There were flashes of color darting by and objects flying through the air. There were kids on chairs and even desks with fistfuls of chocolate. School was out for the day.
It’s hard to say the exact instant that liberating freedom evaporated. One minute I was enjoying a piece of cheery candy. The next minute I [...]

When it comes to recipes, sometimes you have to remember your sense of humor.

Bile and acid rose in my throat like a volcano on the verge of eruption.
“What did you say I just ate?” I asked, horrified.
“Cow nuts.”
Chewing through the greasy breading and tough membranous meat was my first clue that these were no ordinary chicken nuggets.
The vague sneer present on my father’s face was all-too-telling. Gullibility was [...]