This was a triumph!

I'm making a note here: Huge success!
Originally uploaded by wondernerdotis

Though my birthday was a couple of weeks ago, I thought I'd share the cake I had this year. With a not-so-subtle email, I suggested to my dear mother that I would enjoy a replica of the oft-promised but never delivered cake in Valve Software's excellent first person puzzler Portal. And so I received it. :)

This is a mocha-frosted chocolate cake, with cherries and chocolate shavings on top. It was delicious and moist. I hope that my fellow Aperture Science Enrichment Center Test Subjects will enjoy this knowledge.

"The Enrichment Center is committed to the well-being of all participants. Cake and grief counseling will be available at the conclusion of the test. Thank you for helping us help you help us all."