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Some Thoughts and Extra Hot Fudge

 I am trying to chase away the blues today. I just turned 67 a few days ago, so as a lovely parting gift, age 66 left me was a roller coaster of blood glucose readings. A wave of depression comes with that at times.

So, I decided to visit an old friend, my blog.

While I was active before, I did as I am currenty doing with my podcast, promoting Rittman, Ohio, the town I have called home for the past 39 years. 

This evening as I got off work, my wife asked me to go over to Pop's Shake Shack and get her a hot fudge sundae. Her usual sundae consists of chocolate ice cream, hot fudge, and whipped cream. Today, she wanted no whipped cream and extra fudge. So off to town I go.

My first stop was the IGA. I needed to treat myself and my treat was a chef salad. Once again, I need to get things under control. Then it's off to Pop's.

Pop's Shake Shack is a business located in downtown Rittman, or the heart of the 44270. David Collins started this business in the middle of the pandemic. I have gotten to know David since the Around Rittman pocast began. He also was a band parent several years ago. For the past several seasons, he also has been responsible for setting off fireworks during the halftime show when the Rittman band eneterd the field. He has the fireworks going off after I get finished saying "marching band" Those of you that heard me announce know that I hold "marching" for several seconds. I just found out in the past year that he was the one setting these off, about the same time that he realized that I was the band announcer. (Cliff Note: That last sentence is troll food if they are still monitoring any sign of life here.) So my challenge this season was to hold "marching" for as long as possible. The fireworks did go off prematurely during one halftime. The fuse is 5 seconds.

I thought maybe at first the name of the establishment was a take off on Pop's Choklit Shoppe in the Archie comic books. David told me that, though he, like many of us, loved Archie comics, the name came from his grandkids calling him "Pop."

Even though Pop's Shake Sack is closing for the season on November 15, you can always get a good meal, for a great price at Pop's Place in nearby Seville. 

And to get back to my trip into town, Kathy got her hot fudge sundae with the extra hot fudge. She loved it.

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