This Just in: Still No Shortage of Star Wars Yoda Cakes – Geeky Cake of the Week
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009The world will run out of contestants for The Biggest Loser before it runs out of Yoda cakes. Which–I know–is saying a lot. Although you gotta figure that as long as there are Star Wars cakes and other treats of meteoric calorie count, there will be morbidly-obese reality-show-contestant wannabes. Such is the circle of life. [...]
My Little Pony Continues to Find the Force – Kooky Star Wars Tribute
Monday, December 22nd, 2008This brings to mind that timeless line from 1991′s Jean-Claude Van Damme clunker, Double Impact. No, not “Take your fancy clothes and your black silk underwear and go back to Disneyland.” The other timeless line. “There’s two of them!” Silly me for thinking that I had discovered the sole artist sculpting My Little Pony dolls [...]
This Star Wars Yoda Cake Is About Two Beers Away from the Dark Side – Geeky Cake of the Week
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008I’d use “placid” to characterize the appearances of most of the Yoda cakes that have appeared on the ‘lectric pages of this here internets blog. And maybe “constipated” for that one guy. But hardly a threatening countenance amongst the bunch. I get more of a nervous tingle from cross-dressing superheroes. But this one-foot-tall cake from [...]
Butter Yoda and Vader Sculptures Will Force-Choke You With Trans Fat – Kooky Star Wars Tribute
Friday, November 21st, 2008For some people, a 1,000-pound slab of butter makes for a great start to a bikini-model wrestling tournament. And some people see the raw material for a life-size sculpture of two iconic Star Wars figures. To each their own. To each their (lonely, virginal) own. From A Welsh View: Each year at the Tulsa State [...]
Yoda Cake with Delicious Green Guts – Geeky Cake of the Week
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008A good confectionery artisan knows that the best Star Wars cakes are a lot like Hasbro’s new, deluxe Millennium Falcon. They’re faithfully detailed on the outside, feature gratifying surprises on the inside, and are over two-and-a-half feet long from bow to stern! But, you know… two out of three ain’t bad. So we’ll give this [...]
The Top Five Unexpectedly Bad-Ass Geek Heroes
Monday, September 8th, 2008There are a handful of surefire ways to pander to geek fantasies. One involves Kristen Bell in a slave Leia bikini. (Well played, Fanboys.) Another involves an underdog character–underestimated because of his appearance and otherwise less-than-Alpha-Maleness–displaying heroic qualities, saving the day, finally getting noticed by the Girl, having the Girl find his expertise as a [...]
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