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y divorcing often causing harm to their children that s because so many in their congregations have been divorced and preaching against divorce might cause some to leave and take their contributions with them cal i couldn t have said it better myself http www courier journal com article 20090407 opin ion04 904070332 1054 opini on leave a comment posted in conservatism gay marriage tagged cal thomas conservatism gay marriage homosexuality a wish for a safe world posted on march 13 2009 5 comments my son is gay 8th grade boys who are happily and comfortably out of the closet are pretty rare so he serves as a sort of unofficial model for the kids at school demonstrating for them daily by his mere existence that being gay is just another way of being human and nothing to get upset or angry about in large part because of my son s openness at school and the relative lack of negativity he s received from kids or adults a friend of his let s call him c decided it would be safe for him to come out too one huge difference between them is the fact that c s dad is extremely homophobic but he figured his dad would be angry at first and then get over it so c came out at school and at home and his dad left i don t mean he left the room he left the house he left his marriage he left his family when this happened c tried to fix the situation by recanting on his admission no he said i m not gay after all i don t know what came over me and his dad came back but it didn t last long c had tasted the freedom of being his authentic self of being able to talk freely to my son and his other friends about who he is and who he likes and what he wants from life after a few days c came back out at home and his dad left apparently his dad isn t planning to return to his home as long as he has a gay son living there of course i don t know what the parents marital status was before this maybe it was shaky anyway and he was looking for an excuse to leave but i can t pull together the words to describe how tragic i consider this situation a bright handsome talented young man will carry with him the rest of his life the conviction that he caused the breakup of his family a husband and father is so overwhelmed by hatred and disgust for something that he won t even try to understand that he rejects his own son and by association his wife and other children the other family members must try to cope and sort out their own thoughts and emotions as they re pulled in opposite directions by people they love i do not cannot understand the father s actions i want to go to the mother and beg her to support her son and love him no matter what i want to offer the boy refuge i want the world to be safe for my son and for c and for the countless gblt boys and girls who are sitting in middle school or high school or college today and concentrating not on their classes but on how to tell their families and friends their most private secret so they can finally finally be themselves 5 comments posted in children family glbt issues homosexuality tagged family gay youth glbt homosexuality parenthood wow posted on march 4 2009 1 comment today i watched an ultrasound of my son s heart it was a follow up standard thing as part of making a decision about surgery on his sternum to correct his combination pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum the last time i was in a room with an ultrasound machine i was pregnant with the boy who was now lying on the table watching his tiny heart beat inside him inside me now that heart pumps blood for a 6 foot tall almost man who is still and will always be my baby the doctor pointed out valves chambers and blood flow it was all very cool and also for me not exactly a spiritual moment but a wow moment my boy his actual heart right there on the screen valves rhythmically opening and closing blood flowing in and being pumped out a chunk of untiring muscle that keeps alive one of the people i love best in the world wow 1 comment posted in children family health love parenthood tagged children family heart parenthood ultrasound wedding cake part 2 posted on february 15 2009 4 comments about 8 hours that s how long it took me to make the wedding cake from beginning to mix through placing the final flower it was a wonderful adventure that has left me immensely happy and satisfied yesterday around lunchtime i started baking the layers two great tips that i got online proved helpful to prevent the cake from sticking to the pan cut a parchment paper or waxed paper circle to fit the bottom spray the entire pan with nonstick cooking spray place the paper circle in the bottom of the pan and then spray the paper i used parchment paper and all the layers dropped out of the pans like a dream to help keep the cake layers flat which is what you want for a wedding cake as opposed to a dome shape bake them at a lower temperature for a longer time i baked the cakes at 325 degrees f rather than 350 and had to do very little trimming to flatten them i started with a 14 chocolate layer the recipe is one of my favorites it yields a dark moist cake that isn t overly sweet i made a double batch for each layer which was the perfect amount i wasn t sure about baking time it turned out that 52 minutes at 325 was just right to bake the cake through without drying the edges while that was baking i made the lemon curd filling for the vanilla cakes it s a nice custard easy to make and plenty thick so i knew the layers wouldn t slide while i was frosting the outsides next i figured out how much batter i needed for the 10 and 6 layers my recipe for vanilla buttermilk cake was enough to make three 9 layers but i needed to make two 10 layers and two 6 layers i d done some math based on surface area but it didn t seem to me that i d end up with enough batter after filling each pan halfway with water and measuring the volumes determined that i needed to make a total of 1 1 2 batches but because the batter contained baking powder and wouldn t hold i actually needed to make two 3 4 batches thank goodness for a calculator and for the fact that i measure things on a scale that has weight volume equivalencies built in the 3 4 batch worked perfectly for the 10 and 6 layers they baked about 35 minutes at 325 when they were finished i removed the chocolate layer from its pan hurray parchment paper mixed up the second round of chocolate batter and put the other 14 layer in the oven when it was finished i made the other two yellow layers finally i made some extra thick chocolate buttercream frosting to go between the chocolate layers covered it with a damp paper towel wrapped all the layers in plastic wrap performed geometric manipulations to make them all fit in the crowded refrigerator and got ready to go to dinner this morning i put the vanilla layers together with lemon curd and the chocolate layers together with frosting then it was time to generate 2 cups of egg whites which if you re curious took 13 eggs the swedish buttercream came off like clockwork transforming itself from runny goo to perfectly satin frosting so quickly that i didn t have time to worry we packed everything in car including my mixer and extra ingredients in case i needed to make more frosting and headed for church there i applied a first thin layer of frosting to each of the three tiers to seal in crumbs chloe turned the tiers for me as i worked we put each tier in the refrigerator while i worked on the others so the frosting had