress to protect the country from terrorists.
Rep. Bob Goodlatte, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, called the change naive given today's global terrorist threats.
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As the winter weather season sets in and snow arrives, it's time for my kids' favorite game: Will there be school tomorrow?
If there is any hope of a snow day, my kids will usually create a chart with the options: School Delay, School Cancelled and School Open (heaven forbid.) Then they get predictions from family and friends and fill in the chart accordingly. As a divorced father of three who shares custody of my three kids, I'm always hoping for the "open" option. A delay or full snow day wreaks havoc on work schedules, usually requiring some scrambling by my ex-wife and me.
So, for parents the question is: How do you plan for a Snow Day? Or, in some cases, should I plan for a snow day?
Over the years I've become increasingly wary of weather forecasts from local news outlets. That's partially because I lived in Maryland for 13 years – where you had a better chance of predicting the final score of the Redskins game than predicting the weather. I live in New England now – where it snows and gets cold – but still, predictions can be off here as well.
Recently, my kids became all excited about the possibility of a delay with the first real snow and ice of the season. When we received no call from the school district in the morning, they asked me to check the local news and school websites. When it was clear school was on, unhappiness swept through the Fox house.
So, now I'm on a quest to get more accurate forecasts. For that, we turn to a variety of weather app offerings for your phone. There are literally hundreds of options out there. The iTunes App Store includes the option for the "Macau Weather Report." You probably don't need that, but as always, we do the scanning so you don't have to:
The Weather Channel | Android, iOS; free
I didn't know that the recent winter storm we had was named "Electra" until I went onto this app – which has video feeds as well as a "Hurricane Central" tab to give you updates on more severe weather. The app's settings (as on most) allow you to track several towns/cities – so I entered Orlando, Fla. as one of the places so that I can monitor the weather there as my kids and I prepare for our post-Christmas vacation to Disneyworld!
Yahoo Weather | Android , iOS; free
The Yahoo app has received some buzz for its new design and beautiful photos from the cities you are following for weather. The hourly and 5- and 10-day forecasts are easily accessible with a swipe of your finger.
WeatherBug | Android , iOS; free
There's lots going on when you arrive at the home screen for this app. But once you start poking around, you find some fairly unique features, including an interactive feature where you can submit weather photos. There is also a "Cameras" feature – allowing you to see real-time images from around the state. In my case, shots of Fenway Park and Gillette Stadium are pretty useful in case I'm planning to go to a game. There is also a "Lifestyle Forecasts" area that includes a golf forecast and fitness forecast – giving you red, green and yellow designations on whether conditions are suitable. My favorite: The Family Forecast – letting you know whether conditions are optimal for outside family activities.
AccuWeather | Android, iOS; free
While other apps give you "feels like" options, the "RealFeel" feature here is right under the current temperature – and for those of us living in New England in December, that's kind of important. This app also features a 15-day forecast – which is nice for vacation-planning purposes. And, under their "More" tab is a lifestyle section which has an area for health and includes low, moderate and high designations for everything from asthma risk to flu risk.
Weather Pro | Android, iOS; $2.99
I throw this one into the mix because we try not to be U.S.-centric here. If you're planning a trip to Europe, this is the app you want on your phone.
There are also plenty of local options – most local television stations have their own apps – so try those out as well. At least you won't have to turn on the television to find out about school cancellations.
As for lowering the expectations for a snow day with your kids? Well, good luck. There's not an app for that – yet.