Chocolate chips cookies better to open with this morning than Donald Trump.

Who invented the chocolate chip cookie?

The answer surprised me. The time of its invention also. I always thought chocolate chip cookies have been around forever. A multitude of years. Not so. Ruth Graves Wakefield invented the chocolate chip cookie in 1938 at a time when I was only 3 years old. History tells us she came up with the concept while on a flight from Egypt.

The actual hands on invention occurred at the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts. She added chopped Nestle semi-sweet chocolates to a cookie recipe to serve as a new variation to her customers. The cookie was originally known as the “Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookie.” She first served it with ice cream.

The cookie was an immediate hit!

The Toll House Inn was located on the way to Cape Cod. Many celebrities were her customers even before the chocolate chip cookie introduction. Even more patronized the restaurant operated by Ruth and her husband following the introduction of the chocolate chip cookie. Some of her celebrity customers included Joseph Kennedy Sr., Cole Porter, Gloria Swanson, Joe Di Maggio, and Eleanor Roosevelt.

Key West high today projected at 83 degrees. No precipitation. The no rain bit makes me laugh. At 6 a.m.as I am writing this blog it is pouring big time!

On this day in 1898, the Red Cross Society’s ship, State of Texas, arrived in Key West from New York with medical personnel and supplies. Its personnel and cargo were needed in Key West and also in Cuba where the Spanish-American War was ongoing. The ship served as a floating base.

Trump time.

King Charles and Queen Camilla have arrived. The purpose of the visit is to ease tensions between the U.S. and Britain over the Iran War. The King is to address Congress. I doubt his words will reduce tensions.

Oil prices are jumping again as U.S./Iran talks appear to be deadlocked.

Trump is dissatisfied with Iran’s plan to open the Strait of Hormuz. Iran refuses to agree to Trump’s demands.

The prospective assassin’s at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was arraigned yesterday in federal court. Charged among other things with attempting to assassinate the President.

Donald and Melania “demand” Disney and ABC fire Jimmy Kimmel over a “joke” he uttered Thursday night two days before the Saturday dinner. 

Trump says all kinds of things about all peoples whenever he chooses. Some really really bad! Yet the President and Melania consider it wrong to say bad things about them. They assume of course that anything bad said is false. Which of course they are not.

In his Thursday talk, Kimmel described Melania as “so beautiful” and then went on to say “Mrs. Trump you have a glow like an expectant widow.” He also made cracks about Trump’s age and health.

Melania said Kimmel’s words were “corrosive and deepen the political sickness within America.” She referred to Kimmel as “one who spreads hate.”

Trump believes that networks whose hosts are critical of him should lose their right to broadcast. Fire the bums, in effect. Shouldn’t the President be held to the same standard? What’s good for the goose is good for the gander!

What happened to free speech, to the First Amendment?

What follows is something I heard only once on the internet. When I went back to find it, I could not. No one else ran it either.

The comment was that during the assassination attempt, Hegseth threw his wife down and threw his body on top of her for protection. If true, Hegseth has to be given credit. I say this in spite of the fact I consider him incompetent and inept.

I close.

Noting however I shall be doing The Grand during Happy Hour today with my dear friends Fran and Tom Dixon.

Enjoy your day!