It was possible that the strange creatures that had invaded Fandom last week were still on everyone's mind when the Student Council had designed the decorations for Prom. Glittery cardboard animal-hybrid monsters awaited everyone as they arrived to the community center, and made their way inside along a blue and yellow carpet flanked by glowing, ( Read more... )

Anyone coming into the community classroom would have their eardrums blasted with the Olympic anthem and Archer shouting "USA! USA! USA!" at the top of his lungs ( Read more... )

Anyone walking into the community center this week would find a certain song blasting at top volume.

"ISN'T THIS AWESOME?" Archer shouted above the din. "HERE'S THE GAME! WHENEVER YOU HEAR ROXANNE EVERYONE TAKES A DRINK! SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE! Let's go!"

Archer was late. In his mind he was only late fifteen minutes but in fact he had missed class the last two weeks mostly because he was a complete idiot and had forgotten he was even teaching a class on drinking ( Read more... )

Eliot was leaning back at the front table again, this week, beer bottle in hand. "It's the last week of this class," he said when it seemed like everyone who was going to show up had. "So here's your last bit of beginner's cooking advice from me: don't be afraid to screw it up. For the most part, you're just gonna end up with somethin' that ( Read more... )

The classroom was quite cold when the students entered, today, the A/C on full blast. Eliot had thrown on an extra flannel to his layers, and a pair of fingerless gloves. The usual stock of vegetables was slightly smaller than usual, making room for sacks of flour and baskets of fresh, speckled eggs ( Read more... )

There actually wasn't a pile of fresh vegetables on the front table, today. Instead, there was a digital projector and a laptop. Probably both stolen from the teacher's boyfriend. Fortunately, he did all the poking at it trying to get it to work before class, as proved by the YouTube page projected on the wall ( Read more... )

Eliot met the students outside today, where he had a number of small grills set up on a nice, out of the way patio, along with a table piled high with grilling equipment and food options.

"So this last weekend, some Americans who weren't unexpectedly 20 years older were celebratin' one of our national holidays. One that to many people marks the ( Read more... )

The bulky booze reserves Tamsin had reeled in during their last stop had no real end in sight. So great was their wealth that this time around, they'd actually just put wine and beer barrels out to function as tables across the community center ( Read more... )

There was a time, not that long ago, really, when someone walking into a room to find Eliot Spencer looking thoughtfully at a large knife would have to wonder how much time he would give them to beg for mercy before he finished them off ( Read more... )