Sharing a famous birthday
I just found out that I share a birthday with Fidel Castro. Seems he's spending the weeks leading up to his birthday in recovery after surgery while his brother runs the country. Hmm. I don't have a brother. To whom am I going to leave my small island country when I'm recoving from surgery? Anyone want to give me a small island country for my birthday? (Preferably one without a shady U.S. detention camp.)
posted by jared @ 8/01/2006
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16 Comments:
I would be more than happy to run your small island country for you. And I absolutely promise I won't overthrow the government and seize power while you're in a weakened condition. Really. You can trust me. ;-)
After all....I'm a nice girl, right?
man... you are NOT nice.
And I like that about you. :)
I was talking about jen
Thanks, Paul. I'll take that as a compliment...of sorts. Though I think I broke Jared's heart when I said that in my new not-nice state, I wouldn't bake Snickerdoodles. So I may have to be nice occasionally. ;-)
I will run the country for you Jared. I am fun, but not nice at all. I've never even attempted to make a snickerdoodle...but I will provide your small island with cherry cream cheese tarts. Oh, and I will give the throne back to you when you recover, I have my own small island to take care of.
I think we need to have a bake-off to see who is the nicest, er, not-nicest. I'll be the judge. Send your submissions to me by Sunday. :-)
...and a "nice" girl might just send you some goodies. Shame for you that you don't know any nice girls!
I'd be more than happy to bake for you Jared, but you have to come here! Oh, and bring Jennifer...
Oh my....I think I'm feeling intimidated by the prospect of facing cherry cream cheese tarts in a bake-off. What does the winner get, Jared? Your island?
Oooh! We could do this Iron Chef style, where Jared picks some random ingredient and we have one hour to make something yummy (or edible, depending on our skill level) with that ingredient. Then Jared has to eat it, no matter how questionable it looks. That would be a fun bake-off.
Mandie: I would love to come visit you with Jared. I too am easily persuaded by food. But Texas is awfully far away....
Alright Jennifer, Texas might be far away, but it's not as far as Italy, and you were willing to come to dinner there...
I don't think any of my cooking will be worth a competition against your cooking, a little bird told me you were a great cook...and while I do agree that Jared is a wonderful prize, I'll let you have him, no matter how the snickerdoodles taste. I've had my own prize for 6 years now, and am not looking to trade him for anything!
I like the idea of cooking something that Jared will have to eat no matter what...that could be fun!
Jared, is this blog your attempt to subtly remind people that your birthday is this weekend??
Oh, is my birthday this weekend? Well, I guess it is. I bet fresh baked cookies, tarts and other confections would be an appropriate thing to bring to the party. Email me or Carrie if you haven't gotten the invite yet.
Actually a little birdie told me that strawberry cake with strawberry icing was somebody's favorite. You two can have a bake off to see which cake Jared loves best. Just make sure you bring them to the party on Saturday :):)
Mandie: Good point. Texas is a lot closer than Italy, and I do have tentative dinner plans in the latter. But I've always wanted to visit Italy. I can't say that I've had the same wistful longing to visit Texas.
I'm glad to know there's a rumor going about that I'm a great cook. But you know rumors. They tend to be exaggerated. After all, that little birdy has never actually tasted my Snickerdoodles, he is judging them merely on reputation.
As far as making Jared eat whatever we cook him....it definitely would be fun, but we can't poison him, okay? And I'm glad to know that whoever wins the bakeoff, I get to keep Jared. I agree that he is a wonderful prize.
Jared, is your birthday this weekend??? ;-) I never got an email. Where's Strouds Run, anyway? And did you just invite tarts to your party????
Carrie: I think I'd best decline any bakeoff involving cakes--especially if they are to be judged for visual appeal. My last one, do to poor construction, actually partially collapsed. It tasted great, but looked like a six year old made it.
HEY - ARE YOU CALLING ME A TART??
Mandie: Me or Jared? Jared was the one who suggested bringing tarts to his party.... Ooohhh....I think I just got one of us in trouble, and I'm not sure which one. I am SO not a nice girl...
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