I underestimated the POWER of the Dark Side.

I like chocolate.

My love of chocolate is independent of everything except for milk. I can have chocolate at anytime, any place, and in any position, but always with a glass of milk. I like sweet things, and my demon is cacao (Kuh-KOW!), so far so that if served another type of dessert (which I will eat), I will still seek chocolate.

Yesterday at the store I thought long and hard about what type of chocolate I should get. I finally found my limit.

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Bright and Early, Yet Dark and Freezing.

This morning I was awake at 5 AM to prepare for an especially busy day at work. When you’re up that early, you don’t expect a lot of activity on the streets. That would be a correct expectation. What you may not expect is that it will be colder and somehow darker than it was at 11:30 PM the night before.

Bleary eyed, barely moving, yet oddly fascinated by the pre-dawn aura in the air, I arrived at the office before the sun had risen, having watched it set yesterday from my desk. Today will be interesting.

Tomorrow will be worse.

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