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I believe there is a unity that can exist in a chaotic universe, and I believe that art and history can reflect this truth. When we study our different perspectives of the world we live in, we can often benefit, and live with a better understanding and love

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Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Automobile accidents: 6 of 34
I was 9 years old and my mother was driving when I was involved in the worst car accident of my entire life. I walked away from it with a broken jaw. However, my jaw had actually already been broken a few weeks before the accident occurred. We were on our way to the hospital for my weekly checkup when my mother failed to obs... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Being an ugly duckling: 3 of 13
If you are an ugly duckling, consider yourself in good company. You are not the first, and almost certainly not the last. Many famous ugly ducklings have preceded you. I will supply a list of some of the more significant ugly ducklings of the last century: 1.) Bert, from Sesame Street. Bert was not as cute as many of the oth... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Friendship: 5 of 16
There is a man who became friends with a hiccup. He gave it tenderness and care. When the hiccup was tired, the man would find the hiccup a pillow, and the man would cover the hiccup with a blanket. One night, the hiccup woke suddenly, shiverring, and breathing frantically. The hiccup had had a bad dream. It dreamt that it h... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Erin Brockovich: 2 of 4
Erin Brockovich was a little bit of a surprise to me. I went to see it on the basis of Julia Roberts. She had recently been in a string of appealing movies, and had delivered a captivating performance in every one of them. The surprise for me rested in the fine direction - and editing - by Steven Soderbergh. I had never seen... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Hinduism Hinduism: Characteristics and attributes of Balrama: 1 of 1
Trying to understand Hindu thought from top to bottom is like standing outside in the middle of a heavy storm and trying to balance raindrops in a spoon. Raindrops are single drops of water, but they lose their form very quickly, are hard to tell apart from each other, and they even evaporate within a few hours to soon becom... More..
Entertainment > Movies (Other) Movie humor: Why Indiana Jones' personal finances are better than Han Solo's: 1 of 1
Indiana Jones and Han Solo are certainly both renegades. However, in the midst of all of their swashbuckling adventures, they each have been quietly amassing fortunes for themselves. While Indiana Jones has demonstrated tireless concern over the years for the preservation of the relics and marvelous artifacts that he has sup... More..
Arts & Humanities > 20th & 21st Century US History John Hinckley, Jr.: The man who tried to kill Ronald Reagan: 1 of 1
Have you ever tried to get a girl's attention? You do everything that you can think of just to get her to notice you, and if it wasn't meant to be, it's as if she hardly knows that you even exist. The only way that you can hope to stand a chance is if you come up with a clever plan. Well, if you happened to be a young actres... More..
Relationships & Family > Friendship Advice Should friendship last forever: 12 of 22
Friendship happens by chance. However, friendship requires trust and understanding. When something devasting happens to you, you would like for your friend to be there with open arms to comfort you. Of course, the opposite applies. When your friends are need, you should be willing to sacrifice your time to comfort that perso... More..
Arts & Humanities > William Shakespeare Shakespeare: Is the Bard's work still relevant: 11 of 17
In reading Shakespeare over the years, I have been most charmed by his ability to impress himself into the minds of his characters. This is still a quality that readers find appealing in contemporary writers. Although the English language has changed with centuries, the beautiful inner-workings of our minds are still captiva... More..
Education > Secondary School Issues Why children believe that not doing school work is 'cool': 26 of 32
Kids in junior high experiment with their attitudes before they settle on what will be their most solid convictions. This can be disconcerting to an adult, but it is actually something that can be a cause for relief. The reason why is because this behavior shows that your kids are selecting from options of what life has to o... More..