This week on the Get Geek Podcast: Doctor Who(of course, Tim’s getting LOST, horrible super mobiles, and much more.

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Barney Rubble- click to enlarge

This cake was created for a friend of mine to help celebrate a birthday.

The cake is a two layer, 10in chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting. The print is made from gum paste discs and the leaves were created using the large Wilton leaf tip.

Barney is hand drawn on a fondant disc and hand painted with edible ink.

The cake is dusted with green edible luster dust.

I enjoyed making this cake and it’s final destination was a motor-cross event outside of Portland, OR

Like I said in previous posts, my hardest thing to change is my diet. What did I eat today? Well I took my two flinstones gummy vitamins when I woke up haha. I had a cookie for breakfast (I know, reallllllly good for me). For dinner my boyfriend and I went to Old Chicago. I had 2 glasses of Dr. Pepper, 3 pieces of pizza, a couple pieces of appetizers, and a cookie. Later on tonight I had a piece of bread, a piece of pizza, some nerds, and some diet mt. dew. as you can see…nothing healthy! ha. ahhh I need to change this for sure. I have also taken my fish oil pill, my 2.5mg of lexapro and my 10mg of celexa.

The only big complaint I have about today is that my trich is really acting up. I cannot stop pulling my eyelashes and I look like a freak . It causes so much anxiety for me and I hate it. Ugh hopefully I will feel better tomorrow.

have a good night!

Apparently Seth MacFarlane, the guy responsible for ripping off The Simpsons with the highly successful Family Guy, has decided to rip off another classic TV show: The Flinstones.

See the full story on BBC News.

*GASP*! I have to admit, I am a huge fan of both American Dad! and Family Guy, but I am a little concerned about MacFarlane modernizing what could possibly be everyone’s favorite childhood show. I’ve seen a few episodes of the Family Guy spin-off, The Cleveland Show, and I’m not impressed. If MacFarlane can’t even successfully redo a series of his own, how is he supposed to redo the Hanna-Barbera classic?

Maybe I’m just jumping to the defence because I’m a huge Hanna-Barbera fan. But realistically, there have been so many reboots of TV shows and movies these days that I can’t imagine many people will be interested in watching ANOTHER one. And doesn’t the Cartoon Network still show Flinstones episodes? How awkward will that be? Imagine you’re flipping through channels to find classic Bedrock, then on another channel you find MacFarlane’s Bedrock.

I’m kind of against reboots, especially if the original was good. You know the adage, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”? Well, that’s exactly how I feel (to see worthy reboots, check out this article on cracked.com).

Anyways…I might be counting my chickens, because MacFarlane is a hilarious guy and he might actually do a good job. I guess we’ll wait for the pilot and THEN dissect it, like a freshman’s science project.

In the meantime, I’ll be enjoying Family Guy and American Dad! and I encourage you to do the same.

TTFN

Nik

Venus Above Reunion Island

Alps at Night

I would love to be able to take pictures like that! Friends of ours, Roland and Linda Beard, have a Parables of the Sky blog. Among other things, they observe and sketch the heavens from a biblical viewpoint. I don’t know how God created the beautiful heavens, I just know He did. And it’s awesome!

I remember sitting in our backyard at night with my dad. I was about six years old. He was explaining to me the difference between the red and blue stars. A horse in the neighboring yard behind us would persistently sway against the wooden fence. He wouldn’t stop until Dad gave him an apple. Maybe he wanted to be a part of our little science lesson. Or maybe he just wanted an apple. Either way, he got what he wanted.

Mom and Dad separated when I was seven.

My memories before the separation are generally vague, but there are some that stand out.

• A welcome letter from my Kindergarten teacher before school started. Miss McCann, your loving example inspired me to be a teacher!
• The little corner market selling glass bottles of Dr. Pepper that had a deliciously distinct flavor that you don’t taste in today’s Dr. Pepper. Dad liked Dr. Pepper.
• My beloved aqua and brown plaid dress that eventually became a shirt and had to be repaired by Aunt Bonnie and reinvented by Mom. Yes, I still have it.
• Waking up in the night to my little brother puking all over my back. To this day I don’t like beans.
• The house next to us that burned down one night. Not sure why, but I was afraid of my closet after that.
• My mom trying to cover the sounds of the ringing black rotary wall telephone with a cloth diaper. I guess she could have used an “Ignore” button back then!
• The day I discovered Band-Aids and how many boo-boos I actually had.
• A boy in school telling me I looked like a bear in my new hooded jacket. I never wore it again.
• My cousin, Beth, explaining to me that those were not trees on top of the mountains, but they were Indians. One was sitting down.
• The original Star Trek, the evening news about the Vietnam War (which scared me enough to dislike watching the news for several years), talk about a man named Neil Armstrong and his walk on the moon, a new show called Sesame Street, and the Flintstones. “I want to see Barney!” I would cry when mom told me it was time to take a nap. That was the only character name I could remember as I desperately tried to convince mom to let me skip the nap. But I think Mom really needed me to take a nap that day. It was intense sometimes between Dad and her.

