87- chocolate...choCOLATE...EXTREME DARK CHOCOLATE!!...'FAD' or 'FASHION'?...

Hmmmmm...the elixor of the, uh, mind! And EXTRA-DARK chocolate is leading the way. Have you found and tried that Intense Orange-Dark Chocolate, yet? American society loves this stuff. Is it, though, a 'fashion' or a 'fad'? A 'fashion' rises up in society and sticks around, like blue jeans. A 'fad' enters and fades away, like that hula hoop 'craze'. Anyone remember those 'Mood Rings'?

a) 1920s/1930s/1940s---Miniature golf...Betty Boop...Drive-in theatres...Peter Pan PB...soda fountains...Hokey Pokey...Monopoly...bright red lipstick....

b) 1950s---Fins on cars...Teenyboppers...the Bunny Hop...flat tops...TV dinners...Silly Putty...Sideburns...the Chicken Dance...Scrabble....Mr. Potato Head...Paint-by-number...Disneyland...3D Movies...neon signs....

c) 1960s---American Bandstand...the Woodstock Festival...GI Joe...Mood Rings...hair ironing...the Twist dance...Granny dresses...Laugh-In...Bond, James Bond...Hippies...Jell-O...Smiley faces...the Peace sign...Yo-yos...the flower child...Barbie!...Twiggy...

d) 1970s---Star Wars...Rocky Horror Picture Show...Mopeds...do the Hustle...polyester...Pong...Happy Days...that Disco music...Amway...Lava Lamps...Toga parties...View-Master....Denim...Hello Kitty...California Raisins...Hacky-Sack...Pop Rocks...Tupeprware parties....

e) 1980s---Jelly Shoes...Care Bears...Spandex...Brat Pack...Atari...Chuck E. Cheese...Valley Girls...Weird Al...Penny Loafers...Garfield...Jud Blume...charm necklaces...Swatches...mullets...ripped jeans...Smurfs..."Where's the beef?"...WWF Wrestling...goatees....

f) 1990s---Pokemon..."Saved by the Bell" TV...Push Pops..."WWJD"..."I've fallen and I can't get up!"...Tickle Me Elmo...Girl Power...the Macarena!...Grunge...Koosh Balls...Pogs...Hip-Hop stuff...SUV's...Clackers....

g) 2000s---High School Musical...iPod...YouTube...Texas Hold-em Poker...Vanilla Cokes...Ring Tones...The Da Vinci Code...Text messaging...Red Bull...Tivo...Mentos..."That's Hot"...American Idol...thongs...Hybrid cars...U.S. and college flags on cars...the Bratz Dolls...Sudoku puzzles...Craiglist...Botox...MySpace...FaceBook...Hi5...skinny jeans..."mounted fish that sing!"...Webkinz...Hanna Montana....

h) 2010s---hmmm, I can only guess, and that's why my "social commentary" is fun!