I swear on everything sacred that this story is a 100% true and accurate account of something that happened to me maybe 13 or 14 years ago. I still marvel at that day and how crazy it was, this much later!! I wrote it down maybe two or three years ago. When I write (just recreationally, to blow off steam), I go for ...
Maybe 10 years ago, I was surrounded by all of my faux Catholic friends who rationalized 11 months or so of total debauchery with the cleansing, "I'm giving it up for Lent" schtick. Out of what I can only describe as leftover Catholic guilt from my upbringing, I decided to give up jerkin’ the gherkin...or so I thought.... » Read more
