As a confirmed chocoholic, this is the kind of day I can really get behind. A celebratory trip to my local See's shop for butters squares, dark molasses chips, dark Bordeaux, and other assorted edibles, both light and dark, is most appropriate.
Don’t know if you are in the BayArea (since See’s is based here) but I cannot recommend Sweet55 chocolates enough. Shops in Palo Alto and HMB. The chocolatier is Swiss and knows her stuff. I gave some as gifts this year but none to myself. WTF was I thinking?
Actually, in southern part. Thanks for the reference. Just checked the website. Unfortunately, but perhaps not surprisingly, all their products are out of stock. I'll check back again. Have to try them. Thanks again.
That M&M ad is a Canadian market one, which someone needs to show Tucker Carlson. Because as you can see in 1990 green M&M was male in Canada at least.
That Kinder ad? Yeah, I can see that scaring kids.
Jeez, just that screen shot of the Kinder commercial is all I can take. The ad agency put that together must have gotten some very defective acid. I don't want bizarre creatures with football-shaped heads harshing my chocolate coma mellow. Happy Chocolate Candy Day to all who celebrate. To all others, my sincerest sympathies.
Inarticulate, bizarre and surreal Humpty Dumpty is best Humpty Dumpty. He also has toys. What's not to love?
I do not know why such a Humpty Dumpty would frighten children. At a very early age babies realize they are SURROUNDED by giants. The giants are making a lot of noise and the baby does not know what they are saying. The giants smile and all the baby sees is TEETH. Sometimes the giants roar at each other. Sometimes they do much worse. Some of the giants can be trusted. But some of them cannot be trusted. By the time the baby can walk and start to talk the baby has learned that existence can be frightening. Those lessons never leave the baby.
The children know by age 4 that the world is full of bizarre, frightening and surreal things.
So the sight of an inarticulate and bizarre Humpty Dumpty cannot be that big of a deal to any child. Their own life experience has already taught them how to cope with crazy stuff.
Whoever pulled this "too frightening" ad from the teevee must have had bad potty training.
A coworker once described taking his kids to Disneyland. When they met the characters in costume, the 8 year old saw Mickey and Minnie and was delighted. The 4 year old saw giant rats that would eat them and was terrified. I then realized why my parents took my siblings and I to Disneyland one at a time when we were each about 6 or 7.
Some of You People may recall I'm a Health & Fitness Weirdo these days, losing weight with a pretty cruel diet (it's not, it's really quite healthy, just low calories and fun) but I do have the occasional treat like chocolate; a couple of spoonfuls of dark chocolate chips is plenty. Never been a huge sugar bomb fan, but I feel strongly I must stand up for the dignity of milk chocolate in two forms: gianduja (with hazelnut paste, the less-sugary origin of Nutella) and bacon-chocolate bars.
There's a sweetshop nearby that does Chunky style bars out of their own dark chocolate blend. One of those and an espresso will set the pace, of a morning...
Yeah it's a much better fit with coffee; I use microground coffee powder in dark chocolate recipes like brownies or cakes. Even ganache.
As far as fruit with chocolate I've never liked it. Only goes well with pears, imho, a la Poire Helene, or cherries/raspberries in a stretch. *I actually just make pedestrian things, like peasant food, generally, anyway*
Well, I DID get a LOT of chocolate for Christmas. I plan on spending some time this afternoon sorting through it - and trying not to eat any of it..... well, I suppose some of it will be OK....but I don't want to open anything (like the large Toblerone bar) that I won't be able to finish in one sitting.....
Celebrating one week of bluesky breaking something on my account and not being able to fix it. Yay, bluesky! Apparently, they only hire heads of cabbage for their engineering team.
Apparently they have a very small staff, though My Brother The IT Guy pointed out that surely they contract out for a lot of stuff given how big the platform was even before the X-odus. In house, though, quite a small group.
Hopefully one of them will finally realize that asking me to use the app rather than the web will have no effect on whether other people can see the newer posts I’ve made that nobody can see.
The app sucks. I use it to find articles by certain non-Wonkette writers, but otherwise put it on “pause” so that it doesn’t fuck up the comment section for Wonkette (pretty much the only place I comment under articles).
