In my line of work, sleep is a very precious commodity. And so this morning, when a rooster’s crow jolted me awake TWO full hours before my alarm was set to go off, I was slightly annoyed. The slightly annoyed turned into very annoyed as his crows continued, as loud as if he were merely [...]

We’ve all encountered them. They are the well-meaning but misguided souls who ruin Halloween for everybody. They are the scrooges of the fall. They are the clueless–or heartless– who make our fake smiles and joyful outbursts of “trick or treat!!!” (Which mask the “shove-a-ton-of-awesome-candy-into-my-bag-and-then-shut-the-heck-up-and-leave-me-alone” thoughts) totally not worth the effort.
They are the “Crappy Candy Giver [...]