When I was sitting and looking at the night sky with Dad, I was enveloped by the stars and galaxies. Neil Armstrong couldn’t hold a candle to my dad. I didn’t understand everything Dad was saying, but I hung onto his words.  I wonder if I had suspected he would be leaving. It didn’t matter, though, because that night was special. Maybe that’s one of the reasons I love the world at night and all of the nightly treasures in the sky. It reminds me of Dad.

~Kim

p.s. Thanks, Mom, for not letting that be one of my final memories with Dad and for allowing me the opportunity to have more discussions with him…some that I still don’t always completely understand

Officially reported by Deadline, MacFarlane and his awesome team have cleared with Fox that they will be creating a brand new stone-age family. What kind of inappropriate, absurd, disgusting, politically incorrect, controversial hijinx, can we expect? One can only dream so big. First episode is set to air sometime in 2013

Pulled pork sandwich & grilled turkey leg, Photo by: Alyssa Dawson

The food, admittedly, was not five-star culinary royalty, but for a quick bite in a theme park it was perfectly appropriate.  Grilling fresh to order at a counter service is pretty impressive, no?

The pulled pork sandwich was better than I’d expected: made with a fresh kaiser roll and slightly sweet barbecue sauce. They say food is the way to a man’s heart – well, a great barbecue sauce is the way to mine. So needless to say when I saw the turkey leg smothered in it, of course I ordered it. The skin was a bit tough, but the meat itself was juicy. And the kettle-style barbecue potato chips on the side were nice and crunchy and salty, so perfect for a day at the park.

When you’re at the park, though, take it from me and make sure you get a churro before you leave. Cinnamon, sugar, crisp bite and soft inside? Hello!

Any theme park nibbles you have to order as soon as you walk (or run in my case) through the front gates? Please do let me know! xx

30 Rock – XXX Parody
Cherry as Amy Reid

Lemon as Lisa Ann

Jenna as Ashlynn Brooke

Big Bang Theory – A XXX Parody
Penny as Ashlynn Brooke

Sex and the City XXX
Carrie as Kayla Paige

Samantha as Brittany Andrews

Charlotte as Bobbi Star

Miranda as Zoe Voss

That 70′s show XXX
Donna as Brooke Banner

Jackie as Misty Stone

Laurie as Ashlynn Brookes

Kitty as Rachel Love

True Blood – XXX Parody
Sookie as Ashlynn Brooke

Tara as Misty Stone

Not Married With Children – XXX Porn Parody
Peggy as Brittany O”Connel

Kelly as Kagney Lynn Karter

Scrubs – XXX Parody
Eliot as Ashlynn Brooke

Carla as Thea Marie

Batman – XXX Parody
Catwoman as Tori Black

Batgirl as Lexi Belle

Seinfeld – XXX Parody
Elaine as Kristina Rose

Flinstones – XXX Parody
Wilma as Hillary Scott

Pebbles as Hayden Flint

Betty as Brooke Lee Adams

Scooby Doo – XXX Parody
Daphne as Bree Olson

Velma as Bobbi Star

Avatar – XXX Parody
Grace as Nicky Hunger

Neytiri as Misty Stone

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The B vitamins have a few different functions that they have in the body.  In the body, B vitamins help out with energy metabolism, protein metabolism and DNA synthesis.  Some of the common B vitamins are Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, B6, Folate and B12.  My professor in class Thursday, told us that it all started with the discovery of niacin from the oxidation of nicotine.  Later on down the road, pellagra was seen to be linked with a niacin deficiency.  Pellagra shows up in the late stages of niacin deficiency and is commonly observed by the 4 D’s.  The 4 D’s are dermatitis(a thick skin rash that only developes around areas exposed to sunlight), diarrhea which leads to malnutrition, dementia, and finally death.  So all in all, not a fun disease to have!  The recommended daily dosage for niacin is 16 NE/d for men and 14 NE/d for women.  The NE means niacin equivalent.  Also if you didn’t intake any niacin, tryptophan can be substituted in.  1 NE/d = 1 mg Niacin = 60 mg of trpytophan.

So guys, I think I am going to continue posting these vitamin posts in a series.  So either later today or Monday I will post another vitamin for y’all to read about!  Reason being I can’t do it tomorrow, is that I will be at my grandparents and they don’t have internet.  Have a great weekend and take it easy!