A few years back, my permanent housemate helped her sister get ready for a bachelorette party. My sister-in-law wasn’t the one getting married, but she’d been put in charge of making a cake for the festivities. Together, the two of them worked on creating a masterpiece: a cake in the shape of a massive penis. We have a picture of the finished product somewhere, which I will *not* be posting.

I thought it was amusing, and wondered how much the bride-to-be enjoyed it, as well as what the party attendees thought. I figured this kind of thing was something people did on their own (although I’ve seen the chocolates that are molded into breasts and the like).

Well, apparently not. There’s a business in San Francisco (SOMA, to be exact) that specializes in some very naughty treats. While this bakery will do the usual traditional stuff (the bakery did “about fifty wedding cakes for ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’.”), they also will create some very x-rated material. The owner, Jerry Carson, said he decided to offer cakes for different tastes partially because  “I …wanted to have an excuse to talk dirty to girls on the phone.”

There’s a brief interview, the address, and some VERY *not safe for work* pictures here. Have fun, let me know if you order one; it definitely gives a new meaning to the old expression, “Having your cake and eating it too.”

In the midst of yesterday’s discussion of employment woes, I commented on the diversity of observances in October. Not all of these commemorations revolve around the workplace, though. This month is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. While it seems every disease of the week now has a special day, week, month, or year devoted to it, it never hurts to become aware of our bodies, our health, and social issues that affect people we know, care about, and love.

I have pretty good genes, and very few of my relatives have serious health issues. We all have to die of something eventually, so diseases, including cancer, aren’t unknown in my family circle, but in general, we’re all fine. This isn’t true for everyone, though. It certainly isn’t true that all of us are fortunate enough to have good doctors, or even have health insurance.

At a time when health care is rapidly becoming one of the top concerns in next year’s elections, it seems like there’s not much the average person can do these days. But that’s not true. Today is National Mammography Day, and in honor of the occasion, I’d like to direct you to the Breast Cancer Site. This website gives all of us the opportunity to help advance awareness about and prevention of breast cancer, in just a matter of seconds.

You see, not everyone has health insurance. Not everyone can see a doctor at a moment’s notice. Not everyone can get the tests they need, and far too many people wait until it’s too late. This is true for lots of women who are underemployed, underpaid, lack health insurance, or are uneducated about their health needs. Just by going to the site in the link, and clicking on the pink button, you can help fund free mammograms for women all over the nation. Considering how many clicks you’ve made so far today, surfing on the web, doing research for work, or just clicking through in order to read my lovely prose, one more click won’t hurt. It might actually save a life.

So go ahead, click on that big pink button. A mammogram a day keeps the doctor away for an awful lot of women.