I have noticed, now that I have an android tablet, that the app sucks less on the tablet than it does on the phone. I attribute this to better working conditions for the hamsters inside the device.
Celebrated chocolate day with a tour of DeBrands and a sampling of their fine confectionery
We're going to need more details than just that, my dove
This calls for Music From the Chocolate Lands. https://youtu.be/HGG_5ofNPvs
Every day is Chocolate Candy Day in our house.
A thing called America:
- Trump doesn't want it to exist because it impedes his more outrageous grifting.
- Maga doesn't want it to exist because it ruins the fun they have persecuting the vulnerable.
- Billionaires don't want it to exist because it does nasty things like taxing and regulations.
- Despots don't want it to exist because it inspired that nasty thing called "human rights"
- Imperialists don't want it to exist because it gets in the way of invading smaller countries.
Finally, we have an ideal that unites the world . . .
whew
Candy and chocolate meh I can take or leave
But cookies, or crackers I can say with British aplomb, I cannot ignore
Cookies would be biscuits, not crackers, in UK 😬.
oh that's right - I thought it did not sound right
Biscuits huh?That seems odd.
Oh wait - I have to run out and get some new tyres for my car
Have watched waaaay too many seasons of Great British Baking Show lol. Comfort teevee for the win these days, sigh...
Be suree to park your car with the tyres angled toward the kerb.
Every day is Chocolate Candy Day in my house.
Weird that Chocolate Candy Day comes right after all Christmas themed chocolate goes on sale.
Can almost see the ominous hand of Hallmark casting a shadow across the land . . .
that is too vivid an image
If they're casting a chocolate shadow across the land, I can live with that.
As a confirmed chocoholic, this is the kind of day I can really get behind. A celebratory trip to my local See's shop for butters squares, dark molasses chips, dark Bordeaux, and other assorted edibles, both light and dark, is most appropriate.
Don’t know if you are in the BayArea (since See’s is based here) but I cannot recommend Sweet55 chocolates enough. Shops in Palo Alto and HMB. The chocolatier is Swiss and knows her stuff. I gave some as gifts this year but none to myself. WTF was I thinking?
Actually, in southern part. Thanks for the reference. Just checked the website. Unfortunately, but perhaps not surprisingly, all their products are out of stock. I'll check back again. Have to try them. Thanks again.
That M&M ad is a Canadian market one, which someone needs to show Tucker Carlson. Because as you can see in 1990 green M&M was male in Canada at least.
That Kinder ad? Yeah, I can see that scaring kids.
Jeez, just that screen shot of the Kinder commercial is all I can take. The ad agency put that together must have gotten some very defective acid. I don't want bizarre creatures with football-shaped heads harshing my chocolate coma mellow. Happy Chocolate Candy Day to all who celebrate. To all others, my sincerest sympathies.
Inarticulate, bizarre and surreal Humpty Dumpty is best Humpty Dumpty. He also has toys. What's not to love?
I do not know why such a Humpty Dumpty would frighten children. At a very early age babies realize they are SURROUNDED by giants. The giants are making a lot of noise and the baby does not know what they are saying. The giants smile and all the baby sees is TEETH. Sometimes the giants roar at each other. Sometimes they do much worse. Some of the giants can be trusted. But some of them cannot be trusted. By the time the baby can walk and start to talk the baby has learned that existence can be frightening. Those lessons never leave the baby.
The children know by age 4 that the world is full of bizarre, frightening and surreal things.
So the sight of an inarticulate and bizarre Humpty Dumpty cannot be that big of a deal to any child. Their own life experience has already taught them how to cope with crazy stuff.
Whoever pulled this "too frightening" ad from the teevee must have had bad potty training.
A coworker once described taking his kids to Disneyland. When they met the characters in costume, the 8 year old saw Mickey and Minnie and was delighted. The 4 year old saw giant rats that would eat them and was terrified. I then realized why my parents took my siblings and I to Disneyland one at a time when we were each about 6 or 7.
LOL
Some of You People may recall I'm a Health & Fitness Weirdo these days, losing weight with a pretty cruel diet (it's not, it's really quite healthy, just low calories and fun) but I do have the occasional treat like chocolate; a couple of spoonfuls of dark chocolate chips is plenty. Never been a huge sugar bomb fan, but I feel strongly I must stand up for the dignity of milk chocolate in two forms: gianduja (with hazelnut paste, the less-sugary origin of Nutella) and bacon-chocolate bars.
