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Well, my friends, much like the Indian curry at your last office holiday party, another year has passed. Yep. Another year of joys and sorrows. Achievements and failures. Lifelong dreams and The Last Airbender.Today is a day to spend in thoughtful introspection, evaluation, and...

What would happen if every baker on earth...[dramatic voice]...disappeared?This isn't the story of how they might vanish. It's what happens to the cakes they leave behind. This is just part of the journey that will take us to the future of once active bakeries, as well as haunting...

"Hi, I'm here to pick up a cake for my five-year-old's birthday? Grace Marie?"Ah, that looks great!"Oh, but I was wondering: it's also my husband's birthday, so could you maybe throw a little something extra on there for him, too?"Perfect! He loves Elmo!"Thanks to Ainslee F., who's...

[shop bell tinging]"Hello, I'd like to register a complaint.""Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, sir. What seems to the problem?""I'll tell you what the problem is, my good man: I came in here yesterday to enlist your services in procuring my daughter's Christmas gifts. I even gave you...

Ok, here's the thing: we were totally gonna do an all-new, exciting, hilariously intelligent post on Kwanzaa today. However, it turns out there are no new Kwanzaa wrecks to be found, exciting or otherwise.Well, except maybe this one:Which isn't all that exciting. And is probably...

Uh, hello?...[tapping microphone] HellOOOooo! Is this thing on?Huh. Well, apparently, everybody who reads this blog is either recovering from eggnog hangovers or camping in a secluded cabin in the wilderness with no internet service or toilet paper. So.It's just you... and...

I don't know why, but for some reason I'm just not sure what these bakers are trying to tell us...Let's see. Santa is face down in a heap.So...Merry Christmas?Maybe it's better if we flip him over.Nope.And now, a seasonal tongue-twister:Sam the snowman shot a sheet of snowy sleet!Aaaand,...

I realized Christmas might have become too commercialized when I sucker-punched that old guy in the Target electronics section. ("Hands off the XBOX KINECT, Gramps!!!!") Sure, he was just buying batteries for his hearing aid, but it made me think: maybe we've all become too materialistic...

We at Cake Wrecks realize that there are some of you who don't celebrate Christmas. Or Hanukkah. Or Kwanzaa. Or any other winter holiday. Heck, you probably don't even like winter all that much. Or snow. Or puppies. Basically, there's just no making you happy. So, in an effort...