And by “cake,” I don’t mean, “giant pile of fondant.” Too often, artistic cakes are just that. Eating a fondant cake is like eating a bag of refined sugar with a spoon. This one is actually a proper cake.

Stella Parks, the resident chef at BraveTart, made this stunning Eggnog Yule Log cake. It’s a sheet cake, which means that it’s rolled up carefully. That’s hard to do without making cracks in the batter. Stella filled hers with an eggnog-flavored custard. The bark is a mix of buttercream, dark chocolate and liquor. The mushrooms are edible, too. But unlike real mushrooms, these taste good. They’re made of meringue.

(Photo: Pioneer Press: Chris Polydoroff)

“Happy Thanksgiving!”

“Yes, what? I’m here.”

This may be a confusing time of year for one woman in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her name is literally “Happy Thanksgiving.” Specifically, she’s Dr. Happy Thanksgiving Reynolds.

Her parents were, Dr. Reynolds explains, “hippies.” They didn’t have a baby name planned for her because they believed that the circumstances of her birth would reveal the universe’s intentions for her name. She was born on Thanksgiving Day in 1970, so they named her Happy Thanksgiving.

Dr. Reynolds isn’t shy about her name, but uses it openly. She says that it has landed her job interviews that might otherwise have missed.

-via Rare

Shelbi and her sons love Adventure Time and now two of them can live in Ooo all the time. You can view more photos of their new room at the link.

I'm not sure including Lemongrab was a good decision. He can get grating after a while--like five seconds.

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TheClayPony created this adorable K9 necklace with polymar clay. I'm willing to bet the late Sarah Jane would be thrilled to get her hands on this great fashion accessory.

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Cosplay is great and all, but it's pretty easy to dress up like a humanoid character and walk around all day. That's what makes this Toothless costume so amazing -it looks nothing like a human and exactly like the dragon we came to love in How to Train Your Dragon.

If you want to see what it looks like in motion, skip to the one minute mark and prepare to be impressed.

Via Fashionably Geek

Wild animals are not your friends. They would be quite content to kill and even eat you. How will you survive? Liam Gooley illustrated helpful guides that show you how to keep safe if you meet dangerous creatures, such as elephants, scorpions and aliens. You can read all of these guides at the link.

Link -via Pleated Jeans | Liam Gooley's Website

Cities that are planned before they are populated have a sense of order that can really be appreciated when seen from above. You'd expect that from modern cities, like Brasilia or Canberra, but the beauty of Palmanova, Italy, pictured here, is especially pleasing, as it was built in 1593. See the whole collection at Wired. Link -via Metafilter