Elizabeth Bruenig

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@Setzer7777 plenty of people look fine in later life, but not very many people look anywhere near as good later in life as they did earlier in life. i already look less good than i did when i was younger -- which is fine! i've had two kids! it's normal, it's fine. it's life. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@RhetoricLReince who gives a shit — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

the thing about being pretty is that it's a perishable good. it goes away, and it goes away pretty rapidly. being fucking rad on the other hand is a lifelong asset that really just appreciates over time. matt merely becomes cooler with time. i'm the lucky one in this setup — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

none taken, this is absolutely true. i've been with matt for 14 years now. he just rules. he's in the same good humored mood every day, he's very very slow to anger, he's playful and clever and has the right priorities and a perfectly calibrated moral compass. he's awesome — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

the children, who are illiterate, spend a lot of time trying to figure out what the hell his shirts say. he does not disclose this to them but gives hints and allows them to guess. when they finally solve this mystery the mystery is only going to deepen for them lol — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

no, weirder than that. matt's dad was a forklift driver for 30-something years and the factory he worked in gave them these t-shirts periodically with safety slogans on them. he always gave them directly to matt. he has dozens and they're basically all he wears — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@karlbykarlsmith i can assure them i am but a humble idiot — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

Et voila! What fun!!! I hope everyone enjoys it. 🎈 — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

But this is a Catholic cake. It needed more blood, more jewels, more gold. The look is maximalist, always. So I gilded the border, the blood, and added some bejeweled crosses encircling the top… https://t.co/oJqitu3ghp — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

decided to go with an immaculate heart theme. Used a huge petal tip to pipe on a heart, then smoothed it out with a palette knife. Added a little bead border, then a wreath of roses, some of which I petal-tipped with gold luster dust. https://t.co/iGKIMKPqEH — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

I had leftover ground pistachios, so I gave it a pistachio skirt. Somewhere in here I was also given a tractor with a broken tire to repair. So that’s on the to-do list. https://t.co/VryJQD8WYK — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

It worked great! The basil flavor arrives in the nose and lingers, so it’s not competitive with the pistachio. Just a nice herbaceous note to offset the richness of the nuts. Anyway! Crumb coated…then frosted! https://t.co/nU6IVDWBgY — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

How to get big basil flavor into a frosting? I wanted a classic smooth texture, not a…spinach artichoke dip experience. So I infused the cream with fresh, torn basil leaves, using heat, muddling, and straining. https://t.co/AisjZfxB3I — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

The cakes! They baked up so tender and lovely and were honestly a pleasure to trim and layer. I’ll use this recipe again for sure. So: onto the buttercream… https://t.co/Kh0U9NrTPO — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

"cool!" thought i, having no real idea how i would put any of this together when i accepted the order. we wound up agreeing on a pistachio cake with a basil buttercream, and a suitably Catholic decorative scheme. for the cake, i ground my own pistachio flour, which was delicious. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

(jane took this pic of matt, which i just found on my phone.) anyway! a customer ordered a birthday cake for her partner, who likes some interesting flavors: basil, olive oil, pistachio, earl gray, etc. also, his interests concern Catholicism, church history, and so on! — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

basil pistachio cake with a Catholic theme: a thread. pic unrelated https://t.co/fAyhycF57Q — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

very eccentric cake thread incoming mute now — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@cyberglyphic @Logo_Daedalus ah ok i'm not mentally ill enough for this discourse in that case — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@Logo_Daedalus i can't understand what the dispute is here...are people arguing over whether supply chain disruptions are happening or over whether supply chain disruptions are something to be very upset about at this point? — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@LGoosetrain @kev_jg sleep in heavenly peace <3 — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

as a matter of moral obligation, which of these monsters ought you provide a dignified burial for upon killing them, considering that they used to be/are somewhat human: 1.) vampires 2.) zombies 3.) werewolves 4.) frankenstein like creatures 5.) witches 6.) grendel — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

"the catholic gentleman" sounds like what a dutch diplomat would call the pope — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @LRCkcrw: Fresh LRC episode is out now with @jbarro @ebruenig and @TPCarney and special guest @JosephMajkut. Catch up on the Build Back… — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @LeahLibresco: Four weeks parental leave would get me 1/3 of the way through the waiting period till “You’re allowed to use your abdomen… — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@gmbodnar1 yeah one never knows, posthumous diagnoses are impossible — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@ChriSolorio this isn't the only evidence tho! grand mals aren't the only seizures there are, and if you look at his religious experiences and resulting narratives about himself plus his brother's very clear illness...! — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@dongslap @ChrisPeleoLazar get his ass — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@ChrisPeleoLazar nope caesar himself acknowledged alexander was his superior as an epileptic, and wept over his tomb at alexandria — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

alexander the great perpetually leading the power rankings for historical epileptics — PolitiTweet.org