“What is a turducken? An exclusive culinary creation available by special order from some little Cajun town down south. Entirely deboned, a turducken consists of a turkey, stuffed with duck, stuffed with a chicken, like an edible Russian nesting doll. Some were stuffed with alligator, crap, shrimp; my favorite was the traditional cornbread variety.”

“That night I dreamed of turduckens.”

“Yeah, well, wish in one hand, crap in the other, and see which fills up first”

“My dad was never one of those dads you could ask for a quarter if you saw a gumball machine. Instead he had one of those black American Express cards not available to general public. Gumball machines didn’t have slots for those.”

“Dad brought it home from Paris when Terese was five. What other kid that age had a $10,000 oboe?”

“Place unopened pouch in warm water for 5-10 minutes.Unopened pouch may be laid on a warm surface.Lay unopened pouch in direct sunlight. Not much chance of that down here.Place unopened pouch inside you shirt, allow you body temperature to warm your MRE.I was surprised they left out: Place unopened pouch on ground and pee on it.”

“T.S Elliot was wrong. My world ended with a bang the minute we entered the Compound and the silver door closed behind us.The sound was brutal.Final.”