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Friday, June 6th, 2025 04:00 am
Friday, June 6th, 2025 07:18 pm
One of my friends helped design this game! Elliot, who I've been playing D&D with since 2017, has been working on a top secret project for several years now, and he finally got to admit that this was it because the trailer dropped this afternoon.
Honestly, it looks like a lot of fun. And unlike Mario Party, it's not system locked so you and anyone you're playing with can be on different devices. Considering the huge number of game assets that he designed? I'm so very proud of him.
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Friday, June 6th, 2025 06:19 pm
⌈ Secret Post #6727 ⌋
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Friday, June 6th, 2025 01:00 pm
Sometimes, you have a specific item you want replicated in cake.
You know, like a camcorder.
(Really?)
(Oh. Ok. Really.)
Well, no problem. They can do that!
That's one for the record books.
And with all the company picnics out there, you know bakers can freehand logos like nobody's business:
See? Just like nobody's business!
Or how about trying an entire building?
It's all in the airbrush.
Enough business, though. What do you say we loosen things up with something a little... sexy?
Mrow.
Uh...
Well, on the bright side, at least the baker was generous with the serving sizes!
Because anything less would have been a waist.
Thanks to, Emily C., Bridey, & Anony. And hey, you know what they say! "A moment with these hips on your lips, and your hips...I mean, your LIPS...no. Wait. Look. There's an old saying in Tennessee. Or was it Taiwan? Anyway. Fool me once, shame on..uh...look, you can't get fooled again, is what I'm saying. Sooo. Yeah.
[dramatic eyebrow lift]
Strategery.
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P.S. In case this post wasn't painful enough:
Exceptionally Bad Dad Jokes
There are a lot of "dad joke" books out there, but this one has awesome ratings AND the word "spiffing" on the cover, so it's a clear winner.
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Thursday, June 5th, 2025 07:17 pm
⌈ Secret Post #6726 ⌋
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Thursday, June 5th, 2025 11:51 am
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Thursday, June 5th, 2025 01:00 pm
I didn't think it'd been that long since my wedding reception, but apparently I'm already behind the times. Used to be, folks just clinked their glasses any time they wanted the happy couple to kiss.
Now I see bakers are taking it a step further:
And then some.
Don't see it? Here, let me zoom in:
Now, cue the music, DJ! It's time for the groom to DANCE.
Thanks to Heather C. for finally finding a wedding wreck to rival "faith, hope, thrust."
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P.S. You probably know The Holderness Family for their song parodies and silliness (the Thriller one did me in, omigosh), and now they wrote a book!
Everybody Fights, So Why Not Get Better At It?
It's getting all rave reviews, definitely worth checking out!
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Thursday, June 5th, 2025 01:05 am
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2025 04:00 am
Wednesday, June 4th, 2025 05:21 pm
⌈ Secret Post #6725 ⌋
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2025 01:00 pm
Did you know that, every day, thousands of cakes go unpurchased?
It's true. These shunned desserts sit lonely and unloved on bakery shelves...
...only to eventually be shipped off to the day-old bread outlet.
But it doesn't have to be this way.
For a reduced price, you can help these poor, unwanted cakes find a place where they will be loved, cherished,
...and eaten.
That place being your belly.
Yes, your contribution can help provide loving tummies for rejected wrecks!
And just think: for the price of a candy bar, you can help turn these stale, unwanted, frosting-slathered sugar bombs...
...into a continuous sugar-high for someone else's hyperactive children.
And really, isn't that what we all want?
So please, visit your local bakery today, and save the cakes. For our future. For our children. And, for the love of Betty Crocker, tell them to stop making cupcake cakes while you're there.
I really can't take this kind of thing much longer.
Thank you.
Thanks to our "generous" "sponsors" Carly R., Garrett B., Jill B., Cheryl, Sabra L., Rasha H., and Dan & Christine M.
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P.S. Hey, it's hot out there. Your car needs a sun shade. So if you need one anyway, why NOT turn your car into a Pixar character?
:D
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025 07:29 pm
⌈ Secret Post #6724 ⌋
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025 01:00 pm
Approach, students.
You have come to me asking that I be your guide along this tale of Wreckage, but first I should mention that little Kyle here is taking Tae Kwon Do:
I should also probably stop calling him "little" Kyle.
After all, he could be earning his "Black Blet:"
(Presumably by doing step aerobics.)
Or, he might look like this:
(And wouldn't that be a boot to the head?)
