Hot fudge ice-cream cake. Just the name makes my mouth water. I ate many of these at Elby's, the local family restaurant. I ate them as a kid, and then as a teen with my boyfriend, the Professor. Elby's was a permanent fixture, or so I thought. Not long into my adult years, the Elby's sold out, and became " Bob's Big Boy. " Next, it became Eat 'N Park. By then, Slim Jims and Hot Fudge Ice-Cream Cakes were a thing of the past. How I miss them.

So, I'm making my own. As I type, a jelly roll of chocolate cake is cooling, and the ice-cream and hot fudge are waiting. It's just the Professor, Gilligan, Skipper, and me. Young Professor is sleeping over at his grandparents', and Ginger is out at a chorale performance with a " friend " and his parents. At present, we're all watching a show about submarines on the Military Channel. Goody. As soon as I can, I'm going to slip in a murder mystery DVD that I got from the library. But that will have to wait until Skipper's in bed.