tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post8323962792872635430..comments2024-03-28T18:07:01.533+00:00Comments on Shadows & Light: ChocolateSteve Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-35883023457345213282007-12-19T14:01:00.000+00:002007-12-19T14:01:00.000+00:00OK. This is a perfect post, for so many reasons.Fi...OK. This is a perfect post, for so many reasons.<br><br>First, the pic - the maniacal chocolate expression is unmistakeable. Then the dreamlike sequence of spending $87 on chocolate, then thinking you'd left it in Starbucks, then the meltdown, then the denoument where you get your chocolate back.<br><br>Perfection. I salute you!! B R A VO !!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-88685364389146728772007-12-19T15:22:00.000+00:002007-12-19T15:22:00.000+00:00I might have flown to NY and actually gone into SB...I might have flown to NY and actually gone into SB just to get those Chocolates 4 U.<br><br>They're good all year 'round, of course and 4 no actual reason. <br><br>Otherwise, it probably was the Best item in SB (no offense!) Cheers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-928983087244095722007-12-19T16:32:00.000+00:002007-12-19T16:32:00.000+00:00Being non-religious, I still find great beauty in ...Being non-religious, I still find great beauty in the Christmas season. It really is a special time for our family to get together. I'm really fortunate in that respect.<br><br>The whole Christmas gift-giving idea is so ingrained in us that it is a difficult thing to buck. I did get the lovely Mrs. Sneed to agree that she and I do not exchange gifts. Beyond that, it seems a lost cause.<br><br>I'm glad you found the candy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-88750138955811738362007-12-19T21:01:00.000+00:002007-12-19T21:01:00.000+00:00this was a perfect post. I once bought expensive c...this was a perfect post. <br><br>I once bought expensive chocolates (in a fancy tin) at the last minute and shipped them fed ex at great expense--the next year one of the recipients sent me a hershey bar with a terse note for Xmas. <br><br>--Scratched his name off my Christmas list forever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-15401153281230113292007-12-19T23:07:00.000+00:002007-12-19T23:07:00.000+00:00$87 worth of chocolate, hmmmmmmm.some of my family...$87 worth of chocolate, hmmmmmmm.<br><br>some of my family want to abandon gifts - simplify, give to charity instead... some resist, enjoying the giving - the debate recurs every few years. The gifts i'm often happiest to give are things i've made, or found in charity shops. You're absolutely right, its the cultural imperative which is the odious thing. that, and the commercial pressure.<br><br>theres some bar or club or somewhere over here serving £35,000 cocktails over Christmas. That DOES make me want to give up the festive season altogether.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-26334082696846534732007-12-20T00:57:00.000+00:002007-12-20T00:57:00.000+00:00This sort of thing happens to us all at this time ...This sort of thing happens to us all at this time of year. When we give the gift, see the face, spend time with loved ones, its worth it. Check the choccies haven't been nibbled!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-12620050973568369022007-12-21T11:01:00.000+00:002007-12-21T11:01:00.000+00:00i love chocolate, and have eaten way to much today...i love chocolate, and have eaten way to much today, mainly gifts from patients. consequently i feel rather wired, and fancy going rock climbing. i laughed at you in this story, you funny thing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com