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Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Facing death: 3 of 202

The sky was covered in variant shades of gray and white on a peaceful, yet dark day. The pressed-flat grasslands whispered the strange spirituals of the breeze. Standing tall and eternally green, in challenge to the gray world, was a small copse of pines - the symbol of resurrection, but also of death. Rebecca Mathem's fragi...
Sciences > Mathematics Division by zero: Is it really impossible?: 2 of 34

There is a mathematical concept known as the asymptote. This concept is taught to most students in the second or third year of high school math. An asymptote refers to a straight line that a graph approaches but never touches; later in calculus or at the end of pre-calculus the similar concept of a limit is introduced. Simpl...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Battles: 8 of 56

Bound by the livid vermilion sky, Footfalls echoing across the scorched earth, Two warriors stare in each other's eyes, As whispering smoke decries battle's worth "All dead!" each shouts in turn, in rasping voice Entwining o'er the echo of Verdun, "Your fault!" both cry at once, and make the choice To join by win or death th...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Adventure: 48 of 168

This time, it was three soldiers. The traveler was used to this by now. Smiling warmly, he moved into a fighting stance, placing his hand on the shaft of his warhammer. "Gentlemen, really," he said. "Can't we all just get along?" The first of the soldiers rushed at him, yelling and holding his sword high and back for a power...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Walking in the woods: 45 of 95

Far passing deep within the deep'ning wood, I pass a tree that I hath passed afore, And there, beneath the ageless willow stood A lady, lost as I, 'twas certain sure "What Ho!" cried I, "well met, and passing fair Art thou, who wanders over stone and creek! Long have I thus wandered here and there, Despairing full the findin...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: The mountains: 50 of 101

Mountain, most threadbare of all human speech, What word may scale such magnificent height? What eloquence aspires to such reach, Above ageless clouds to immortal light? The living soul of flame since time began Immortalized in snow-capped standing stone; Which, though humankind passes to a man, Majestic avatars shall stand ...
Politics, News & Issues > Constitutional & Contract Law Should a woman have the right to choose abortion?: 160 of 300

I support the woman's right to choose because I believe that free choice is vital to the health of any society. It's a difficult stance to take with an issue such as abortion, though. The other side can easily say to me, "But wait! Aren't you saying the woman can choose, but not the baby?" The truth is, I don't have a clear ...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Science fiction: 174 of 270

The Captain was all about greed. If it didn't make for a fat profit, if it didn't squeeze the lifeblood out of every rich bastard in the Galaxy, it wasn't even worth disdain. The spaceport at Talfu served all the major shipping runs. Thousands of merchants passed through every standard hour, making for cutthroat competition,...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Bad days: 35 of 52

Everyone has, as a consequence of our intelligence, the equivalent of a little clown with a mallet running along behind us everywhere we go and bonking us repeatedly on the back of the head when we are in danger of doing something monumentally stupid. Those of us who would otherwise say we are blessed with thick skulls are i...
Home & Garden > Buying & Selling Homes Given the threat of wildfires, should people buy houses on the edge of government lands?: 6 of 8

Sure, Bob, let's deplete our savings and take second jobs so we can have a home in a pristine natural environment. That way, we can be at a higher risk of losing everything when it all burns down around our ears! Everything about this plan is good and there are no problems. Besides, we'll have enormous monthly insurance prem...