Our son received a joke book from our neighbour for his birthday. On the way home from the party, he read over half of them to us. Each joke was preceded by the challenge, “You’ll never get this one.”
Daddy got every one correct. Apparently, he was also once an eight-year-old boy.
I finally got one just as we rounded the corner to home.
My son, “What do a cow and a horse have in common?”
Me, “They’ve both been domesticated to serve the needs of man.”
I slay myself sometimes!
I like cake. I like to eat it and I like to bake it, but I LOVE to decorate it. Here are a few pictures of cakes I’ve made for birthday parties over the recent years:
The Star Wars cake was the boys’ request last year and is my personal favorite. The Ewok is a little wonky hanging off the side, but I made a figure for each of them and only later realized I had nowhere to put it! Continue reading
Posted in Cakes, Caught My Eye
Tagged Birthday, Birthday cake, Cake, cake decorating, Cake Wrecks, Ewok, Funny, Home
I am a notoriously late-adopter. As such, I have only recently joined the twitterverse. Even more recently, I learned the term twitterverse.
The list of people I follow isn’t very long; there are my writing friends, my friend friends, and publishers who I wish were my friends. I also follow a few people I think are hilarious. Yes, of course I mean you. Continue reading
Posted in Caught My Eye
Tagged Colbert, Colbert Report, Funny, Online Communities, Social Networking, Stephen Colbert, Twitter
Wrong Hands, cartoons by John Atkinson
I just spent a lot of time on his site and I’m not regretting it one bit.
He’s funny, he’s topical and he’s Canadian. You’re a triple threat John.
Posted in Caught My Eye
Tagged Canadian, Cartoons, Funny, John Atkinson, Wrong Hands
Escaping Elegance 