22 September 2025 @ 01:00 pm
Can I Quote You On That?  

Posted by Jen

Woohoo!! National Punctuation Day is coming!  

 You know what to do!

I stand corrected.

Bakers, contrary to popular belief, those curved thingies are not sideways "happy hugs" for your text; they're parentheses. But I'll make this easy for you: YOU WILL NEVER NEED PARENTHESES ON YOUR CAKES. So don't use them. Ever.

No, not even for a name in all caps.

 

And not for anniversaries, either.

 

Gosh. I bet "Mom" is really feeling like part of the family right now.

 

 Which brings me to my next point:

STOP IT WITH THE QUOTATION MARKS ALREADY.

 

Why are these numbers in quotes? Are they euphemisms or something? Are these people not really 13 and 59? And why does this keep happening, anyway?

 

Oh.

 

Thanks to Monica, Debb D., Tamara M.,  Alyssa V., Amy C., Rachel C., and Aurora C. for helping me cover parentheses and quotation marks. Tomorrow: COLONS! (You'll have to check back to see which kind.)

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P.S. And here's the official t-shirt of National Punctuation Day:

Punctuation Saves Lives

Proof that educating can also be entertaining!

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22 September 2025 @ 12:00 am
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21 September 2025 @ 01:00 pm
Sunday Sweets: Flights of Fancy  

Posted by Sharyn

Today, we're going to talk about the birds...

(By Viva la Tarta)

 

...and the bees.

(By Dlishcupcakes)

 

That's right! We're talking about Things that Fly!

(You look relieved. Why? What else would we talk about?)

There are kites:

(By Sweet Treats by Sandra)

 

...balloons in bunches:

(By Mutlu Dukkan)

 

...or filled with hot air:

(By K Noelle Cakes)

 

...and airplanes!

(by Gateau Delice)

 

Sometimes all at the same time:

(By That Baking Girl)

I'd make a kite/balloon/airplane joke here, but I think it'd go over your head.
:D

 

Let's see, what else?

There are dragonflies:

(By Joylicious Cakes)

 

...and dragons that fly:

(By La Torta Perfetta)

...which means they have to land somewhere.

 

Don't ever believe pigs can't fly.

(By Carlos Lischetti Sugar Art)

Heck, with enough thrust (or pixie dust) anything can fly.

 

All the way out of this world!

(By Cakey Cake)

 

In fact, if I could fly...

(By Alchemists of Cake)

...I think I'd Never Land.

Wouldn't that be Sweet?

 

Happy Sunday, everyone!

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P.S. Hang on, I can't believe we forgot butterflies!

I used this 84-pc butterfly set to make a gorgeous wreath for John's room, I know you crafters are gonna love them:

(3D Butterfly Wall Magnet Set)

They're double-sided and come with both magnets and stickers. Definitely browse the projects in the reviews, there are so many pretty ideas!

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19 September 2025 @ 07:00 pm
Fugs & Pieces, September 19 2025  

Posted by Jessica

Scams! Sales! Fact-checking! Great apartments! Celebrity babies! More Twilight?!?!?!

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19 September 2025 @ 01:00 pm
Hooray For Online Piracy!  

Posted by Jen

ARRRRRR, me mateys! Today be Talk Like a Pirate Day! So let's get starrrrted by going over arrr vocabularrrry with a quick pop quiz:

 

Q: Where are we going tonight?

A: To a BARRRRR. 

 Q: And what will we drink?

A. StARRRRla's Sangria!

 

 Q. How will we get to the bar?

A. In a cARRRRR!

 

Q. What will we play during Karaoke?

A. Air guitARRRRR.

 

Q. What do we call this ugly golf ball cake?

A. SubpARRRRR

 

Q. What do dinosaurs say?

A. RARRRRRR!

 

Q. And finally, who's on our pirate flag?

A. The Jolly RogARRRRR - but this scalawag looks like an impostARRRRR!

 
Thanks to Suzanne S., Beth C.,  Rock, John M., Kelly H., Adrienne D., and Paul & Storm, who I blatantly 
ripped off honored with today's post.

 
 
19 September 2025 @ 04:00 am
Phase Changes  
People looking for the gaps in our understanding where the meaning of consciousness or free will might hide often turn to quantum uncertainty or infinite cosmologies, as if we don't have breathtakingly complex emergent phenomena right there in our freezers.
 
 
19 September 2025 @ 12:00 am
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18 September 2025 @ 05:00 pm
Prabal Gurung Hopes You’ll Be Into Knee Ruffles Next Spring  

Posted by Heather

I can’t say that shortened mermaid hem is my favorite look, but some of the dresses here execute it in a lovely way — I’m thinking slide 12, 17, 18, 21 for example — and overall it’s better than the frocks and coats that actually cinch things at the knees. Do not make us waddle, […]

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18 September 2025 @ 01:00 pm
Ow.  

Posted by Jen

Presenting the world's most painful landing:

Or perhaps the world's most unfortunately shaped, colored, and placed mat logo.

Either way, I'm sure it made a real splash on the audience.

 

Beth C., would you care to join me in a casual crossing-of-the-legs?

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