Triumphant again

I had to go to the dentist this morning. And I won! Again! No cavities, no need for caps or crowns or root canals or dentures. I feel good.

Anyway, I got to the office and decided that, to celebrate my victory, I'd have a candy bar for breakfast. Have you ever had a Take 5? They're really delicious. I think I blogged once about how my law school friend Milf brings them to class occasionally. Anyway, I had a Take 5 for breakfast. And some toast. Yum.

Well, it's well into the afternoon now. 2:30. Which means....I've been walking around with melted chocolate on my shirt for over four hours. That's right. I must have missed my mouth, and a few crumbs ended up smeared on my shirt. Where are my friends? Why has no one mentioned this to me yet?

IHOP

I went to high school in Knoxville, Tennessee. I somehow ended up in the lesbian crowd, even though I was completely not dating women at the time.

Anyway, I had this ridiculous, straight-girlish, hopeless crush on a girl named Gracie. Gracie, of course, loved Lauren. But I was harmless because I was straight, so Gracie and I spent a lot of time together.

We used to go to the IHOP after school every Thursday, and we always ordered something to share. If my memory serves me, we ordered something called the Chocolate Chip Hot Fudge Devotion Pancake Sundae. It was gigantic. It was two plate-sized chocolate chocolate chip pancakes covered in chocolate chips and whipped cream, with two scoops of vanilla ice cream and hot fudge.

I googled the Chocolate Chip Hot Fudge Devotion Pancake Sundae today and got NOTHING. It's as if this fantastic treat never existed. Does anyone out there remember my dear IHOP treat? The love that Gracie and I shared?

Birthdays

We don't get birthday gifts at my office. We don't sing. And we DEFINITELY don't wear silly birthday hats or say "Surprise!"

But we never, ever, ever, ever miss an opportunity to have cake.

So there's a new guy in the office. He's been here less than a week. It's not normally something you'd know about someone, but I managed to pry the information out of him. Today was his birthday.

And behold, the glorious chocolatey icing-y goodness of his birthday cake. Thank you, Brian, for being born.

Dunkers

My wife went shopping at Trader Joe's last night. Have you been there? It is so fantastic. If you haven't been yet, GO IMMEDIATELY! Stop reading, go NOW!

Anyway, I love it when she goes grocery shopping. She always gets lots of treats for me. Last night, she got something called Dunkers. They're kind of like chocolate chip cookies, only thinner and kind of rectangular. They're meant to be perfect for dunking in milk. And they are.

Trader Joe's also has these gigantic blocks of organic chocolate right by the checkout lanes. And lots of chocolate truffles, chocolate covered popcorn, chocolate cookies, and the like.

Try the dunkers. And make sure to stop by the checkout.

Enough said

Tori Amos has a song called Doughnut Song. It's not one of my personal favorites, but it's definitely Reason Number 941 that I love that woman. Still no US tour dates announced for this summer, but she rocks.

Forgot to mention.....

I had deep fried oreos last weekend. They were.....delicious. Heather and I went to dinner with my brother, my sister-in-law, and their chubby little baby Will. We had beers and bar food and talked while Will tossed his toys all over the restaurant and all the other customers picked them up and brought them back, saying, Ahh he's such a sweetie. Then my brother wanted to order a dessert, and he picked out fried oreos. They came in a bowl - about five of them, dipped in sweet batter, deep fried, covered with ice cream and chocolate syrup. And they were truly delicious.

I had tried fried twinkies once before, at a place called Mulligan's, that also served something called a hamdog which consists of a hamburger wrapped around a hot dog, breaded, deep fried, covered with chili, cheese and onions and topped with a fried egg and fries. I thought of the fried twinkies as something of a novelty item. I guess I would have thought the same of the oreos.

Except....I was out with some friends on Saturday, and one of my friends mentioned that she has her very own deep fryer. She said fried snickers are good, and that you bread them with funnel cake batter! She's done fried twinkies and fried oreos, too. AND, I think she'd really like to try a deep fried cupcake. So we're going to have a frying party.