Saving the world -- one chocolate bar at a time

Always check out the inside of the wrapper on the chocolate bar. Mostly they're blank, but the really good ones have a story to tell; and it's a game-changer. A "save the planet" story that might not make it into the next Iron Man or Captain America movie, but ... it ain't all that bad. I love this stuff:

Alter Eco oganic chocolate ... the inside story. So cool.

Alter Aco's "Burnt Caramel" flavor ... yum. Seriously.

As I began -- saving the planet, one chocolate bar at a time. I did actually follow their link and touch town on their website. This is really cool stuff, and wouldn't have been imagined back at the millennium. Okay, the product is about a buck more expensive than the usual Nestle, Cadbury, Lindt or Whittacker product, but what the hey? Consider the extra buck a donation -- or even "paying forward" to the future. I'm not so old (yet!) that I don't sometimes wonder if I'll be slipping into a Darth Vader (TM) style breathmask to trundle down to the stores, when I'm as old as Mom is now --

They'll also be making them in pastel shades, tiffany design, paisley embossing, scented with roses and lavender to woo the little old ladies of the day; of whom I shall be one --

Stop laughing.  It's a sobering thought, n'est-ce pas?

LEFT: not the Lady Sith you were thinking of. That's Lady Sif. Somewhat different. And not that I'll expect to look this way at 87, but you get the picture. Just stick a frizzy-perm gray mop on top of this Bright Young Thing and add a walking frame. Better yet, cram the helmet on and leap aboard the scooter ... which will be starlight black with airbrush stormtroopers. Possibly even with a hover mode, with which to frighten the locals, he he he. (I've been hanging out with Dave way too long.)

Or ... we can just save the planet one chocolate bar at a time, and actually be able to breathe in thirty years' time.

Come to think of it, that's not a bad idea. And having said all of the above, I think I'll sign out with Freddie Mercury and Queen, I'm Going Slightly Mad...