A Meat and Potatoes Kinda Girl

The Blackwidow and a co-worker were discussing what he wanted for his wedding, and they came up with the idea of a meat cake. The Blackwidow did a test cake and here it is, The Manly Man Cake:

Okay, see, this bears some explanation. A coworker is getting married next week, and we were talking about wedding cakes (I had just done one for two friends of mine). He asked if I could do one for him - totally joking of course. "Oh, sure, what kind of chef are you that you can't pump out a wedding cake on just two weeks notice??" He went on to describe his ultimate wedding cake. "I hate that wedding cakes are all girly. There should be like a groom cake to go with the traditional wedding cake. A guy's cake. Like..made out of meat."

A lightbulb went off in my mind. "I could TOTALLY do that," I exclaimed. "A meatloaf! With mashed potato frosting! OH MY GOD!"

"Yeah!" He was catching on. "And like, gravy between the layers and melted cheese for the writing!"

"Hmmmm. No, ketchup glaze," I decided. "I am so totally going to do this," I suddenly realized.

So today I did. Here's how it went down:

The first thing I needed was the meatloaf. I make a pretty yummy meatloaf, but I never make it the same way twice. I knew I needed a dryer meatloaf, so I would need a lot of breadcrumbs. Into a bowl, I mixed:
6 # hamburger, 80% lean
3 large AA eggs
2 TB minced garlic
1 TB minced dried onion
1 TB basil
2c bread crumbs
2 TB kosher salt

Could You Pass the Third Grade

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I Bought It On Ebay

Almost Made It Across

This guy walks across 16 lanes of highway with tons of traffic, guess what finally happens on the very last lane?

It is Good Enough For Me Too

C Is For Cookie:

Needs More Ketchup

Michael Gradziel and friends made a 29.75 pound burger.

Find more pictures and information about this BIG burger at http://mjgradziel.com/burger/giant_burger.html.

On a specially constructed balance, the uncooked burger weighed in at seventeen pounds. The specially baked buns were seven pounds each. The assembled burger weighed 29.75 pounds, with a pound of bacon, two pounds of cheese, grilled onions and portabella mushrooms, avocados, tomatoes, lettuce, mustard, ketchup, and a giant toothpick through the center with deli pickles on top. The buns were baked on a pizza pan with a custom-fitted steel ring around the edge. Grilling occurred on a specially built turnover fixture with a brazed steel lid made from leftover material from the big round fish tank. Weeks of testing and preparation identified the best recipes and techniques and the resulting creation was not only big and unbelievably real-looking but also of exquisite flavor. With a Columbian machete from The Strand in Galveston, the burger was divided into portions several pounds each and slowly consumed. The room got quiet, people started to fall asleep, and just for a moment the world seemed absolutely perfect.

Stop Bitchin and Get Back to Work

Boss Bitchin is a social website where users can post rants about their boss and then other users can rate the awfulness of their situation, etc. You can also catergorize your boss using one of the catergories below:

The Credit Stealer

This boss loves taking credit for her (his) staff’s work as her (his) own. When the going she (he) finds one of her (his) staff to blame even if it is her (his) fault.

The Credit Stealer is a master at deceiving her (his) superiors into thinking that she (he) is brilliant. She (he) manipulates every good outcome to make it look like she (he) initiated it. She (he) never gives credit. This boss is dangerous since you can get fired if she (he) thinks it will save her (his) job.


The Criticizer

This boss doesn’t like any ideas. He (she) only likes his (her) own. If you have a creative approach or a different way of doing something or a new suggestion, the criticizer will knock you down. He (she) has never heard an idea he (she) likes that wasn’t his (her) own.

His (her) mission is to disagree with anything that is said. He (she) likes to be right, no matter what. The Criticizer will never give you positive feedback but will always jump on your mistake. His (her) favourite saying is “Bad idea.”


The Insensitive

This boss has no idea that anyone else has feelings. She (he) says whatever she (he) wants whenever she (he) wants and as far as she (he) is concerned she (he) is allowed since she (he) is the boss. There is no filter or good judgment with her (him).

