2||0|2187|0| 0|0|0|||1||Holiday Observances|Gryphon||23:52:08|12/29/2013|Every year on December 29%2C I make cupcakes with homemade pink buttercream frosting. Here are this year%27s.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FBctOeaNIMAAI4Vp.jpg%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bhr%5D%0D%0A%0D%0ACome up screaming%0D%0ACome up screaming%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27ve never seen you look like this without a reason%0D%0AAnother promise fallen through%2C another season passes by you%0D%0AI never took the smile away from anybody%27s face%0D%0AAnd that%27s a desperate way to look for someone who is still a child%0D%0AIn a big country dreams stay with you%0D%0ALike a lover%27s voice fires the mountainside%0D%0AStay alive%0D%0A%0D%0AI thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered%0D%0ABut you can%27t stay here with every single hope you had shattered%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m not expecting to grow flowers in a desert%0D%0ABut I can live and breathe and see the sun in wintertime%0D%0AIn a big country dreams stay with you%0D%0ALike a lover%27s voice fires the mountainside%0D%0AStay alive%0D%0AIn a big country dreams stay with you%0D%0ALike a lover%27s voice fires the mountainside%0D%0AStay alive%0D%0A%0D%0ASo take that look out of here%2C it doesn%27t fit you%0D%0ABecause it%27s happened doesn%27t mean you%27ve been discarded%0D%0APull up your head off the floor%2C come up screaming%0D%0ACry out for everything you ever might%27ve wanted%0D%0AI thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered%0D%0ABut you can%27t stay here with every single hope you had shattered%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m not expecting to grow flowers in a desert%0D%0ABut I can live and breathe and see the sun in wintertime%0D%0AIn a big country dreams stay with you%0D%0ALike a lover%27s voice fires the mountainside%0D%0AStay alive%0D%0A%0D%0AIn a big country dreams stay with you%0D%0ALike a lover%27s voice fires the mountainside%0D%0AStay alive%0D%0AIn a big country dreams stay with you%0D%0ALike a lover%27s voice fires the mountainside%0D%0AStay alive%0D%0A%0D%0A - Big Country%0D%0A%22In a Big Country%22%0D%0A%5Bi%5DThe Crossing%5B%2Fi%5D %281982%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bhr%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AThis year%2C I think Utena%27s met someone whose life%27s lessons parallel her own story%27s resonance with that song%27s bridge. I look forward to exploring that connection in the next.%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C did anyone notice today%27s holiday banner redeco%3F I thought of it %5Bi%5Dbefore%5B%2Fi%5D the day after the holiday it%27s for%2C for once in my life. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 1|1|0|||1||RE%3A Holiday Observances|Pasha||00:02:38|12/30/2013|%0D%0A%3EAlso%2C did anyone notice today%27s holiday banner redeco%3F I thought of %0D%0A%3Eit %5Bi%5Dbefore%5B%2Fi%5D the day after the holiday it%27s for%2C for once in my %0D%0A%3Elife. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AI did%21 And then it made me realize wtf you were talking about on twitter re%3A cupcakes.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m occasionally not very bright.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0A-Pasha%0D%0A%22Don%27t change the subject%22%0D%0A%22Too slow%2C already did.%22 2|1|0|||||RE%3A Holiday Observances|MuninsFire||13:03:54|12/30/2013|Those look pretty tasty...%0D%0A%0D%0AWent to a friend%27s party on Friday night that was%2C quote%2C %22Manly themed%21%22 which seemed for the most part to revolve around flannel and beards.%0D%0A%0D%0AMy contribution to the festivities was a dozen or so meat cupcakes--line a muffin tin with bacon%2C add meatloaf%2C bake%3B create mashed potatoes %28the old fashioned way%29%3B frost item A with item B and then finish %27em under a broiler when at the venue.%0D%0A%0D%0AThey came out marvelously%2C though the one problem was that after people ate them%2C they were too full for eating the other goodies for a while.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27ll have to see if I can dig up any pictures.