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I was born in New York City. I ended up in great Northwest after my grandparent's decided to retire in Seattle area. This led to an exodus on this whole side of my family and I was too young to make a fuss.

When I was younger I spent great deal of time

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Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: How summer camp changed my life: 1 of 17

When I was sixteen, I was a rebel, The Beastie Boys, License to Ill, blasting through the earphones of my walkman. I had an opportunity at my finger tips, camp counselor, and this surely meant that for a summer, at least, there would be no parental control. Camp Volasuca had a staff lounge with a VCR for watching movies, a s...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Emptiness: 15 of 185

It how they say teach to believe i know no distinction limelight or extinction inbetween is suffering commandments to follow please direct please correct please feel free to change the subject
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues The ultimate religious dilemma: God knowing all vs. free will: 4 of 22

Predestination versus Free Will is an old hat debate. John Calvin wrote, "let them remember that when they inquire into predestination, they penetrate the inmost recesses of Divine wisdom, where the careless and confident intruder will obtain no satisfaction to his curiosity, but will enter a labyrinth from which he will fin...
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Reflections: What if some of our christian doctrine is misunderstood or even wrong: 2 of 11

Christianity has been a battlefield of hills being taken by the same sort of grudging senselessness that characterized Vietnam. Most believers could never imagine this scenario in their own relationships between denominations, but in the two millennia since the birth of Christ, it is very much this war like attitude that has...
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Was Jesus sinless?: 1 of 5

When the Christian faith meets with reason this question is a natural fit. For someone in the midst of a real search, there are curiosities that lead towards an investigation with a mind undoubtedly troubled with its own objectivity. The question of sin is both personal and a reflection of a possibility of there being a lovi...
Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Can God and Darwinism coexist?: 24 of 109

This is a curious question. It might be better known as an issue that takes place between the secular and the faith based world, often with a stereotypical line drawn between atheist and believers. When it comes to our own origins science faces the notion that it is eliminating God from the picture. Making this a debate of t...
Computers & Technology > Software & Web Development The pros and cons of open source software: 3 of 12

Need an app? It is likely there is open source alternative to those pricey applications sitting on the shelf at Office Depot. While cost is often the number one reason to reason for taking open source seriously, the driving factor for why it has been a game changer inside the world of computers comes from the communities beh...
Computers & Technology > Internet (Other) Tabbed Web browsers: What's new: 1 of 4

You know something was revolutionary the moment it has been taken for granted. Every browser worth its salt today adds tabs so the user can keep track of multiple web pages. It is like squeegee, a piece of black rubber attached to a strip of metal for siphoning off water. So how can there possibly be anything new? Google's a...
Computers & Technology > Software (Other) Tips for selecting fonts: 1 of 4

No one thinks about fonts. They are simply chosen because they look good and fit. Fonts are seasoning used for flavor. However, as more documents are geared towards the web, exchanged electronically, and the idea of a paperless office becomes a bigger reality, there is a need to know a bit more about fonts then just how they...
Computers & Technology > Smartphones & PDA Phones What is Google Android?: 1 of 4

Google Android is most popularly known as an operating system for phones and upcoming tablet devices aimed to compete with mobile products like the iPhone and iPad. It has gained a lot of hype in an Apple and oranges comparison, with the oranges being Google. But unlike Apple's mobile OS, Android is growing fast due to its o...