Or - OR - he might know 6-year-old Mercedes here:
And, shoot, that's one little pistol I aim to avoid.
(I hear she's got a hair-trigger temper.)
Thanks to Heather H., Heather D., Liz M., and Kelsey E., for today's round of bullet points.Now, let us rejoin the mind to the body and meditate upon this wisdom.
Nyaa nyaa!
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And because I believe we should all celebrate our accomplishments:
I Got Out Of Bed Today Tee
More colors and styles at the link!
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Monday, June 2nd, 2025 04:00 am
Monday, June 2nd, 2025 04:21 pm
⌈ Secret Post #6723 ⌋
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Monday, June 2nd, 2025 04:05 pm
It was not a productive weekend for me--awkward, because I had great intentions of getting an initial dent into my next rewrite. I did at least make it as far as reading through the translation and making some notes, but that was very much it.
The one thing I managed was a fair bit of reading:
I finished Vivian Shaw's Strange Practice (a fun read, and I'll probably move along with the series at some point--I think I may even already have the second book--but I don't feel any urgency about it) and followed it up in rapid succession with Copper Script (KJ Charles) and Titan of the Stars (E.K. Johnston), both of which only came out last week. (Two books within a week of their shared release date probably isn't actually a record, but it's certainly not my norm.) Both were great, in very different ways. I knew Johnston had two books coming out in pretty quick succession this season (Sky on Fire releases next month) and that one of them has a planned sequel, but somehow I assumed right up to the end of this one that it was the July book. But no! It's this one! (Unless they both do.) I expect it'll be a fairly different book, and will be very interested to see how things play out.
I'm also still picking my way through The Fortune Cookie Chronicles. (Kobo thinks I'm 78% done.)
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scruloose and I saw the S2 TLOU finale last weekend, and at some point I'll probably ask around for broad and specific spoilers for the game, and that may impact how I feel about it. (Bella Ramsey knocked it out of the park, though. What a fantastic cast all around.)
We're also up to date on Murderbot. My inability to remember any plot specifics at all from All Systems Red (given that it's the only book in the series I've read more than once) is both a bit funny and annoying.
Eating: The Zuni method of dry-brining and roasting a chicken was a success again. Unrelatedly, I gotscruloose to pick up an extra-dark maple syrup from a local producer, and we tried and enjoyed it last weekend. (This jug doesn't explicitly say "extra-dark" or anything like that, so it's possible it's not actually the one I heard mentioned, but it is very dark and they acquired it at the store that had been named, so I'm kinda assuming.)
Growing/Weathering: The lilacs have bloomed! It was windy enough yesterday, and rainy before that, that I was a little scared all the blossoms would blow right off, but that doesn't seem to have happened. I hope I remember to actually go outside and get some to bring inside.
The Sensation lilac [see icon, although that's not a pic of ours] is in pretty dire need of pruning, poor thing. The thought of actually making a(n approximately-)dated list of when to do specific garden things has passed through my mind, and if I'm lucky I'll actually try to assemble it. I think at least the last couple of years running we've looked up when to prune lilacs and then I've been thrown by the fact that our other one is a Bloomerang and presumably follows different rules.
The one thing I managed was a fair bit of reading:
I finished Vivian Shaw's Strange Practice (a fun read, and I'll probably move along with the series at some point--I think I may even already have the second book--but I don't feel any urgency about it) and followed it up in rapid succession with Copper Script (KJ Charles) and Titan of the Stars (E.K. Johnston), both of which only came out last week. (Two books within a week of their shared release date probably isn't actually a record, but it's certainly not my norm.) Both were great, in very different ways. I knew Johnston had two books coming out in pretty quick succession this season (Sky on Fire releases next month) and that one of them has a planned sequel, but somehow I assumed right up to the end of this one that it was the July book. But no! It's this one! (Unless they both do.) I expect it'll be a fairly different book, and will be very interested to see how things play out.
I'm also still picking my way through The Fortune Cookie Chronicles. (Kobo thinks I'm 78% done.)
Watching:
scruloose and I saw the S2 TLOU finale last weekend, and at some point I'll probably ask around for broad and specific spoilers for the game, and that may impact how I feel about it. (Bella Ramsey knocked it out of the park, though. What a fantastic cast all around.)We're also up to date on Murderbot. My inability to remember any plot specifics at all from All Systems Red (given that it's the only book in the series I've read more than once) is both a bit funny and annoying.