time to set next out came the bottom and middle tiers we cut 6 straws just a little longer than the cake was thick pushed them down into the center and then snipped off the extra length which sent tiny bits of plastic flying everywhere they would serve to support the upper layer making them easy to separate when it was time to serve will by virtue of being tallest stood on a chair and looked down from above to ensure that i was placing the 10 tier in the exact center of the one below it on it went and i covered the join with frosting more straws more snipping and the top tier went into place time to pipe we decided on little round beads of frosting around the top edge of each tier and little flowers of frosting all around the bottom joins by the time i was finished my right hand was cramping that s a lot of linear inches of piping i sprinkled silvery edible glitter over all the top surfaces we decided the effect was rather like tinkerbell applying fairy dust and the result was highly satisfactory while i went away to practice some music for the church service chloe cut the tops of the flowers so they d be ready to place when i got back it was time for the only nerve wracking part of the day transporting the cake from the kitchen counter to the serving table that much cake is heavy and we didn t want it to tip our friend malcolm lifted the cake carefully onto a rolling cart while chloe and i hovered around it ready to make a grab if any layers tried to slip we rolled the cart to the table and he lifted it into place perfect now flowers flowers everywhere around the tiers and gathered at the bottom and of course the lovely ladies on top it was beautiful when it came time to serve the layers separated easily thanks to the straws doug s suggested cake cutting pattern worked perfectly i cut a ring of cake about 2 wide and then sliced off rectangular pieces the quantity turned out to be just right everyone had plenty the brides had lots of cake to take home and we have some too all in all a successful adventure that i just may undertake again one of these days 4 comments posted in baking family love marriage marriage equality wedding cake part 1 posted on february 13 2009 leave a comment topper for the cake at christmas time our good friends carol and jo ann celebrated 30 years together by travelling to massachusetts to get married friends and family will celebrate their legal union on sunday with a reception at church i m asked fairly often to make cakes for church events but this time the request was for a wedding cake i ve had people ask me about wedding cakes a few times in the past but i ve declined yes i make good cakes but a wedding cake is so special and it should be so beautiful and i ve always felt that my cake decoration skills aren t up to it i ve tried making frosting flowers and let s just say that they haven t looked good enough to eat but i really really want to make this cake for jo ann and carol and thanks to the wide world of advice and encouragement available online i m going to here s the plan three tiers 14 10 and 6 bottom tier 2 layers of chocolate cake with chocolate ganache filling top two tiers 2 layers of vanilla cake with lemon curd filling frosting swedish buttercream decoration white piping and real flowers which are infinitely more lovely than their icing counterparts plus a beautiful and appropriate cake topper wedding cake pans my web searching provided several things i needed a recipe for a really good vanilla cake i ve never found a yellow cake recipe that satisfies me a recipe for frosting suitable for a wedding cake and lots of advice about how to frost and construct the the finished product a local shop provided the other things i needed high quality heavy duty cake pans and clear vanilla extract yes it s clear like water so it doesn t color the frosting the search for a frosting recipe was eye opening sure i have a buttercream recipe that i use all the time butter powdered sugar vanilla milk beat until fluffy it s great for a standard sort of cake but it isn t satiny smooth and easy to pipe through a pastry bag all the features that are important for frosting a wedding cake a google search for wedding cake frosting came up with some interesting ideas of what people consider ideal for this purpose several recipes included cups and cups of pure shortening and promised to taste just like the frosting on a cake from the store and the reviews for those recipes happily concurred my family loved it they said it tasted like it came from kroger ummm no that s not quite what i m going for fortunately i came across smittenkitchen com and the site s series of entries entitled project wedding cake when it came to frosting she had already found the answer for me swedish buttercream i d never heard of it but her description and the many comments on the original post clearly indicated that it was worth a try and bless her forever ms smitten kitchen provided the quantities necessary to make a tiny test batch i did so last night it s unlike anything i ve ever made heat egg whites and sugar until the sugar dissolves beat until double in size add vanilla add soft butter and whip until well until it s ready again thank goodness for detailed directions and encouragement the stuff in the bowl is initially runny soft and nothing like frosting but i kept the mixer going because ms smitten kitchen promised me that i must believe and that it would come together and suddenly miraculously the runny mixture gained structure and substance and became perfect i tasted it and all i could say was wow when my son tried it his eyes grew wide it s infinitely smooth satiny buttery and delicately sweet and i can tell that it will be a dream to spread and pipe tonight i m planning to make some of the cakes i ll make the rest tomorrow along with the frosting and fillings after all the components have had some refrigeration time to make them easier to work with i ll fill the layers and apply the outer layers of frosting sunday morning i ll transport the pieces to church where doug will help me construct the tower and i ll do the decorating it promises to be a happy adventure harry investigating my new pans leave a comment posted in baking family love marriage marriage equality tagged baking cake marriage wedding wedding cake i ve seen 100 of these 257 movies posted on december 12 2008 1 comment an interesting list that i d guess was put together by a 20 something person who has a particular liking for comedies and horror flicks i watch a lot of movies but you wouldn t know it from my score on this list many of my favorites aren t on here the list is very short on action adventure movies and films made before about 2000 where are the batman movies where is james bond and please two movies about ewoks and one made by mel brooks of course if i was making the list i wouldn t probably have included any horror movies at all because i don t watch them and i d have very few recent comedies because i don t like most of them either no i don t think will ferrell is god so shoot me i did add a few movies to the list sequels and films closely related to others some day i m going to try to list every movie i ve seen x rocky horror picture show manymany times mostly at midnight x grease about 5 times x pirates of the caribbean about 5 times x pirates of the caribbean 2 dead man s chest x pirates of the caribbean 3 at world s end boondock saints x fight club 3 or 4 times x 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