The King cakes we had in Lake Charles' area were thick sweet bread rings. Kind of like the Hawaiian bread and rolls you can get in stores. Not very flavorful, IMO. Garish looking with tons of purple, green and gold glitter on the frosting and a little plastic baby somewhere inside it. I bought one that came highly recommended the first year I was down there. It cost me 40 bucks! And it really wasn't worth it. I never bought another one. But the one in your article's picture looks wonderful and I would definitely buy one of those if I knew where to find them.

When I lived in Louisiana there were many times when I was driving down a road or even a highway that I would see feral pigs standing by the side of the road. They were not cute and cuddly like Babe. They were downright scary looking.

Well, if you're in no hurry and don't care if the entire neighborhood can hear you coming then I suppose this could be useful.

Well, I thought I would like a poster of these bug eggs but 500 pounds is a bit too much for my wallet.

It reminds me of growing up with my Scottish grandparents again. I can't tell you how many times my Grandpa would yell "Wheesht!" at me. The Scottish equivalent of "shut up"! Ah, yes. Good times.

Yes, leather wallets with small slits for credit cards to supposedly fit into are infuriating. Getting a driver's license out of it's slot is nearly impossible. I did come up with a solution, though. Get a thin piece of cardboard and slide it into the slot and leave about 1/2 an inch of it above the slot. Slide your driver's license into the slot and on to the cardboard. It will fit and when you need to remove the card it will slide out easily. It works and it's the only solution I have found that does just what I want it to.

When I lived out in the country (we had 10 acres, most neighbors had 10 to 20 acres) there were all sorts of wildlife running around. Deer, coyote, red foxes, kestrels, eagles, red tail hawks, moles, voles and, yes, groundhogs! There was one groundhog that we named "the sentry" because it liked to sit on top of a wooden fence post and would stay there for hours just watching the cars and the world go by. One day my hubby and I went for a walk down the road which was unusual because we didn't do that often. A few hundred feet away from our home by the side of the road we heard a high sharp whistling noise. Upon investigation I found a baby groundhog dangling upside down with it's ankle caught in the crook of a small bush. Mama groundhog was frantic, running up to her baby and then scooting away when I approached. I bent the limb of the bush down and the baby landed on some scrub, unharmed, thank goodness! Mama ran to her baby and they scurried off to safety. I have sometimes wondered what might have happened had we not gone for a walk that very day.

E-Z Bake Oven Incinerator/crematorium. An E-Z way to dispose of your old dolls you no longer play with. Recycling never was so exciting before this invention.

I don't go to movie theaters because of cell phone users, loud talkers and sound playing at a whisper or being turned up at full throttle loud enough to cause ringing in your ears. Plus no captioning and being unable to put it on pause for many other reasons. It's healthier and safer to view movies in one's own home.

I'll take Cary Grant any day over any other man - except for my husband. Surely that will give me some bargaining chips to work with down the line, right hunny?

That list is impossible to read. I tried enlarging it but it's still too maddeningly small for me to read.

Both of my parents were in the army during and after WWII. My mother told me that she was waiting to go see Miller perform a concert. They got the info that Miller had been shot down by friendly fire.

Happy New Year Miss Cellania and to all Neatorama readers!

Oh, Santa! You've released the Kraken!!! Merry Christmas to you and to you all!