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Disneyphile
10-19-2007, 02:48 PM
Just bought this at Costco for Ken for our first anniversary, since it's the "paper anniversary":

www.dangerousbookforboys.com

(Be sure to watch the trailer.)

It's like they took his brain and put it all down on paper. :D

From thumbing through it, just a few of the topics include:

Coin games
Magic tricks
How to build (various items, including catapults!)
Paper airplanes
History blurbs (especially various battles)
Short stories


And so much more. It's totally awesome! :snap:
ozron
10-19-2007, 02:57 PM
Okay, I have a nephew who totally needs this!
BDBopper
10-19-2007, 03:13 PM
Oh that's awesome! My Uncle and cousins would love that!
3894
10-19-2007, 03:14 PM
Yes! I love this book!:snap:
BarTopDancer
10-19-2007, 03:17 PM
Awesome!

It's already been a year? WOW time flies!
DreadPirateRoberts
10-19-2007, 03:19 PM
I got that for my son's 6th birthday. It's a fun book.
Disneyphile
10-19-2007, 03:33 PM
Ken's going to go absolutely nuts over it.

(It's a good thing his computer won't be hooked up to the 'net for a few more days. ;) )
BDBopper
10-19-2007, 03:42 PM
So do you still have the top of the wedding cake frozen, Teresa?

I've heard that is a common tradition.
Moonliner
10-19-2007, 03:44 PM
So do you still have the top of the wedding cake frozen, Teresa?

I've heard that is a common tradition.

Oh yeah, I remember doing that. God was it nasty.
Disneyphile
10-19-2007, 03:44 PM
So do you still have the top of the wedding cake frozen, Teresa? Nope. That got eaten at the wedding, because the cake was SO delicious, that everyone wanted a piece of each flavor! :D Seriously, I've never seen a queue for a cake like that, ever. We almost had to put a Wait Time sign at the end of it. ;)
Moonliner
10-19-2007, 03:46 PM
Nope. That got eaten at the wedding, because the cake was SO delicious, that everyone wanted a piece of each flavor! :D Seriously, I've never seen a queue for a cake like that, ever. We almost had to put a Wait Time sign at the end of it. ;)

Ken is one lucky bastard.
BDBopper
10-19-2007, 03:48 PM
Nope. That got eaten at the wedding, because the cake was SO delicious, that everyone wanted a piece of each flavor! :D Seriously, I've never seen a queue for a cake like that, ever. We almost had to put a Wait Time sign at the end of it. ;)

That's awesome! What flavor cake was it? I don't remember seeing what it looked like. Too bad I live over on the East Coast I would have loved to come and I feel honored that I was invited. It was so weird ending up up the coast in Washington when you were married but for a totally different occasion.
Disneyphile
10-19-2007, 04:01 PM
The cake, baked by GusGus (Kevy Baby's wife), consisted of 5 layers in 4 different flavors:

Chocolate-covered banana
Strawberry cheesecake
Dole Whip
Churro

;)
Kevy Baby
10-19-2007, 04:02 PM
That's awesome! What flavor cake was it? I don't remember seeing what it looked like. Too bad I live over on the East Coast I would have loved to come and I feel honored that I was invited. It was so weird ending up up the coast in Washington when you were married but for a totally different occasion. There were actually four flavors (my wife made the cake). I can't remember them all, but I know one of them was Churro flavor (the other three layers also had Disney tie-ins as did the entire wedding reception.

ETA: never mind - see above :)

ETAA: When GusGus made the cake, she made it to accommodate more than twice the number of people at the reception and they STILL ate it all!
Ponine
10-19-2007, 04:06 PM
I bought that book for my boys b-day in August. He wasnt nearly as thrilled as all of my co-wokers were, but none the less, a very cool book.
BarTopDancer
10-19-2007, 04:24 PM
It was a damn good cake!

We all sung a rousing rendition of Sweet Caroline in the queue for it to help pass the time!
innerSpaceman
10-19-2007, 04:46 PM
I only got 3 of the flavors ... and I'm still bummed I missed out on Chocolate-covered banana.
Kevy Baby
10-19-2007, 04:50 PM
We all sung a rousing rendition of Sweet Caroline in the queue for it to help pass the time!My favorite thing was "Goat Trick" around the BTMRR table.
BarTopDancer
10-19-2007, 04:59 PM
GOAT TABLE TRICK!!!!!!!!
Morrigoon
10-19-2007, 05:22 PM
Nope. That got eaten at the wedding, because the cake was SO delicious, that everyone wanted a piece of each flavor! :D Seriously, I've never seen a queue for a cake like that, ever. We almost had to put a Wait Time sign at the end of it. ;)

OMG, that would have been too funny!

Then iSm could move it and you could threaten to call security on him ;)
BDBopper
10-19-2007, 05:42 PM
The cake, baked by GusGus (Kevy Baby's wife), consisted of 5 layers in 4 different flavors:

Chocolate-covered banana
Strawberry cheesecake
Dole Whip
Churro

;)

HOLY COW...I JUST FAINTED! That sounds like the best cake ever made! I want a cake like that one day

And I am sorry for taking this thread wayyyyy off topic.
Alex
10-19-2007, 05:49 PM
Completely off topic, but we did the cake top thing with my first wedding (I had been completely unaware of it though).

