Let me first say, Steve Almond was hilarious. In the beginning of the speech, he read the prologue and part of chapter one of Candy freak. The tone in his voice made his words jump out of his book. Almond was very sarcastic and funny throughout the text. Surprisingly, Almond has a spouse that loves candy as much as he does. Candy to Almond is like great sex. He thinks that a person, who does not like chocolate, is not good in bed. Almond said that if he was at a party and a person blurted out that they did not like chocolate, he would tell them to go to the chip bowl.
Many people in the 8:00 p.m. speech, had a lot of smart comments and questions, but Almond made them look silly; if I were them I would have embarrassed. Almond answered all questions tactfully and sarcastically. He made me laugh the entire time. Throughout his speech, after reading about giving a boy a candy bar with a ruler on it to measure his dick, Almond made continuous jokes about dick. He was just so casual......
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