competitive gingering
ginger 2019: winners declared
What’s new, my little lambs? Are you excited? Would you like to know who won Ginger 2019 — the sweetest battle on the planet? Wonderful! We’ll get to that, but first I’d like to discuss this competition’s namesake, ginger. Ginger is a spice that comes from the fresh or dried root of the ginger plant, zingiber…
Read Moreginger 2019: group 4
Feel like you’re living in a black hole? It’s scary biscuits out there! Global warming, Black Friday sales, the rise of anti-intellectualism, celery juice. I’d say we need this final grouping of competitive gingering more than ever. Gather ’round! Allow the magic that is Ginger 2019 to bundle you in one last candy-coated bear hug. …
Read Moreginger 2019: group 3
Are these trying times getting you down? A third grouping of competitive gingering might be just thing to help you forget all about colonics, Empire scandals, fart deniers, and the rise of our robot overlords. Allow the joy that is Ginger 2019 to bundle you in its warmly spiced, slightly too-tight, definitely too-long embrace. SARAH’S…
Read Moreginger 2019: group 2
We live in frightening times, dearie. Terrorism, endangered species, anti-vaxxers, a record number of Ginger competitors using two spaces after periods which creates a lot of extra editing work for me. A second grouping of competitive gingering is just the sort of thing that might help us push through. So gather ’round and allow the…
Read Moreginger 2019: group 1
We live in daunting times, my little angel muffins. Poverty, oppression, discrimination, vaping. It’s why you might find some competitive gingering comforting. There is no inequality here. No! I will treat each and every competitor like rubbish! So gather ’round sweet moppets! Let the magic that is Ginger 2019 wrap you in its straight-from-the-oven warmth. …
Read Moremeet the 2019 ginger panel
Prepare yourselves! Ginger 2019 is here! Tomorrow (Friday, December 20) you’ll see 21 competitive ginger masterpieces on this here blog. Yup. ALL of the entries will land in your inboxes within minutes of one another. Voting for the People’s Choice Prize starts Friday evening and will continue until Monday morning. That should give you lots…
Read Moreginger 2019
It’s time! Competitive gingering at its best/worst! If you would like to be a part of this absolutely horrendous annual online competition, read on. THERE WILL BE EXTRA YELLING AND SWEARING THIS YEAR BECAUSE I AM AT THE END OF MY TETHER WITH SOME OF YOU. ENTRY GUIDELINES/RULES: 1. Create a gingerbread house zoned residential,…
Read Moreginger 2018: the winners!
What’s new, Porkchop? Are you excited? Would you like to know who won Ginger 2018 — the sweetest battle on the planet? Excellent. We’ll get to that, but first I’d like to delve into the history of royal icing. We’ll begin in 1769 when Elizabeth Raffald’s The Experienced English Housekeeper was published with one of…
Read Moreginger 2018: group 4
It’s a terrifying world out there, puddin’. Global warming, racism, the rise of anti-intellectualism, crocs. I’d say we need this final day of competitive gingering more than ever. So gather ’round! Allow the magic that is Ginger 2018 to bundle you in one last candy-coated bear hug. KATE & TYE’S SHIP OF DISASTERS Kate writes:…
Read Moreginger 2018: group 3
Something got you down, duckie? Day three of competitive gingering might be just thing to help you forget all about blood farming, deforestation and the rise of our robot overlords. So take heart! Allow the bliss that is Ginger 2018 to swaddle you in its warmly spiced, slightly too-tight, definitely too-long embrace. KRYSTEN & AMANDA’S…
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