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What's weird is that I didn't even write this story:

"When Ms. Shelly wrote the script in 2003, she was pregnant with her daughter, Sophie, now 4: her husband says that anxiety, along with anticipation, drove her work. “It was important to Adrienne to be honest about her ambivalence and fear of becoming a mother — when do you ever see that on screen?” he said. As Jenna broods about the future (she refers to the fetus at one point as “an alien and a parasite”) her escape fantasies and her pies become increasingly wild.

She invents an I Hate My Husband Pie (bitter chocolate drowned in caramel), then Baby Screaming Its Head Off in the Middle of the Night and Ruining My Life Pie (cheesecake, brandied pecans, nutmeg), and finally Earl Murders Me Because I’m Having an Affair Pie (juicy crushed berries in a dark chocolate crust). (Jenna’s improbable response to prenatal anxiety is to start an affair with her married obstetrician.)"

Happy Pi Day, everyone! Everyone should celebrate by eating some delicious pie today... or do some math... same diff.

22 chocolate creme-filled cookies, crushed
3 tablespoons of unsalted butter
1 quart coffee ice cream, softened
1 quart fudgy chocolate ice cream, softened
2 tablespoons coffee liquor
2 tablespoons brandy (optional)
2 tablespoons instant cofee

Crush 22 chocolate creme-filled cookies partially, then pulverize in food processor until it's fine crumbs. Add 3 tablespoons of melted unsalted butter and mix until it comes together. Press mixture into a 9-inch pie plate (I recommend using a deep dish pie plate).

Mix together the rest of the ingredients, making sure that the instant coffee crystals completely dissolve. Pour the mixture into the pie crust and freeze.

INGREDIENTS
3/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
3 egg yolks
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup flaked coconut
1 (9 inch) pie shell, baked
3 egg whites
6 tablespoons white sugar

DIRECTIONS
Combine 3/4 cup sugar, cornstarch, salt and milk in a heavy saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until thick and bubbly. Continue to boil for one minute. Remove from heat.

In a medium bowl, beat the 3 egg yolks. Gradually stir in 1/4 of the hot mixture into yolks. Pour yolks back into remaining hot mixture stirring constantly. Cook, stirring constantly, 30 seconds. Remove from heat and add butter, vanilla and coconut. Pour into baked pie shell. Cool in refrigerator.

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Twenty-sided pie, but don't go pitching it out there during a hot evening of D&D...

Apparently a couple in Bradford UK decided to celebrate their nuptuals with this delicious, triple-tiered pig extravaganza:

Old South Transparent Pie

1 partially baked 8-inch pie shell, cooled
1/4 cup unsalted butter
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3 eggs
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
Pinch of salt

In a mixing bowl, beat the unsalted butter with the brown sugar. Beat in all 3 eggs, then stir in the corn syrup, vanilla and salt. Pour into the partially baked pie shell. Bake until filling is set, about 40 minutes. (Oven temperature not given, so use 375 degrees.) Serve pie wedges warm or cold.— From a recipe-sleuth Web site: www.hungrybrowser.com/phaedrus/m091201.htm