Something important to keep in mind as a parent (or any other kind of authority figger): nobody trusts the Wizard of Oz until after he admits he’s a humbug.

Hachez Cocoa d’Arriba, Strawberry & Pepper, 77% cocoa, “Suprerior Mild Dark Chocolate.” The other chocolate I had with pepper in it, I forget which brand, was somewhat of a joke. There were little bits of lemon rock candy in it, fer gosh sake, and I never did run across anything remotely peppery. On the other

BLTs with guacamole. Now, doesn’t that sound yummy?

Here’s the weather we didn’t have today: overcast (cast over, like a bucket of cold water onto a cat) a hand raised to the face, to shade the eyes from the wind a deep ache in the ears (this is a part of the weather) walking V8 a-kilter from leaning into the wind Instead, a

“We’re hourly until we reach eight hours. After that, we’re salaried.” –At work.

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There’s a guy at work who drives a red-gold sports car, a two-seater, low to the ground, with brutal, yet sensually rounded (voluptuous) edges. I want to say it looked like a Mayan seductress. The sun-blinds in the window read, “Rocket Science is SEXY!”

White stretch limousine on a flatbed truck, the rear end dangling almost to the road surface. Thought of a daschund being carried by a three-year-old.

I’m working on a kickass project, but it’s draining, much the way opening up a wrist and attaching it to a pump is draining. The guidelines are to write ten 20-minute radio-style mystery scripts with 6-9 characters. One per week. Here’s what I’ve learned so far: First, write down a one- or two-sentence description of

My favorite chocolate right now is Green & Black’s Organic Maya Gold: Bittersweet Chocolate with Orange and Spices. Creamy without being molten. The bittersweetness that lingers on the first kiss before the love affair goes south. The solidity: not too airy, not too chalky, not too smoky, not too earthy…mmmm.