In Creative Writing, we have developed a system for knowing when things are going to happen. One of the sure signs of when weird things are about to go down is when you receive an email from Heather stating: “So tomorrow is our First Annual Creative Writing Pre-Thanksgiving Weird Buffet.”

What exactly is a weird buffet, you ask? It is anything, and it is everything. It is innovation and love, food and mouths pushed to the limits. The weird buffet is where the tic-tac cookie was born. That’s right: a cookie with tic-tacs in it. The weird buffet is the bosom from which is born creativity and life and curiosity.

“What if I put tic-tacs in these. . .”