Let the screaming and pitchfork-ing begin!
There's a sweetshop nearby that does Chunky style bars out of their own dark chocolate blend. One of those and an espresso will set the pace, of a morning...
oh, goodness
Yeah it's a much better fit with coffee; I use microground coffee powder in dark chocolate recipes like brownies or cakes. Even ganache.
As far as fruit with chocolate I've never liked it. Only goes well with pears, imho, a la Poire Helene, or cherries/raspberries in a stretch. *I actually just make pedestrian things, like peasant food, generally, anyway*
I have a weakness for dark sweet cherries covered in chocolate...
But generally I pair it with coffee
Because you're a sensible man!!
Bacon-chocolate bars sound interesting, I've never even heard of them before reading your non-comment.
They've been around a couple of decades/
I need to get out more….
Chocolate Candy Day?
Well, I DID get a LOT of chocolate for Christmas. I plan on spending some time this afternoon sorting through it - and trying not to eat any of it..... well, I suppose some of it will be OK....but I don't want to open anything (like the large Toblerone bar) that I won't be able to finish in one sitting.....
This is Mickey Atkins talking about Abby Shapiro (Ben's sister, so ... yeah 😒) -- but
WHY ARE THESE WEIRDOS SO DESPERATE TO CONTROL EVERYONE ELSE'S LIVES??
Geeez, Abby, I'm with Mickey - do shut up
https://youtu.be/woTFfGXPkF4?si=MFVfawxHzgMDziww
If I'm watching you, you can't watch me . . .
I'm watching her.
She has the standard Republican Crazy Eyes and says "should" WAY too much.
Celebrating one week of bluesky breaking something on my account and not being able to fix it. Yay, bluesky! Apparently, they only hire heads of cabbage for their engineering team.
Apparently they have a very small staff, though My Brother The IT Guy pointed out that surely they contract out for a lot of stuff given how big the platform was even before the X-odus. In house, though, quite a small group.
Hopefully one of them will finally realize that asking me to use the app rather than the web will have no effect on whether other people can see the newer posts I’ve made that nobody can see.
The app sucks. I use it to find articles by certain non-Wonkette writers, but otherwise put it on “pause” so that it doesn’t fuck up the comment section for Wonkette (pretty much the only place I comment under articles).
I have noticed, now that I have an android tablet, that the app sucks less on the tablet than it does on the phone. I attribute this to better working conditions for the hamsters inside the device.
Protip: Invest in popcorn stocks.
𝗔𝗹𝗹-𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗔 𝗖𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗳𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗔𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆
https://www.yahoo.com/news/maga-civil-war-engulfs-trump-124439896.html
Where are the Loyalists?
I'm guessing their price hasn't been met yet.
When caprice is the standard for rewards/recognition, any sort of bedlam can be justified . . .
Well put. This is what happens when the Rule of Law is repealed - it's every man for himself.
"MAGA stalwarts like Laura Loomer and Matt Gaetz are already turning..."
Remember Stalin asking "How many divisions has the Pope?"
take that "let them fight" meme, put it in a room full of mirrors, and let the fun begin!
Nice image!
Mofos, he hasn't even been inaugurated yet!
They haven't even rolled the dumpster in place, and already it's full of trash and on fire.
I have a little enamel pin of a burning dumpster with "2020" on it. May need an updated version.
My "2020 Dumpster Fire" Christmas ornament will get a 2025 partner.
Putin's goal is American chaos and division
Putins goal is still being alive at the end of the week, same as always.
Dictators don't ever get to retire.
This ain't that
The rest of us are Americans
Those are just ... fascists
And Elon is a Seth Effrikan fascist
The Oligarchs are telling the MAGAts what they really think of them.What we've been trying to tell them all along.
Can you hear me now?
https://bsky.app/profile/meidastouch.com/post/3lee32xh4bc2t
The Derelict Despot has already gotten all that he needed in the way of $$$ and votes from assorted MAGAts.
The pee-ons are no longer necessary. Therefore they shall be shunned.
Nyah Nyah, Nyah Nyah I still can't hear you!