And it was eaten on my first anniversary. By my mom. Shortly after I called her (on my first anniversary) to let her know I was getting divorced.
Moonliner
10-19-2007, 05:59 PM
Completely off topic, but we did the cake top thing with my first wedding (I had been completely unaware of it though).

And it was eaten on my first anniversary. By my mom. Shortly after I called her (on my first anniversary) to let her know I was getting divorced.

If it got you out of eating year old frozen cake, it was probably worth it.
Alex
10-19-2007, 06:25 PM
My mom says it wasn't bad. Maybe quality varies by cake type.
Not Afraid
10-19-2007, 06:29 PM
Ours was horrible! ickybad.

I've seen this book and, based on the look of it alone, I was tempted.
JWBear
10-19-2007, 06:43 PM
Friends of mine saved their top layer when they got married. On their first anniversary, they duly hauled it out of the freezer, unwrapped it, cut in to it, and found it was Styrofoam with frosting on it!
Kevy Baby
10-19-2007, 07:17 PM
If I remember correctly, Susan didn't want to keep the top layer (neither did I - year old cake does not sound appealing), but made a fresh cake for our 1st anniversary.
Prudence
10-19-2007, 07:41 PM
The lady who baked our cake bakes you another small one after the first year - included in the price. Which is good, because I doubt the fresh strawberries and Bavarian creme would have survived the freezer.
GusGus
10-19-2007, 08:47 PM
So, Teresa, do you want churro or chocolate covered banana?
BDBopper
10-19-2007, 09:03 PM
Why am I suddenly hungry for cake that I have never tried before?

I better step away before I drool all over this keyboard!
Disneyphile
10-19-2007, 09:17 PM
MmMmMm. Chocolate covered banana.... *drool*

Anyway, I told Ken he's forbidden to look at LoT for the next couple days. :evil:

The poor guy will probably toss and turn wondering what I'm hiding. ;)
GusGus
10-19-2007, 09:24 PM
My mom says it wasn't bad. Maybe quality varies by cake type.

It also has a lot to do with how you store it. I wrapped up my sister's last year and they said it was perfect.
GusGus
10-19-2007, 09:26 PM
Chocolate covered bananas it is. When is your house-warming?
GusGus
10-19-2007, 09:27 PM
Hey BDB-
Just give me a little advanced warning when you're coming to town...
Moonliner
10-19-2007, 09:28 PM
It also has a lot to do with how you store it. I wrapped up my sister's last year and they said it was perfect.

Wrapped up? Doh!
GusGus
10-19-2007, 09:31 PM
lol
BDBopper
10-19-2007, 09:31 PM
Hey BDB-
Just give me a little advanced warning when you're coming to town...

I'll be in touch for sure :D
Disneyphile
10-19-2007, 10:22 PM
Chocolate covered bananas it is. When is your house-warming?Oh my. You're serious!! :D :D :D

We're hoping to do the open house sometime during Thanksgiving weekend (possibly Black Friday to give people a chance to rest after shopping and enjoy a nice home-cooked meal). :)

I also just realized that we suck big time in the etiquette department. According to proper response, we should be mailing our thank you cards by tomorrow. :( They're so nice too! All custom-ordered and everything. Oh well, we'll be fashionably late, and maybe send them in place of Christmas cards this year.... or next. :rolleyes:
BDBopper
10-19-2007, 10:47 PM
Please don't feel bad Teresa!

I'm not as good with that either. I remember when I graduated High School back in '02 it took me a few months to get out my thank you notes (and some of them I did in Christmas cards). I should have been much more prompt.
Kevy Baby
10-20-2007, 08:25 AM
I also just realized that we suck big time in the etiquette department. According to proper response, we should be mailing our thank you cards by tomorrow.We've been married over ten years and we still haven't got all the thank you cards out (not that I think we will be getting any more out at this point).
libraryvixen
10-21-2007, 12:08 AM
about the book, awesome choice! B loves reading it and totally ignored the cover. She's learning about tying knots.
Disneyphile
10-21-2007, 12:13 AM
He's over at the old place, herding the cats.

I placed it on his pillow, since it's past midnight now. :D
innerSpaceman
10-21-2007, 09:56 AM
What book?


This is a thread about cake!
Kevy Baby
10-21-2007, 10:14 AM
This is a thread about cake!Thank you for keeping us on topic!

A funny irony about the cake: even though it was baked in my house and I transported it: I never got any :(
libraryvixen
10-21-2007, 02:07 PM
I'll take the bait on the cake. It was delicious and I can't believe it's been a year since I've had it!
innerSpaceman
10-21-2007, 02:36 PM
And I'll take the bait on the book. When I first glanced through it many many many months ago, I thought it was a charming throwback to the quintesstial boy pursuits of wistfully bygone yesteryear ... and never suspected it would become the pop touchstone and cultural megahit it managed to pull off.
Disneyphile
10-21-2007, 04:33 PM
Ken loves it! :) He's even learned a few things from it... I wonder if I should be worried. ;)