Today's OneWord: Circus

The birthday party wasn't so much a get-together as it was...well, a circus. Not that there were any cool elements of said circus there, like lions and trapeze artists and giant rings of fire. But there were certainly a whole lot of clowns. Not clowns in make-up with wigs and big shoes (well, save for Billy Delainey regarding his big boots), but in demeanor entirely. And I wasn't laughing.

"You can't eat the cake yet!" I shouted at sixty-five-year-old Ryan O'Malley, who had decided to try to take a bite directly from the spongey base before I had even lit the candles.