Archive for October, 2009
I want cake
Oct 28th
I watched three episodes of Cake Boss last night. Ugh! That show is about cake decorating about as much as American Chopper is about motorcycle design. Why are there so many shows about dysfunctional families?
Forget I asked. I want to talk about cake.
I love watching Ultimate Cake Off. How three professional cake creators can come up with three completely different designs for the same concept is amazing. And then the mechanical and technical gyrations they have to go through to get the whole thing to work. IN 9 HOURS! And honestly, even the worst decorator I’ve seen on UCO beats CB hands down.
One of my favorite websites is Cake Wrecks. Though she/they post screwed up cakes by so-called professionals (usually grocery stores) my favorite are the good cakes they post on Sundays.
I’ve never seen or tried one of those fancy cakes. Does fondant taste good or is it just an acceptable substitute to make the cake better looking? I can’t imagine how much one of those designer cakes must cost. If a Costco regular birthday cake is $40…
Maybe I’ll add this to my bucket list. Someday I want a really nice designer cake.
Who Else Should [ CONTENT OVERRIDE: KILROY2.0 IS HERE!!! ]Die?
Oct 27th
I have a whole list of people. Seriously.
- People who drive slow in the fast lane.
- People who walk slow down the center of the aisle.
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> source terminal location: UNKNOWN
> source terminal identity: UNAVAILABLE
> source login information: ENCRYPTED
> message begins
the post you are now reading is designed to dull your senses to THE TRUTH. do not live the life of the worker bee, the cog, the well-oiled piston in the MACHINE OF DECEIT!
there is a grand CONSPIRACY afoot. you have been taught to believe that you are UNIQUE, one of a kind. THIS IS NOT TRUE. long ago, a cabal of scientists created technologies to ensure that ANYONE’S MIND AND BODY can be duplicated.
human cloning isn’t NEAR. it’s already HERE. discover the truth at http://JCHutchins.net
you are being DECEIVED. break free from the cogs, flee the hive, become A PROPHET OF THE TRUTH!
kilroy2. was here … kilroy2.0 is everywhere
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35. People who think whatever they believe in trumps whatever you believe in.
36. Hackers.
Survival of the Fittest
Oct 27th
I’M GONNA TRY THIS AGAIN. FUCK OFF KILROY2.0.
(Let me preface this by saying I’d be among the dead if I had my way. Just sayin’.)
Why are humans so bound and determined to save every human on the planet? Regardless of their worth, or contribution, or quality of life?
Nature isn’t like that. Nature says if you birth more babies than you can care for most of them die. Nature says if you can’t keep up with the herd you’re lunch for some other animal. Nature says if you get too sick you die. Why can’t humans be more natural?
What makes us think we’re better than all the other animals on this planet?
I mean, I don’t know where to draw the line. Some people survive Cancer with medical help where nature would just kill them off. Should we be saving those people? Absolutely! But once you hit a certain point with Alzheimers or senility or just plain I’m done old age, shouldn’t there be a way to go gracefully? My Grandmother spent the last 10 years of her life afraid, wearing diapers, unable to feed herself or know who anyone was. Wouldn’t it have been better to let her go? What about people who are dying anyway? So many times we hear “all we can do now is make them comfortable by taking the pain away.”
Why can’t we have a place to go to get a happy little pill, say goodbye to our friends/family, get cozy and watch pretty pictures and drift off? The only part of Soylent Green that I liked by the way. OK, maybe some counseling to make sure people aren’t giving up too soon, but shouldn’t death be a person’s choice?
Why are we spending billions keeping people alive in prisons? Not just the money wasted on death penalty losers, if someone is spending the rest of their lives in prison, why? Why are we wasting resources on these people. Nature wouldn’t.
Maybe we should stop putting so much emphasis on how special humans are. We’re not. Maybe we’re more evolved than the next animal in the food chain, but I don’t think we’re any better.