Which is to say that, if there are cookies about to be eaten … they will be. One by one. “Just one more oatmeal raisin cookie, Mr. Creosote.” Cookies are a small, discrete package of tasty goodness (and calories), effortlessly taken and eaten.<\/p>\n
The “small” and “effortless” part are what gets me. Same with chips. As the old commercial had it, I can’t eat just one.<\/p>\n
Cake, or pie, or brownies, on the other hand, take work. At a minimum I need to pull out a knife and cut a piece. I might need a fork to eat it. And if I’m going to do that, then, by God, I’m going to make it a decent-sized piece, which rings other alarm bells. So if there’s cake, or brownies, on the counter (or, even moreso, in the fridge), it’s relatively safe.<\/p>\n
Cookies, on the other hand — <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Which is to say that, if there are cookies about to be eaten … they will be. One by one. “Just one more oatmeal raisin cookie, Mr. Creosote.” Cookies are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[38,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-drink","category-health"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8087,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/05\/24\/party_time_exce.html","url_meta":{"origin":8176,"position":0},"title":"Party time, excellent","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 24-May-05 10:39am","format":false,"excerpt":"So Saturday was Katherine's birthday party, the one she invited friends to. It was the first of these sorts of parties we've done, and it was a success, I think...","rel":"","context":"In "Parenting"","block_context":{"text":"Parenting","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/personal\/parenting"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1842,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/04\/22\/other_joys.html","url_meta":{"origin":8176,"position":1},"title":"Other joys","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 22-Apr-02 8:58am","format":false,"excerpt":"While Rum Raisin still rules the roost so far as I'm concerned, I cannot recommend highly enough Reed's Ginger Ice Cream. Reed's does some very tasty ginger beers, and their...","rel":"","context":"In "Food & Drink"","block_context":{"text":"Food & Drink","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/food-drink"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16726,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/13\/cookie-monster.html","url_meta":{"origin":8176,"position":2},"title":"Cookie Monster","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 13-Feb-10 11:35pm","format":false,"excerpt":"So, today, as Cookie Dad for Kay's Girl Scout Troop, I participated in the first (of three) \"booth sales\" at the local King Soopers supermarket, from Noon to 3 p.m. A few observations. Most people who encountered us and our sales pitch to buy cookies were happy and pleasant about\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Big Business"","block_context":{"text":"Big Business","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/big-business"},"img":{"alt_text":"They're Wafer-thin!","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/thin_mints.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":28180,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/08\/a-bake-sale-for-nasa.html","url_meta":{"origin":8176,"position":3},"title":"A bake sale for NASA","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 8-Jun-12 9:27am","format":false,"excerpt":"Sure, it's a bit gimmicky, but it's also damned sad.Reshared post from +Victoria HudginsFor those of us who grew up with enormous pride in our space program, this is not a joke. Embedded Link Scientists to Hold Bake Sale for NASA Saturday Scientists are trading telescopes for aprons this week\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5537,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/02\/24\/eat_them_up_yum.html","url_meta":{"origin":8176,"position":4},"title":"Eat them up, yum!","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 24-Feb-04 2:56pm","format":false,"excerpt":"After the 40 Days program last night, Margie had a ton of leftover cookies (I know those of you who have been at a meal at our house will find...","rel":"","context":"In "Personal"","block_context":{"text":"Personal","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/personal"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5481,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/03\/04\/its_not_about_d.html","url_meta":{"origin":8176,"position":5},"title":"It’s not about doing without","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 4-Mar-04 7:34am","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's what scares folks off from changing their diet. I love sweets! I love cookies and cakes and I love food in general, and if I go on a diet,...","rel":"","context":"In "Coffee"","block_context":{"text":"Coffee","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/food-drink\/coffee"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}