The notion of being politically correct or keeping some thoughts to oneself are not something she (he) practices. The Insensitive crosses the line when it comes to being offensive. As far as she (he) is concerned the staff is too delicate and should toughen up.


The Micro Manager

This boss does not trust any of the staff. His (her) base belief is that none of the staff know what they are doing. The Micro Manager must watch his (her) staff’s every move. This boss will rummage through his (her) staff’s desk to find out information.

Trust in his (her) staff is practically non-existent. He (she) must know at all times what the staff is working on. If staff is on lunch or break then this boss keeps a strict eye on the clock and scolds his (her) staff for lateness as miniscule as a minute.


The Tyrant

This boss is a ruler who exercises power in a harsh, cruel manner. She (he) does not care about her (his) staff. Her (his) main goal is to get the job done. If the staff has to stay late and work in unreasonable conditions that is not an issue. The Tyrant’s mantra is “the staff should be lucky that I don’t fire them”.

Her (his) staff hates most of these types of bosses, but the Tyrant has no idea why that is. It can happen that staff leaves in droves due to this boss and the staff makes it known that is because of the boss’ attitude. Even if this happens the boss is usually in denial and blames other reasons not her (his) attitude.


All Purpose Asshole

As noted above, we have created 5 specific boss types. The All Purpose Asshole has been created as a catchall for all of those situations that do not fall neatly into any of the above categories.

Some of the boss behaviours that fall into this category are:

* Delegating all of his (her) work, but taking all of the credit for the accomplishments,
* Acting pessimistic about everything – nothing that anyone does will ever work, everyone is doomed to failure
* Having annoying habits such as snapping his (her) fingers when he (she) wants something
* Obsessive compulsiveness

I once had a boss who was 5 out of the 6. He was a real prick. I wish this site was around then, I would have made it to the most popular page for sure.

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Obsessive Complusive Cat Flushing the Toilet

Cat obsessively keeps flushing the toilet over and over again

Tornado Chasers Get Chased

Tornado Chasers see a tornado form right in front of their eyes:

Last Name Popularity

PBS has a page that will show you how common your last name is in the U.S. Smith is #1, and mine is #36, what is yours?

In Case You Were Wondering

Is it Friday?

A Scream For The Ages

It all started with a scream in 1953.

The Wilhelm Scream Compilation:

Creative Use of Eight Treadmills

Ok Go - Here It Goes Again

Look Like You Are Really Doing Work, At Work

Don't you hate it when you are sitting at your desk reading a website when your boss (or tattletale co-worker) comes up behind you to see your non-work on your computer screen.
WorkFriendly is a site that can help you read a site online but to the unsuspecting passer-by it looks like you have a word document up on your screen. Just type in whatever url you want to visit into the box and a window will pop-up with the site. The pop-up window will only show text and link and does mess up the formatting of some sites, but it does the trick when you want to catch-up on reading your favorite blogs.

Make Yourself A Simpson

ABC Arcade has a Simpons Maker where you can create your own animated character. After you make your character you can print it out with a message OR if you have a printscreen tool (like I do!) and are bored (like I AM!) you can save your creation as an image.


Everytime I look at this, I want a doughnut!

Need to Look Popular Enough for Someone to Call Your Cell

The Popularity Dialer will allow you schedule a pre-recorded phone call ahead of time, or just allow you to play a prank on a friend.

With "The Popularity Dialer", you can plan ahead. Via a web interface, you can choose to have your phone called at a particular time (or several times). At the elected time, your phone will be dialed and you will hear a prerecorded message that's one half of a conversation. Thus, you will be prompted to have a fake conversation and will easily fool those around you.

Click on the options below to listen to the call you will receive when you use the dialer:

1)The original popularity call (male voice)
2)The popularity call II (female voice)
3)The affirmation call
4)The boss call

Sharing the Bed

Show Off

Guy steps out of car doing donuts & gets run over. Darwin Award Winner.