What did the opposite of cheering you up today?

[Rusty]

I think I pulled something while playing with my kid - I'm old.

Also, Obamamania.

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

I had to get up super early today (for me) to get picked up at 6:30 a.m. and travel an hour up I-5 to Issaquah for a WashYARG meeting.
So after blearily dragging myself out of my cozy bed, dressing, packing lunch, and getting myself out to the curb at 6:30 on the dot... my ride was 20 minutes late.
Bah.

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

Sadly, we don't see the actual town part of Issaquah when we go, Ko. We just see the part with the King County Library System adminstration building, and the Target shopping center where we park. It is generic northwest suburb, and could be anywhere.
Uh, except the part about being in the foothills of the Cascades...
It is beautiful here today, Ko. Impossibly blue skies, warm sun, and all the roses and pansies and trees are thriving. It's like summer got shifted to September this year.

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

Yeah, that drive from Tacoma can be brutal, which is why we all pack lunches and eat in the car, so we can get out of Issaquah at 1:00 p.m. and drive south as fast as is legally possible.
That's right, I was NOT allowed to drive...

[Cyril]

Chuck E. Cheese.


Ugh

[Cyril]

If by "odd" you mean "metro sexual retarded," then yes, I'm being deluged.

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

I'm excited about my latest friend. She's from Germany, and I'm hoping she'll become a GoodReads librarian, and combine some of those German editions I can't make heads or tales of.

[Tim (Mole) The Gunslinger]

On the other side of the coin its my birthday and im not getting younger bummer!lol

I use to say dont trust anyone over 30 looks like I need a new philosophy!

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

Happy Birthday, Tim! Eat cake!

[Tom]

David Foster Wallace's suicide is not cheering me up.

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

I'm sorry, Tom. It hurts to lose a favorite author even from natural causes, so to have them cut their lives short early just is awful.

[Not Bill]

Rick Wright, founding member of Pink Floyd died today, gone to that Great Gig in the Sky.

[Charissa, That's Ms. Obnoxious Twat to You.]

yup. I saw that a few days ago. hundreds are dead as well. it's stunning how little human life means to them as a nation.

[Charissa, That's Ms. Obnoxious Twat to You.]

huh... that's different than the news I saw about it... or maybe I'm hallucinating.

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

Boooo!!!! Hershey's wasn't that great to start with, and now they do THIS?!? Booo!!!!

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

I'm just going to have to say NO to Hershey's. Just say NO to bad chocolate, everyone!

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

Oh, I don't BUY the stuff, but if it's around, I eat it. I know Kisses aren't good chocolate, but I can't help it!

No longer, though. :::crosses arms with resolve:::

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

Milk Duds, huh? Weren't those already just "chocolatey"?
I don't know about having a sour taste, I just know that I prefer dark chocolate, and good luck finding much of that down any American supermarket candy aisle.

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

Hey Bunny, have you tried these?

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[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

Well, nothing beats Lindt, and I like Droste, too - I get their cocoa to make hot chocolate with.
But Ritter Sport is very good German chocolate, and it comes in some delicious varieties. I love the marzipan/dark chocolate, it's like a little piece of heaven in my mouth! But my friend Mary, who prefers milk chocolate, didn't care for it at ALL. Too bitter for her, I think. And you have to like marzipan.

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

All I ever get is the marzipan Ritter Sports, and not very often, because the whole thing is an insane amount of calories.
So, yeah, I can't vouch for the other kinds. Oh, except stay away from the weird Yogurt flavor. Not good, according to Chris. His curiosity got the better of him...

[Dave]

To get back to the purpose of this thread for a second, someone unfriended me and I can't figure out who it was.

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

What!?! Why would anyone do that, Dave? Sheesh.


Was it recently? Maurice left again a week or two ago, so if he was a friend, he'd get deleted from your friends.

[Dave]

Thanks. I'm hoping it was one of those who sent me a random request, but I haven't heard from since. The not knowing, though, is a little aggravating.

