Last week the pastry gnomes were corralled like cattle into odd couple groupings for their mini challenge and main challenge. They mooed and bleated, but that did nothing to prevent the unstoppable shuffle to the slaughter. This week…they’ll be split into groups for their challenge again. Where last week they had to create showpieces from fairy tales, this week the gnomes will be creating cakes for the 9th Season Orchestra of the Los Angeles Philharmonic: “the chefs must work in teams to create a cake experience in three movements to be served to the symphony members and patrons after their performance.” This should be interesting. Continue reading
Daily Archives: August 31, 2011
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Oh, what to do when you need extra cash and your job won’t give you any overtime? The Chicago Tribune and The Daily Herald report that a suburban Chicago man thought of a get-rich-quick scheme that might never have occurred to you and me, dear reader.
Forty-three year old James F. Jackson of Glen Ellyn, Illinois had the brilliant idea of stealing rare and expensive books from area libraries, and then selling them on the Internet. He was arrested Monday morning after a four-month long investigation into reports from area libraries that reference books had gone missing. Lisle Police Commander Ron Wilke said: “He [Jackson] was looking for expensive books that would cost a library a lot of money.” Continue reading
I’m bringing this feature back by popular demand (I didn’t get a single email!) since I know deep down inside you agree that “Apple wants it’s screensaver back” Doctor Who and “You call this eyesore an American treasure!?” Fresh Prince deserved Worst Show Opening accolades.
Noted famewhore and civil rights violator, Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona has done it again. He joined forces with equally delusional and ineffective law enforcement officer, and noted terrible actor, Steven Seagal, to wreak havoc on the state of Arizona. How, you ask? For starters, they raided a home and killed a puppy…with a tank. Continue reading
You were probably sitting there all day just listening to ICP and thought, I wish this had more classical inspiration. You’re not alone brave soldier of mixed musical tastes, Jack White is fighting for your cause. Mr. White has brought together Mozart and the Insane Clown Posse (of the Detroit Clown Posses). In case you need a reminder, all ICP songs are NSFW.
This is a little something I wrote when I was potty-training my son. I was re-reading it because I need to start training my daughter. I figure there are at least a trillion potty-training nightmare stories out there, so I though I’d share mine in hopes that you would share yours. Continue reading
If you’ve ever tried to lose weight, you know how frustrating it is to hear the simplistic ‘eat less, exercise more’ advice. Your personal experience flies in the face of this seemingly straightforward equation. Certainly in a vacuum, eating less and exercising more works. However, our bodies are an open, interactive systems, and rarely cooperate with simple math. Continue reading
Have you ever been prompted by a website to chat with a representative for help? If you click yes there is a reasonable chance that representative is a computerized virtual customer service agent. But if you’re a sad lonely person who doesn’t need help deciding on which insurance policy is right for you then you might click on it just for the thrill of a little cold electronic programed interaction. Or, you’ve been duped and you think you’re chatting with a real live person somewhere in North Dakota who might totally send you a picture of their naughty bits. Continue reading
As I have mentioned before, Bots has kindly suggested that I cross post blog entries from www.daisysagesays.wordpress.com from time to time. Here is our most recent entry.:
This lovely letter comes from our reader, Cosmic Debris.
Dear Daisy,
I think your blog and your advice are delightfully thoughtful and helpful. I so enjoyed the always genius George Carlin, and your essay on how much crap we allow on the lawn of our life is thought provoking in such a fun way! Continue reading
The French are creating window designs and getting into neighborhood Post-It wars. Of course, the nerds started it.
But will they ever do films, like: Continue reading