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"Are you having fun, son?" - by visakan veerasamy

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When I was about maybe 14 years old, I plotted to have a fun night by myself in my family home, on a day that I knew everyone was going to be home late. I had borrowed a DVD from a friend, a live concert of one of my favorite bands, Mr. Big – I believe it was the Farewell Live in Japan 2002 video. I decided to really treat myself, and I bought three 3-packs of Kinder Bueno chocolates, which adds up to… 18 sticks of creamy, hazelnutty chocolate wafers. Since nobody was home, I got to turn up the volume louder than I’d normally dare to play anything. I marvelled at the tremendous spectacle of HD quality footage of Billie Sheehan and Ritchie Kotzen trading virtuostic riffs, and I ate those chocolates until I felt sick. To this day, when I eat Kinder Bueno, I think somewhat fondly back to that day. I’ve tweeted about this anecdote at least twice over the years, and I’m writing about it again, which tells me there’s something in here that I probably want to dig into and examine. After think

"Are you having fun, son?" how much chocolate is too much? visakan veerasamy Jan 08, 2024 113 15 7 Share “To continue to have fun is to participate in a dynamic process, to adapt to the situation.” When I was about maybe 14 years old, I plotted to have a fun night by myself in my family home, on a day that I knew everyone was going to be home late. I had borrowed a DVD from a friend, a live concert of one of my favorite bands, Mr. Big – I believe it was the Farewell Live in Japan 2002 video. I decided to really treat myself, and I bought three 3-packs of Kinder Bueno chocolates, which adds up

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