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(Link via Cathy, thanks to whom I also discovered the joys of OhSoGood’s Lemon Lime Cheesecake.)

As a self-described chocolate junkie, I feel it my civic duty to share this news. Now we can all feel better about our addiction.

Way too much fun on a Sunday afternoon: the Salon Passion Chocolat at Place Bonaventure. Chocolate sculptures, chocolate truffles, chocolate liqueurs, chocolate spa treatments, and every kind of gourmet chocolate imaginable. Not to mention plenty of free samples. This chocoholic was impressed, anyway.

So I’ve decided that I’m a serious chocolate addict, and my evil friends are all enablers. So is the genius at Jean Coutu who decided to sell mini-Toblerone at 2 for 79 cents.

A surprising number of people I’ve mentioned this to have also confessed their chocolate addictions. I’m thinking of starting my own local chapter of Chocoholics Anonymous. We can all get together once a month and eat lots of chocolate… anonymously of course.

Anyway, I was feeling horribly guilty, until I discovered this site:

So you’re on a diet- you’re being good. But you’re a chocoholic, and that’s a temptation you have trouble resisting. What to do?

First off, readjust your thinking. Chocolate is a veggie. It’s good for you.

See, now that’s what I’m talking about!

• It’s friggin’ freezing out there!!! Remind me again why I choose to live in this part of the world?
• Week before Christmas + SAQ strike = long lineups at the LCBO. On the plus side, LCBOs have great selections that include items like this… and they give you Air Miles. On the minus side, seems I’m supposed to be paying tax to the Quebec government for the booze I bought in Ontario. Yeah, right.
• What logical explaination is there for the price of gas being 15 cents a litre lower in Ontario than in Quebec?
• The map store is awesome. So is the game store. (I’m still accepting soybean donations).
• Chocolate frogs and turtle cheesecake are my new addictions.
• Coffee Coffee Coffee!!!

Chocolate may cure coughing:

A chemical compound, theobromine, which is found in cocoa, has proved more effective at stopping persistent coughing than codeine.

SWEET!!!

Those of you who know me and my chocolate addiction will understand.

I was flipping channels the other night, and heard a teaser promo on – I think – the CBC on a story about trans fats and the drive to legislate them out of existence that went something along the lines of “Why don’t we eat the way we should?”

Now, I’m not disputing the findings of all the experts who say that trans fats are bad for us, or are a health hazard even. But I am a little wary of attempts to ban unhealthy foods. Even if fat is “the new tobacco”, as the Heart and Stroke Association sensationally warns, well, heck, even tobacco’s legal.

Every day, we’re assaulted by shocking warnings about different kinds of food. One day, it’s watch out for the water – it’s polluted and will kill you. The next day, don’t touch that protein. The day after, protein is king (thanks Atkins) and it’s the carbs that’ll kill ya. Sugar is bad so sweeten artificially… no, artificial sweetener will cause cancer; use real sugar. It’s an eternal yoyo going by with such dizzying speed that nobody can possibly keep it all straight.

In the end, everything’ll kill you. But that’s ok cause life will kill you. Death is one of the only two certainties in life. You can eat only vegan all-natural vegetables your entire life and get hit by a car.

As long as they are eaten in moderation, most foods won’t do you grievous amounts of harm. So if I want to be bad and occasionally eat something that’s bad for me, that’s nobody’s business but my own. It’s certainly not the government’s. If these interest groups get their way, every guilty pleasure will be illegal, and all the causes of death will drop drastically… but when people realize what kind of dry existence they’re left with, suddenly the suicide rate will spiral out of control. After all, what is life if you can’t indulge in a slice of triple-chocolate mousse cake on occasion?

I don’t smoke. I don’t do drugs. But I have the occasional drink, I’m positively addicted to chocolate, and I don’t always eat my recommended daily intake of the four food groups every day. Even more shocking: Sometimes I read romance novels, watch cheesy movies, and I’ve even caught an episode or two of bad reality TV. And the guilty pleasure derived from doing each of those is the same as the guilty pleasure derived from eating greasy onion rings.

So to the NDP and their proposed bill outlawing trans fats, I say try being bad once in a while. Sometimes, it just feels good.

That’s right, you heard correctly. I don’t accept any money or donations for this site – not even to pay for the hosting – but I’ve decided that if you really insist on showing me some appreciation, I won’t object too much.

To that end, I’ve posted a link to my Amazon Wish List. I promise to be eternally grateful if you should decide to send me a gift. And if you don’t want to send me anything off that list, I’m also a chocoholic . . .

Sitting here eating chocolate chips and wondering, seriously, if I may be addicted to them.

And onto more important topics: I’m taking an unofficial poll. Chocolate or caramel?

So far among the friends I’ve surveyed, it’s 11 for chocolate, 4 for caramel. You can use the comments to vote.