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36, Divorced, Emotionally Stable
BS in Computer Science
Aspiring to Publish a Novel (4 completed)
or a short story (45+ written)

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Children: 2 of 178

What I Fear Most, Looking Forward - I look forward to the chicken noodle soup, The bedtime stories causing eyes to droop. Their laughter will fill the house with such joy, I want one of each, a girl and a boy. I look forward to their little baby talk, The crawling, the giggling, the eating of chalk. The way they'll see throu...
Politics, News & Issues > Trash & Recycling Surrounded by trash: Evaluating litter issues: 1 of 16

America The Slob It disgusts me. The litter I see on the side of the road. Potato chip bags, aluminum cans, candy wrappers. You name it, Americans throw it out their car windows instead of simply dropping it into a trash can. Not only is it infuriating to me, it's sad. Down right pathetic. To think the country that enjoys th...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Childhood memories: 32 of 362

A Summer Sunday (In my childhood) A typical Summer Sunday in my childhood . . . Seventy degrees and sunny, a puffy white cloud here and there. Afternoon softball games with relatives in the oversized front yard. Children and grown-ups play without perspiring, The aroma of honeysuckles strong and sweet in the warm air. Fun is...
Food & Drink > Bread & Baking Recipes Recipes: Biscuits: 4 of 23

Homage To The Southern Biscuit In the South, we take a lot of things in stride. If it rains on game day, we shrug and celebrate that at least we don't have to work in the yard. If our car breaks down, we call someone to pick us up. But whatever you do, don't mess with our biscuits. The biscuit is a Southern staple. For break...
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Defining the model of a "real man": 4 of 18

Real Men Use Loofahs It's the new millennium and has been for quite a few years. The definition of what constitutes a man is being rewritten on a daily basis. Not only is he responsible for bringing home the bacon, but also running the kids to soccer practice and making dinner and splitting the housework. Some men go overboa...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Horror: 47 of 208

The Cat - from an unpublished collection, Fireside Tales of Jamestown - I HAD A CAT ONCE, when I was young. It was black as a moonless night in the country with snow white paws. Sometimes, in the dark, you could only see it coming by the locomotion of its four little feet. They would blur a white streak about an inch over th...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Yard art, the plague of lawns: 1 of 3

The Yard Art Phenomenon An epidemic has swept the South, one of epic proportions that threatens the very underpinnings of good taste. We've all seen it and we've all commented on it, it's the phenomenon of yard art and it's a plague that seems to have set in for the long haul. Yard art takes on many forms, from your traditio...
Celebrations & Holidays > Thanksgiving The history of Thanksgiving: 4 of 11

Thanks For Giving It's that time of the year again. The leaves have turned from brilliant oranges and yellows to shades of brown. The time had changed and temperatures have cooled and most importantly, Turkey Day is here! Officially, in America, November 22 is Thanksgiving Day this year (always the 4th Thursday in November)....
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Struggles in life: 102 of 258

Monkeys Pushing Buttons - WILLIAM JOHNSTON AWOKE Friday morning a different man. He didn't know it yet which made it all the more surprising to him. But he'd figure it out, in time. That's the way it always works. The first thing he did that morning was take a nice hot shower. Only that day, it was merely lukewarm. Whatever,...
Computers & Technology > Malware & Identity Theft How to spot Internet phishing scams: 11 of 25

I Thought I Was Phish Proof I'm as tech-savvy as they come. I've been a computer programmer for a major corporation, I've been a head CIS guy, I've run my own businesses, including one where I built internet sites and presences on the web. As far as the internet goes, I was on it long before Al Gore took credit, back when al...