Everybody is sending me links to this spectacular cake, but none of them answer the question, "WHY?"
I mean, it could be for PZ Myers' birthday party, but that's almost 6 months away, and I never got an invitation; it could be for some member of the cephalopod cult's entry into manhood at 13; it could be for my wake, but I'm not dead yet. I am mystified as I marvel.
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...the times have been,
That, when the brains were out, the man would die,
And there an end; but now they rise again,
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Act 3, Scene 4
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