I recently discovered I could make fudge with just chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, vanilla

extract, and a thick pot on slow heat. I tried it with dark chocolate chunks and I tried it with semi-sweet
chocolate chips. It's better with both kinds. It comes out pretty bad with just the dark chocolate. The
best add-ins are crushed almonds and marshmallows -- what you get from that is Rocky Road. It takes
about twenty minutes from start to fridge, and then it takes about six months to work off the twenty
pounds you gain from eating it. All things in moderation, friends. All things in moderation.

She patiently waited for his number to be called. She had no desire to be there, but her mom had
insisted that she go. She's resisted at first, but over time she realized it was simply easier to appease her
and go. Mom tended to be that way. She would keep insisting until you wore down and did what she
wanted. So, here she sat, patiently waiting for her number to be called.

It was a simple green chair. There was nothing extraordinary about it or so it seemed. It was the type of
chair one would pass without even noticing it was there, let alone what the actual color of it was. It was
due to this common and unassuming appearance that few people actually stopped to sit in it and
discover its magical powers.

She didn't like the food. She never did. She made the usual complaints and started the tantrum he knew
was coming. But this time was different. Instead of trying to placate her and her unreasonable demands,
he just stared at her and watched her meltdown without saying a word.

There was a reason for her shyness. Everyone assumed it had always been there but she knew better.
She knew the exact moment that the shyness began. It had been that fateful moment at the lake. There
are just some events that do that to you.

The opened package of potato chips held the answer to the mystery. Both detectives looked at it but
failed to realize it was the key to solve the crime. They passed by it assuming it was random trash
ensuring that the case would never be solved.

Since they are still preserved in the rocks for us to see, they must have been formed quite recently, that
is, geologically speaking. What can explain these striations and their common orientation? Did you ever
hear about the Great Ice Age or the Pleistocene Epoch? Less than one million years ago, in fact, some
12,000 years ago, an ice sheet many thousands of feet thick rode over Burke Mountain in a
southeastward direction. The many boulders frozen to the underside of the ice sheet tended to scratch
the rocks over which they rode. The scratches or striations seen in the park rocks were caused by these
attached boulders. The ice sheet also plucked and rounded Burke Mountain into the shape it possesses
today.

She closed her eyes and then opened them again. What she was seeing just didn't make sense. She
shook her head seeing if that would help. It didn't. Although it seemed beyond reality, there was no
denying she was witnessing a large formation of alien spaceships filling the sky.

The alarm went off and Jake rose awake. Rising early had become a daily ritual, one that he could not
fully explain. From the outside, it was a wonder that he was able to get up so early each morning for
someone who had absolutely no plans to be productive during the entire day.

Welcome to my world. You will be greeted by the unexpected here and your mind will be challenged
and expanded in ways that you never thought possible. That is if you are able to survive...