MAR10 cookies (Thanks, Tessie!)
A woman in Florida bought a bunch of wrapping paper for Christmas at a dollar store and when she brought it home, she noticed that one of the rolls had swastikas on it. The manager of the store said the paper was made in China and he didn't know about the swastikas. Woman discovers swastika... More.
A 20-year old Shanghai woman of mixed race has sparked a discussion about race in China. Lou Jing is half black; she was raised by a Chinese mother and speaks and acts like any other Chinese girl. But when the aspiring TV anchor entered an American Idol-like contest and rapped on-stage, she attracte... More.
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Brian Lam showed me this amazing short video yesterday. It chronicles an encounter that National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen had with a giant leopard seal in Antarctica who, over the course of four days, fed penguins to his camera and tried to teach him how to catch prey. ... More.
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This reminds me of my brothers 16th birthday. He's a huge Metroid fan; he's played and beat every game, and replayed Metroid Prime 6 times. We frosted the morf-ball insignia onto his birthday cake. Damn it looked good.
Mario trifecta! Never seen that before...
call me a square, but my first thought upon seeing the headline was "martian."
Cute Mario!!
So will Sunday be Maris Day?
Hmm.. This is very nice, since I have not been seeing this since I was 10 years old. Good job.
If there is a way for us to know how to make it, that is even better.
1Up, 1Up, 1Up for you!
I've posted many more photos of "cute cooking" - including instructions on how to make them - on my blog:
http://cuteyummytime.wordpress.com/
And I've written a cookbook about this trend (Cute Yummy Time), coming out this November from Perigee/Penguin USA!
I'm a Mario Day purist. Mario Day existed long before Super Mario. He can be included, but it's not a gamer holiday as the Urban Dictionary claims. It's a global holiday for all Marios. Release your inner Mario!