Those of you who enjoy fiddling with the essential oils display at The Body Shop will want to take the jump for ideas. (Yes, Mr. H. That means you.) more...

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Dude.

This being unable to sleep at three-fifteen a.m. thing sucks.

But seriously, folks.

It really, really sucks. I would like to sleep. I actually was asleep. Then I woke up because I was thirsty. I procured a glass of water and now, for some STRANGE REASON, I'm delineating this for all of you because I couldn't get back to sleep and I needed something to do.

How badly does my life suck right about now? Eh? Eh?

On second thought, don't answer that.

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The Ministry of Magic has excellent casting news.

Yes, that's right, my devoted Cake Eater readers, I drank the pumpkin juice.

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Robbo's chatting about Shroedinger's Cat throwing shadows on Plato's Cave.

Or sumtin' like that.

Shoot on over and read.

In good news, I think I've found the husband a reasonably priced Valentine's Day present!

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Tips for the hostess with the mostest after the jump!

Just a hint, but having servants apparently helps greatly.

{Part One} more...

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Finally someone pegs Greenspan correctly.

One of the knocks I’ve heard on Bernanke is that he is, ironically, too plainspoken—that is, too easily understood. Much of Greenspan’s success can be attributed to his foggy, quasi-Zen-like pronouncements which, to me at least, often recalled Peter Sellers’ Chauncey Gardiner in Being There. There was a soothing potentially deep confusion to them—as if Yoda had taken a dose of LSD and suddenly whipped out an abacus.

Oh, Alan, we will miss thee.

You can go read the rest if you want. Me? I've just been visited by Mr. Chesterfield: I'm satisfied.

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Punk ass Opinion Journal is behind the times. And they got beat by a stay at home mom in Omaha.

{Insert Nelson Mundt HA-ha here}

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There's a rather large catchall section at the back end of the book---today, we're going to cover table etiquette.

Take the jump if you're dying to know why it's considered rude to blow on your food. more...

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Yep.

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Brrrr.

{...}Brillstein-Grey Entertainment literary manager Kassie Evashevski, who represented the author of "A Million Little Pieces" for more than four years, said she's not representing him anymore because of his tall tales.

"In the last week, it became impossible for me to maintain a relationship once the trust had been broken," Evashevski told Publisher Weekly for a story on Tuesday. "He eventually did apologize, but I felt for many reasons I had to let him go as a client."{...}

Putting aside the issue of Frey's lying for a secong, let's see precisely what the business angle is here. How much money did she and her agency make off Frey? Somewhere between 10-15% of the net of any royalties he gets---if not more---and that's after advances, options and the like. Methinks this has more to do with the fact that Warner Brothers is rethinking making the book into a movie. That's why they're dumping him, not because of any "trust" issues. They've gotten their money out of him, and will keep collecting money from any new sales, but that's all they're willing to do for him. Which is shitty, if you ask me. Yes, it's the real world, but damn. The guy did, after all, make you a boatload of cash. You could at least stick by him until the storm blows over and then dump him quietly.

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The Cake Eater Sister, Christi, sends this email along:

I have lately been bombarded with commercials advertising Curious George. I love George and so do the kids. It is done by Ron Howard, so you would think he is on the up and up...but, i have one huge gripe...on the commercial, there is an astounded "Man With the Yellow Hat" saying to George,"You followed me all the way from Africa?"

Okay, okay, do we really need to coddle our youth of today that much? Really, now, we can't tell the little kids that the nice man with the yellow hat really captured George to bring him back to a zoo in the United States?

Here's the trailer which has the offensive, coddling, politcally correct line that Christi's talking about. Although, it looks like more than just a line, but rather an extensive change in plot. Replete with a boat named the "H.A. Rey."

Christi then requests that I should do some research about this and "blow Ron out of the water" but I don't really think that's necessary at all as she covers the bases quite nicely.

Feel free to add your angst to hers, my devoted Cake Eater readers. That's what the comments section is for.

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If December is the delightful cocktail you just can't get enough of, January is the hangover.

Am I ever glad to be rid of this bloody hangover.

Hurrah for February!

UPDATE: And, yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm plagiarizing someone with this observation, but damned if I know---or care---who it is.

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