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As my high school life was winding to a close, I slowly began to wake up. Let me emphasize the SLOW part of my last statement. While it would take me 30 years to actually awaken, I began to enjoy creative writing at 18 years of age, while still dreaming. Even

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Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Infatuation: 1 of 27
I submitted this article as a new title, High School Wood Shop. It ended up here. Go figure.Growing up without a father's guidance, I had to find other ways to learn to do the things guys traditionally do. A friend of the family, an ex-marine who served in the Pacific theater, was a big fisherman. He taught me my bare minimal... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Sports News & Opinion (Other) Should collegiate athletes receive payment for competing in college athletics?: 1 of 17
I want to state clearly that my decision is based solely on the present situation, the way college athletics are run these modern days. Long gone are the days of jalopies, felt school pennants, saddle oxford shoes and funny hats on students rooting their team to victory on fall Saturdays. Today season tickets are sold-out bef... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Presidential Elections 2008 US elections 2008: Are candidates missing an opportunity to connect with voters on open government issues?: 2 of 27
It is insulting to think that any candidate has the right to not connect with the voters on any issue, much less those involving open government. It is the voters who must demand open disclosure of who and what the candidate stands for; and thereby demand to hear each candidate's positions on everything that would represent t... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Racism Defining racism: 4 of 30
All my life I have been white. I don't mean simply Caucasian, I mean white. I have stupidly attempted to get a sun tan by taking my shirt off in mid-day, only to end up with a severe sunburn, to the point of bubbling skin that eventually bursts, leaks, dries an peels. It does this with an enormous amount of pain and discomfor... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Prophetic visions and biblical prophesy: 1 of 7
In 1555 Nostradamus published the first edition of his famous book, Les Propheties (The Prophecies). By 1558, as he readied to release his final edition, with three new chapters to be added, his king was demanding an explanation of the first edition and the seven "Centuries" it contained. King Henri II of France was demanding... More..
Business > General Management Managing change in business effectively: 1 of 7
When a business has been failing to perform to past levels of success, for some time, and every correction has failed to change a negative slide, business owners and CEOs then begin to look for outside help. The help they call is a consultant. Business failures are so often repeated and regularly occurring, for every business... More..
Personal Finance > Personal Finance (Other) Myths about money: 3 of 16
Have you ever had one of those dreams where you found lots and lots of money, either dollar bills or gold coins? So much you could roll and play in it? So much money that you have this huge smile on your face and feel so wonderful? That is, until you wake up. Then you hurriedly look in the bed to see if its still there, but i... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections Archives US presidential elections: What are super delegates?: 3 of 12
There sure are a lot of people up in arms about super delegates. Oh my word, it is so undemocratic for some leaders of some party (Democrats specifically) not to heed the will of the people. My oh my. Why don't they let the people choose the candidates? Uh, excuse me, but that really is the ultimate goal behind the super dele... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change The story behind Hurricane Katrina: 1 of 4
I had never experienced a hurricane until August 29, 2005. I was told that you never wanted to be dead center for the eye impact, or to the east of there. Due to the counter-clockwise rotation of the winds (found in the Northern Hemisphere), the bad wind damage is always to the east. Likewise, there is a higher chance of stor... More..
Entertainment > Movie Analysis Movie analysis: Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 1 of 4
Monty Python and the Holy Grail is one of my personal top-five all-time movies. This has absolutely nothing to do with any favor I had with the comedy stylings of Monty Python. I hated their BBC television show and found other movies they did an equal bore. British humor is something best born into. Instead, the theme of the ... More..