My brother Robbie was an aficionado of cigars, pens, chocolate, and many other good things. As an attorney, he had very few bad days but when one would occasionally happen, he had a saying: “On a good day, you have a little chocolate. On a bad day, you have a lot of chocolate.” I have […]
bad day, brother, chocolate
Back in the day, my older brother, Robbie, was a DJ at the Dickinson College Student Radio Station, and while doing dedications for a love song one day, he was reading through the dedications. You know, Jeremy loves Melissa, Margie loves Ed, and then he said, “And me, I love chocolate.” If you knew my […]
chocolate, Doing what you love, love
My brother, Robbie, who passed away in 1999, was a connoisseur of many things, including chocolate. And he would eat chocolate in threes, three pieces at a time. His reasoning was that if you’re only going to limit yourself to one piece of chocolate, you might as well not even bother. The first piece just […]
chocolate, discipline, eating, eating chocolate
I was reminded the other day of an old commercial for Hershey’s Kisses, where a famous actor ties one of his shoes and very satisfied with that accomplishment, says,” I deserve a Hershey’s kiss.” And he ties his other shoe and he rewards himself with another Hershey’s kiss. It’s a reminder of something simple that […]
acknowledge, chocolate, reward