One more day . . .
Actually, I begin cooking today. I need work to go by really quickly today so that I can finish my shopping and take a quick pass through Sur La Table and get the cake pans that I need.
Since I’m an over-baker and use Thanksgiving as an excuse to make desserts that I know I have no business eating during the regular course of the year, I had the brilliant idea to smaller cakes and pies. I thought of making little bundt cakes in different flavors, but my, do I love a good layer cake. Something about those multiple layers of frosting that does it for me. But I digress.
If I make smaller cakes, we have a better chance of actually finishing them, and I don’t have as many ominous leftovers sitting around in the days to follow, daring me to eat them. For the record, I have a hard time resisting a good dare.
The dessert menu might be (depending on my mood):
(Small) Red velvet cake
(Small) Lemon coconut cake (my mom’s fave — and now she’s added a lemon filling to the request. Not that she’s the one shopping for, or cooking any of this, mind you. But there again, a digression)
(Small) Apple pie
(Small) Pound cake (my dad’s fave. He didn’t request it, but he’s such a good guy that I have to make him happy. Can ya tell I’m a daddy’s girl? 
)
Am I missing anything? Don’t hesitate to comment if you have any protests. Not that I’ll change the menu, but it’s nice to hear an opinion (and also nice to know that people actually read this blog!)
And now for the gossip item du jour . . .
So, on my quest for pop culture gossip, I stumbled across the news item surrounding Kelly Ripa and Clay Aiken. Apparently, when Clay Aiken was guest hosting for Regis, he had trouble getting a word in edgewise with Kelly, so he found it appropriate to just put his hand over Kelly’s mouth to quiet her. She didn’t take it well, and said something like “That’s a no no! I don’t know where that hand’s been, honey!”
Now, Rosie O’Donnell has decided that Kelly’s behavior was homophobic, and has waged a verbal war. Kelly’s not backing down, which is what I love
Interesting points:
1. Clay is lucky that Kelly didn’t respond with an open-handed slap in the mouth. How disgusting and rude is it to place your hand over someone’s mouth while they’re talking???? WTF? Was he raised by wolves in back-ass-wherever-the-fuck he’s from? Even at my age, I’m sure my mother would give me a good spanking if she EVER caught me doing something like that. And she would be completely justified.
2. Clay Aiken has never openly admitted that he was gay (although if have one glass eye, and you’re half blind in the other, it’s not too difficult to tell. Especially with that ‘do.) I’m not sure if he should be more upset with himself (for being rude), Kelly (for verbally lambasting him on TV), or Rosie (who solidified his sexual preference, and can never seem to find it in her heart to shut the hell up).
3. Rosie is always on her high horse about someone’s perceived homophobia. She gets the Shut Up, Bitch award of the week.
