: About Me

Delayne Terra Buranek, grant writer by day and fiction writer by night! She currently resides in Portland, Oregon with her girlfriend and three dogs. Her credentials involve various degrees involving plants in one way or another but are rather unimportant because she has had a passion for writing ever since she was a youngster, writing poems, short stories, and movie scripts produced by teenage boredom. Now as an adult she mostly writes technical reports and grants, so something has to be done to keep the love of writing fun!

My passion is ...

too many to count.... and yet not enough....

I know too much about ...

Random stuff, in no particular order

My parents always told me ...

Be good. If you can't be good then be safe.

My childhood ambition ...

To be a Vet or a Country Music singer

My favorite memory ...

I guess I don't have a favourite

Why I write ...

because I express myself better than when I open my mouth

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Reading: online articles and news/ Watching: CSI Miami and Law & Order SVU/ Listening: Regina Spektor and Lily Allen

My first job ...

Take and Bake Pizza

My best moment ...

Any moment in which I am myself, truthful and honest

My inspiration ...

It varies from day to day

Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies Should Obama end the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on gays in the military?

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The current climate of this country has resulted in overall military forces being strapped and critical mission areas of expertise left lacking. The numbers even now continue to be reduced from lives lost and are not being regained from recruiting efforts, often due to dissent or fear of not making it back home. But there are folks who do wish to serve their country and they can't. They are linguists, pilots, doctors, computer programmers, and everything in between but the Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) policy has kept them out, sending those who do get exposed home with discharge papers. It...

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