[Dave]

I don't know if they won't be missed. I never turn down requests, so there are friends who I've never really talked to, so those people wouldn't be missed.

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

It's funny - for all the people on GoodReads, there aren't that many who actually interact on a regular basis.

[Charissa, That's Ms. Obnoxious Twat to You.]

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

Uhm. Fran's!
Now I am totally craving those chocolate covered caramels with the gray salt on top... Dang they're expensive, though!

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

And now I'm bummed because Chris ate the last of the chocolate chips, and there is no chocolate in the house.
And it's too cold for popsicles.

[Lori]

All this talk is raising my serotonin, very cheerful stuff for the uncheerful thread. Except there is no chocolate in my house.

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

If I ever get back to Paris, forget fashion! I'm going to do a chocolatier tour!
And go to the museums and see art, to build my appetite back up...

[Dave]

Weird. I just got a random friend request. The universe is back in balance.

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

I just brought home a Ritter Sport, and I am noticing how sweet it is, compared to most of the chocolate I eat now. I first had these in high school, so they may be a throwback to younger, sweeter tastes, Bunny and Sherri.
I also brought home a Green & Black's Maya Gold, which is bittersweet dark chocolate with orange and spices. Sadly, I have to say that the spices, which seem to just be clove, are overwhelming, and make it hard to enjoy the chocolate.
Maybe if I ate it at the same time as having a piece of pumpkin pie?

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

That sounds divine, Bunny. It's a perfect day here for tea - drizzly and overcast. No cookies in the house, though. Just the fancy chocolate.
Darn! ;D

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

I like them, too. I also like British digestive biscuits, plain or with chocolate. And, of course, those go especially well with tea.

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

Yes! Those! Yummers...

[RandomAnthony]

This place, which bills itself as the "world's largest candy store", is in a small town in PA...I saw it on the travel channel...it's not too far from my wife's mom's house, maybe a couple hours, tops, and I'm always looking for an excuse to get out for the day, anyway...

http://www.daffins.com/location___dir...

[RandomAnthony]

A digestive biscuit sounds like medicine, by the way.

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

My Scottish relatives introduced me to digestive biscuits, and tea, on a trip to my dad's old home, back when I was in 10th grade.

RA, digestives are similar to graham crackers, but yummier, especially when they are coated with chocolate. They come in tubes like these:

[Reads with Scotch]

I agree with RA, They need a better marketing firm or something... Call them yum buns from now on.

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

Those wacky British are terrible at naming stuff, Nick. They call cookies "biscuits", mmm tasty.
Not. And they mix up chips with french fries, and call actual potato chips "crisps".
Really, though, what can you expect from a country that eats "mushy peas"?

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

Hahahahahahahaha!!!! Good point. Cookies are a silly, nondescriptive name.

Okay, Bunny, what would YOU call cookies?

[Reads with Scotch]

I wonder why so many Americans have gigantic asses, and thunder thighs…
But it just tastes sooooo good.

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

I like gingerbread boys, petits-fours, snickerdoodles, gingersnaps, and my mom's chocolate drops.
And my ass is within normal parameters.

[Reads with Scotch]

I think it also has a lot to do with all the processed shit we consume. Exercise would be a good start but I don’t know how much of an impact it would have when almost everything we consume is loaded with high fructose corn syrup and the like.

That’s why I stick to lager.

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

Me, too.
Nick, with lager your belly is more likely to be the issue than your ass.

[Reads with Scotch]

I am fine with my pleasantly plumb bump up front.

[Jackie "the Librarian", Cool Star Trek Nerd]

Now, why is it that guys have no body image problems, and women fret about the least little thing?
I'm going to have some chocolate and think the issue over...

[Reads with Scotch]

Well, I have just accepted the fact that I am past my prime, I am not going to worry away my life about hair, love handles, or a mild case of lager gut.

[Lori]

And our dogs love us no matter what!