Could my father's great aunt be indirectly responsible for Hershey's chocolate?

I recently heard an interesting story about Brubaker family history from my dad, which he just learned at a family reunion not too long ago. The scoop is that Mr. Milton S. Hershey, yes THE Milton S. Hershey of Hershey's Chocolate fame (shown here), once had the sweets for my great great aunt. He asked her to marry him - and even gave her a wicker chair, which is still in the family today (dad's cousin's to be specific). To the detriment of future Brubaker fame and fortunes, she turned him down.

One can only speculate what impact this had on the young Milton. Perhaps he turned to chocolate to nurse his spurned affections, his hurt feelings, and tarnished pride. It is true (according to Wiki) that he did have several failed business starts in Philadelphia, Chicago, and New York, before finding success shortly after returning home to Lancaster County, PA -- where my great great aunt lived. A coincidence? Perhaps not! Perhaps Annie's rejections spurred him to achieve greater heights. Perhaps the seductions of the cacao bean substituted for the lost comforts of his love, and he poured his devotions into discovering the perfect recipe and business that would prove his worth as a man. What other reason to explain the origin of, yes -- the Hershey's kiss! Each tiny confection consumed could be a message from Milton, a not-so-subtle reminder of the lifetime of his sweet affections she had rejected.

Milton did ultimately marry, but produced no offspring other than an answer to boring plain vanilla ice cream, chocolate-milk mustaches on the smiling faces of countless satisfied kids, an industrialized town bearing his name, and an international conglomerate called the Hershey Chocolate Company. As for Annie, she remained a spinster her entire life, perhaps burning with regret and resentment at the opportunity she passed up. Or perhaps she just wasn't the marrying type. Still, who knows the influence great great Annie had on the development of Hershey's chocolate? And yet, no mention of Annie in the Wiki.
At least, that is, not yet. Ha ha ha.

Babymaker

A friend of mine hooked me up to this "babymaker". Simply uploading photos you and your love one (or celebrity, if you wish) to create looks for your future babies. Here are the five pictures of our potential future baby (doesn't really look like bi-racial).
同學部落格上介紹的"babymaker"網站, 只要把爸爸媽媽的照片依規定上傳, 就可以看看未來小孩長什麼樣子. 以下是我和布先生將來小孩的模樣...長的不太像混血兒


1) I like this one. very elegant.








2) What's with the hair?








3) Naaah..... don't like this chubby baby.






4) This one is cool, especially the hair.








5) This one looks more like a girl. Not bad.

The Story of Stuff (有中文字幕連結)

A friend of mine sent me this link. It's a short documentary film about stuff we use. Where does it come from, what process does it involve before it gets to us, and what's going to happy after we don't want this stuff, and also how we end up living in a society of "buy more" (well, at least part of the reason). It's a very nice film...I think everyone should watch it.



(中文字幕影片點這裡 http://www.storyofstuff.com/international/)
謝謝小莉寄給我這個link, 看完以後馬上覺得一定要和大家分享. 這個短片是有關"東西的故事". 是以一個美國人的角度來描述, 告訴我們日常生活中所用的東西是怎麼來的, 如何行銷到我們手裡, 丟棄後去了哪裡, 還有.....我們的怎麼變成一個以"物質"為導向的社會 (至少解釋了一部分). 我真的覺得這個影片蠻有啟發性的....請大家有空點去看看. 下面的連結會帶你到影片首頁....可以選擇繁體中文字幕喔!!!