Showing posts with label Butter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Butter. Show all posts

Thursday, August 20, 2009

For Robert: Iowa Butter Sculptures

I found this on Mental Floss by way of EW.com and had to share. It's about butter, people!!! Robert's favorite food. Had to be done.

Big news around these parts: The Iowa State Fair kicked off yesterday. And you know what that means – Butter Cow. Well, butter lots of things, actually... Although the original artist, Duffy Lyon, started out just sculpting various bovines of butter, over the years she decided to start incorporating current events along with Bessie. Michael Jackson was supposed to be the honoree this year (I’ll leave the jokes to you), but Iowans vetoed that idea and the anniversary of the moon landing is depicted in the artery-clogging substance instead. Just in case you don’t make it to the state fair every year, here are 10 buttery creations.

1. Iowa native John Wayne.
butter john wayne
Photo by Flickr user chelseyhotel.

2. The kids from Peanuts. (My favorite)
butterpeanuts
Photo by Flickr user Hedgeman.

3. Tiger Woods… and his pet tiger?
tigerwoods
AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall

4. Harry Potter and various Harry Potter accessories.
butterharry
fatlady
Photos by Blogadilla and Flickr user Virtual Farm Boy, respectively.

5. Shawn Johnson.
shawn

6. A Harley Davidson motorcycle.
harley
AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall

7. Elvis.
elvis
Photo by Flickr user Poodle Superstar.

8. Superman – the Brandon Routh version, because he is also an Iowa native. Seeing a trend here?
superman
Photo by Flickr user Luke H.

9. The Moon Landing. Notice the butter television with footage of the real event!
butter astronaut
butter television
Photos by Sophia Ahmad

10. The Last Supper.
BUTTER LAST SUPPER
AP Photo


Monday, May 05, 2008

What Does "Biscuits & Butter" Mean, Anyway?

Some of you may be wondering from where the new delightful blog title and description came... Well, they're from one of my favorite movies - Rhinestone. This is a movie that my family, especially my sister Michelle and I, LOVES and a movie that almost no one has heard of. And when I describe it to them - "Dolly Parton takes NY cab driver Sylvester Stallone to Tennessee and tries to make him a country singer!" - people do not look impressed. Do not poo-poo it until you see it, people!! Robert thought the same thing and I forced him to watch it; now he thinks it's hilarious. It IS hilarious!!! Makes me smile just thinking about it. :o) Anyway, here's the clip that gave our blog its name: