Robert Paterson's Weblog

But I still have Hope

Thanks Will - Made my day

What's a cat to do in this freezing weather?

Look at what she is watching too

F*** Winter

For all of us who are tired of winter - I give you this

Fruitcake - Research

I love fruitcake - light or dark. This year Robin baked up a few and we sent them to some of our longstanding clients. They all told me that they loved them - the cakes I mean.

So help me out here. I was trolling the web and now I understand that Fruitcake is a despised item in America. Robin offered to bake one for our daughter's wedding - her response "Mummy everyone hates fruit cake!" (Wikipedia)

In the United States, the fruitcake has been a ridiculed dessert. Some blame the beginning of this trend with Tonight Show host Johnny Carson.^[2] He would joke that there really is only one fruitcake in the world, passed from family to family. Carson is no longer alive but the tradition lived on with "The Fruitcake Lady" (Marie Rudisill), who made appearances on the show and offered her "fruitcake" opinions.

For the last twelve years over 500 people have shown up in Manitou Springs, Colorado each January for the Great Fruitcake Toss. "We encourage the use of recycled fruitcakes", says Leslie Lewis of the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce. The all-time Great Fruitcake Toss record is 1,420 feet, set in January 2007 by a group of eight Boeing engineers, who built the Omega 380, a mock artillery piece fueled by compressed air, pumped by an exercise bike.

So is fruitcake doomed? Or is it the fact that most have never had a homemade one and hence have not experienced a good one - like frozen OJ versus freshly squeezed?

Please let me know.

Romance - Marriage - Divorce - It's a horse race

I have been very serious recently. Here is a very very very funny piece about a very serious part of life

Download HorseRace.mp3

My Favorite Wagnerian Opera

Talking about "The War" - I cannot resist

Crotchy gets lots of Diggs - over 500 and counting

Digg Crotchy here

If you think Pownce is Hot - you haven't seen Crotchy

This may not be work safe - 500,000 views on launch day

My kind of medicine!