I thunbing through some posts are Boing Boing and saw a different picture of some science themed cookies. I followed that link to Not So Humble Pie and there were several more cookies there including these lab mice and the science guys below. They are a hoot, at least I thought so.
The Telegraph had some cake decoration failures on line. Here's the one that made me laugh. I can see a nice icing carrot on some carrot cake. The local Old Country Buffet makes a great carrot cake and they have little carrots on each square. I just don't know what they were thinking when they stuck some babies on top. Babies with mohawks on them. Who makes babies with mohawks and thinks that's a thing we need as a society. If it was just to make us laugh, that would be one thing, but you know it isn't. They do look pretty happy though, riding their giant carrots. People, you gotta love 'em, 'cause you can't stab 'em all. Be sure to check out the other baby cake. That's a weird one. I don't know if it's more funny than disturbing, but it would make a great conversation
stopper piece.
I just finished watching the dvd of Motorama. The director, Barry Shils only directed two films and the other is Wigstock, some sort of documentary about big hair. Shils was also a producer for Larry Cohen in the 80's. The writer on Motorama, Joseph Minion, wrote After Hours which Martin Scorsese directed. I don't care for After Hours, something about it made me never want to watch it again. I do like Motorama, this is my third copy. I taped it off of tv, later found a prerecord VHS and now I have the dvd. None of them is letterboxed, me so sad. Even though Drew Barrymore is so huge on the box, she is only in it for a brief minute or two. There are a ton of cameos.
The story is pretty simple, 10 year old Gus runs away from his abusive home, stealing a red Mustang as his getaway car. He has some adventures, a chathartic dream sequence, and he's delivered to a safe haven in the third act. Our Gus is a resourceful boy, making leg extentions to work the pedals of the car, but he's not knowledgeable 'nuff to keep out o' trouble. The title of the film comes from a contest. A gas company has a game, collect the cards, spell out Motorama and be eligible for a $500,000,000 prize. That is the trouble, needing more of those cards propells Gus all over, going from gas station to gas station looking for more cards. I know about that kind of shit, just three more to go, just two more, one more. Gus is ten and he acts like one, even though he's being thrown into adult situations, but this is not a kids movie, it's got some bare titties in it. Watch out. I do like the lesson to be learned about obsessive collecting. There's something primal in collecting. Watch out.
It's not a movie for everyone, the opinions on IMDb and other reviews are varied, some vicious, some real exuberant. I think it's a pretty good first movie, and you'd have to say it's an art house or cult type of movie if you were having to describe it to someone. It's not that scary, there are a bunch of things happening and it has a happy ending, and Drew is pretty cute.
I went in to work this morning and since it was April Fools Day Joni made a fun cake. She emailed the receipt to everyone in the dapartment so I don't think she would mind me sharing it with you. Besides it gives you a break from me talking about movies.
CAT LITTER CAKE RECIPE
1 box spice or German chocolate cake mix
1 box of white cake mix
1 package white sandwich cookies
1 large package vanilla instant pudding mix
A few drops green food coloring
12 small Tootsie Rolls or equivalent
SERVING "DISHES AND UTENSILS"
1 NEW cat-litter box
1 NEW cat-litter box liner
1 NEW pooper scooper
Prepare and bake cake mixes, according to directions, in any size pan.
Prepare pudding and chill. Crumble cookies in small batches in blender or
food processor. Add a few drops of green food coloring to 1 cup ( I
suggest 1/3 cup only) of cookie crumbs. Mix with a fork or shake in a jar.
Set aside.
When cakes are at room temperature, crumble them into a large bowl. Toss
with half of the remaining cookie crumbs and enough pudding to make the
mixture moist but not soggy. Place liner in litter box and pour in
mixture.
Unwrap 3 Tootsie Rolls and heat in a microwave until soft and pliable.
Shape the blunt ends into slightly curved points. Repeat with three more
rolls. Bury the rolls decoratively in the cake mixture. Sprinkle remaining
white cookie crumbs over the mixture, then scatter green crumbs lightly
over top.
Heat 5 more Tootsie Rolls until almost melted. Scrape them on top of the
cake and sprinkle with crumbs from the litter box. Heat the remaining
Tootsie Roll until pliable and hang it over the edge of the box. Place box
on a sheet of newspaper and serve with scooper. Enjoy!
