Chug-a-chug-a-chug-a-chug-a-choo-choo! Neeeeeeeeeeeeerooo! What the…? Let me explain. During my infancy, meal times were littered with sounds of transportation mechanisms (The former was a train, and the latter, a plane. My onomatopoeia for a plane is admittedly a tad sketchy.). Imagine a spoonful of baby food coming straight towards your face, the spoon veering toward you like a vehicle, and [...]
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For the first time in years, I am in the midst of a petty, awkward issue with someone. I’ve always been nice to this someone, even gone out of my way to be nice to this someone. But let’s just say that it’s doubtful we’ll be holding hands and singing Kumbaya, or frolicking in a meadow, or promising one another future [...]
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The past week has mostly been what one would expect it to be. Textbooks and running gear strewn across the kitchen counter tops, Christmas lights twinkling outside, a “secret Santa” gift exchange being planned for, shopper traffic congesting the roadways, the weatherman talking about snow, five exams being jammed in two days before winter break… Everything was [...]
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When it comes to Halloween, I tend to like the more mellow decorations and festivities. That is, cute usually trumps gory. But, as the saying goes, there’s a first time for everything. How could I have knocked it ’til I tried it? Apparently gory can still be scrumptious. And puff pastry will never look the same to me. [...]
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The skin on its body is wrinkled and cracked. Giant air pockets occupy the space between its gnarled surface and footless base, like the final, desperate gasps issued before the kiss of patisserie death. Where there should be feet gracefully skirting its extremities, there is a dark abyss of nothingness. Its very name strikes fear [...]
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Do you ever do random Google searches? Perhaps you’re curious or just plain bored. Isn’t it amazing how many people must type in odd keyword combinations, given that they often appear in the suggestions drop box? (I bet you all, at one time or another, clicked on one of these purely for amusement purposes. We’ve all done [...]
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