Happy National Bittersweet Chocolate With Almonds Day

Hey, hope y'all are having a delightful National Bittersweet Chocolate With Almonds Day! Nice immediate retreat from National Deviled Egg Day last Wednesday, and, especially, Waiting For The Barbarians Day last Friday! What does that day commemorate anyway, LOL! The only thing that comes to mind is Constantine P. Cavafy's controversial poem, "Waiting For The Barbarians", which is essentially his poignant yearning to wish that the young blooded (barbarians) could infuse life to a dying establishment or order but if this really doesn't exist and we remain waiting everlong, the hopes for continuity for a revised or revitalized order is
replaced by fear, also honoring the ushering of unconventional and unorthodox young ideals and rejuvenation of the status quo!

(giggles) But enough about last Friday! LOL! Have yourself a nice slab of bittersweet chocolat aphrodisiac...with almonds to cap the day! (just don't have it less than six hours before bed if you're a Scorpio like me, if we don't get our delicate beauty sleep, embosemed in our starfish sleeping positions, productivity, we have a problem! LOL!



Wow, we've got quite a few people to offer our idiosyncratic sympathy to today. First of all, we head off to Bismarck, North Dakota, where William T. Dennis is spending two dails in jail for failing to license his frisky feline! A warrant was issued to him after failing to show up in court, and according to North Dakota law, the failure to license Lil' Miss Whiskers can result in a fine up to $1,000 and a possible 30 day jail sentence.



There is a saying that goes around that goes, "Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this." (giggles) Deep down, we indeed are motivated by the same urges...it's just cats and cat-people that have the courage to still live by them! LOL! Whatever happened to those Gods anyway, the Gods must be crazy now! :)



Next we go to Montrose, Pennsylvania, where an incumbent mayor up for re-election has announced he will resign if he is re-elected! :) Yep, Mr. Thomas LaMont has been in office a little over ten years, but has said, “That’s it, I can’t take it anymorrrrrreeee!” (giggles) He is the only candidate on the ballot in the community, winning 23 votes in the Republican primary of this community of about 1,600 people. Yep, receiving $900 a year before paying your taxes under each Aries sign can certainly strap you out after a while, even with all the jocund weddings and Independence Day parades you can host!


So, who’s might conquer his borough throne, you ask? None other than meter reader John Wilson. There ya go, the next likely mayor of Montrose, Pennsylvania, ladies, gentlemen and sasquatches! Maybe the novelty buttons from this election will be remembered as “Vote For Me, And I’ll Sue You!” (giggles)



Finally, we head to the West Coast, in San Rafael, California, where 28-year-old Kevin Morgan of Petaluma was given a $351 citation by the California Highway Patrol for driving in an HOV lane with a kickboxing dummy taking shotgun, sporting a Miami Dolphins windbreaker and baseball cap! Officer Will Thompson, whose daily routine is to sit back next to a car poll lane and watch the world drift by...unless of course kickboxing dummies are livin' life in the fast lane, caught him and according to the officer, Morgan said, "Well, that didn't help me very much today, did it?" (giggles) Love that pacifying sincerity!



So, whether your cat is challenging the status quo, you're a mayor running for election that just wants to run home, or you just want to take a dazzling dummy for a night on the twon, our hearts go out to y'all today, as we patiently wait for the barbarians to come and heed your call (oh dang, now we'll have to wait 363 days for the next anniversary, sorry y'all!)



Until we work out all those kinks, enjoy some bittersweet chocolate with almonds! Y'know what they say, "Chocolate is cheaper than therapy and you don't need an appointment." (does happy katakana barracuda) Las cosas claras y el chocolate espeso, verdad?

Love,
Noah Eaton
(Mistletoe Angel)
(Emmanuel Endorphin)