Eating: The Zuni method of dry-brining and roasting a chicken was a success again. Unrelatedly, I got
scruloose to pick up an extra-dark maple syrup from a local producer, and we tried and enjoyed it last weekend. (This jug doesn't explicitly say "extra-dark" or anything like that, so it's possible it's not actually the one I heard mentioned, but it is very dark and they acquired it at the store that had been named, so I'm kinda assuming.)Growing/Weathering: The lilacs have bloomed! It was windy enough yesterday, and rainy before that, that I was a little scared all the blossoms would blow right off, but that doesn't seem to have happened. I hope I remember to actually go outside and get some to bring inside.
The Sensation lilac [see icon, although that's not a pic of ours] is in pretty dire need of pruning, poor thing. The thought of actually making a(n approximately-)dated list of when to do specific garden things has passed through my mind, and if I'm lucky I'll actually try to assemble it. I think at least the last couple of years running we've looked up when to prune lilacs and then I've been thrown by the fact that our other one is a Bloomerang and presumably follows different rules.
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Monday, June 2nd, 2025 01:00 pm
Parents, if you don't want to risk bruised feelings on their birthdays, I suggest you NOT name any of your children "Cubby":
Or "Angus":
("Why, I declare, I didn't know it was the Colonel's birthday!")
Or "Ritchie":
And don't even *think* about "Bobby":
(Got milk?)
Or, heaven forbid, "Trudi":
And while you're at it, you'd better avoid pet names like "honey bunny," too:
In fact, maybe you should just leave names off your cakes all together. That way, nothing can go wrong.
I rest my case.
Thanks to wreckporters Laura R., Lacey C., Trisha A., Brian C., Kirsten H., Kelly N., & Erica for the name-calling.
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P.S. Next time skip the name and just order their face on a pair of socks instead. You heard me. Like so:
Custom Printed Face Socks
Or get their pet's face, because all the cat and dog versions in the customer photos are ADORABLE.
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Sunday, June 1st, 2025 03:32 pm
⌈ Secret Post #6722 ⌋
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Sunday, June 1st, 2025 03:52 pm
Ok, so let's get back to our classic Disney movie marathon!
(By Christian Giardina)
It's Bambi's mom! Ack! All the feels.
Disney sure knows how to play the mom card. Remember that scene in Dumbo? o.0 But don't worry; this Dumbo cake is nothing but happy:
Gotta love those bright circus colors.
I spy some hand-painting on this Pocahontas cake:
...but whether they used all the colors of the wind is up for debate. ;)
Here's one from John's favorite:
(By Mary Fairy Cakes)
Lady and the Tramp!
With so many big sculpted cakes out there, it's nice to see such a brilliant 2D design for single tiers. Check out the ruffles on the table cloth, the texture of their fur, and the spaghetti noodles! Plus the cake has Lady's collar wrapped around the outside edge. GENIUS.
We've devoted entire posts to Alice in Wonderland before, because it has inspired SO MANY amazing cakes. And here's one more:
(By CW reader Christie Jackson)
Look at all the detail! From the dormouse to the card doing a backflip to Alice stuck in the side "rabbit hole." Hee!
The Jungle Book still has some of Disney's best songs - so let's all hum "The Bear Necessities" while we look at this next cake, k?
(By Wonder Cake)
Humhumhum, HUM HUM HUM ha HUMMM...
(That waterfall is stunning. And the palm trees! Look at the palm trees!)
I'm not sure I've ever seen Tick-Tock the croc look so happy:
Perhaps that floating hook has something to do with it. :D
Speaking of lovable villains, anyone remember Madame Mim?
(By MG Sugarcake)
She's from The Sword in the Stone, and looks pretty fabulous made out of sugar, don't you think?
I think we should call this one "Pinocchio's Birthday":
(By Arte de Ka)
What a cool concept! And so many details! I'm in awe of the tools, the wood shavings, and the gold detailing on the books spines.
I know we had a Wreck It Ralph cake last time, but these Sugar Rush Racers MUST BE SHARED:
(By Kidacity)
Squee!!
And finally, I thought I'd end with two more Frozen treats, since I just can't decide between them:
(By Sonata Torte)
Check out that sugar sculpting!
And then there's this one, starring Olaf:
(By Danni's Cakes)
So much to love here, but that lacy snowflake airbrushing on the cake board really brings it to the next level of gorgeous. SO COOL. (pun intended)
Hope you guys enjoyed our extended movie marathon! Happy Sunday!
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