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I like to have fun, and I like to work, so I'm constantly seeking ways to combine work and fun!

My poison is red wine, and my Italian heritage makes itself known in every way. Yeah...I got curves, baby!

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Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Home towns: 2 of 32
My Kind of TownThe streets resemble jaundiced rivers, surging with taxis. At night, they transform to veins, carrying red and white blood cells through the arteries essential for its survival. It never stops; it never slows; it's always pumping and pulsing and flowing, even when it's so full you think it can't support even on... More..
Travel > North & South America Travel experiences: A little bit of heaven in the Caribbean: 1 of 14
Third World AffairWe met in front of Hotel Inglaterra at ten. It's probably the most famous hotel in Havana, with its decadent and ornate faade a desperate testament to a lifestyle long past. The hotel boasts a casino Batista used to visit, rooms once occupied by politicians, movie stars, and gangsters, and a lobby host to th... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Escape: 3 of 30
A Toast: To Never Calling to ConfirmHung over, my usual condition for flying, I climb out of the back seat of the hired car, wander through the automatic doors, drag myself through the airport terminal, canvas duffel in tow slung over my right shoulder, feet skating over the glassy linoleum, head throbbing with each step, eac... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonials: Humorous stories from of job loss and unemployment: 13 of 71
"I'm going to the Red Sox game tonight. Want to come?""No thanks. I don't like baseball."That should have been my cue. New rule: never trust a man who doesn't like baseball.We were taking executive education classes at Harvard and staying in a large corporate apartment in Boston. Some may argue that the accommodations were un... More..
Arts & Humanities > Screenwriting How to make a living as a screenwriter: 1 of 4
The Harsh Truth Writing for the ScreenSorry, this might hurt a little.Hollywood is comprised of three layers of people. There's the royalty, those A-List actors, directors, producers, and execs who were either born into the industry, or have been anointed by those who hold the golden key. This small group controls most of the... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: If there was a cure for homosexuality: 11 of 31
Cure: to relieve a person of the symptoms of a disease; to eliminate a disease with medical treatmentAs the title of this article suggests, in order to argue the point, one must first accept that homosexuality is a disease, and therefore curable. OK, let's think about this scientifically. For the sake of this argument, we're ... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Self awareness: 30 of 67
Today, A Day Just Like Any Other DayMinutes melt into each other, blending until they become hours, passing until days fall unnoticed from the calendar and she has no idea if it's Tuesday or Saturday and she doesn't care because one day is just like the next.On this day she wakes up late and still feels tired so she makes str... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short Stories: New York City: 14 of 17
Just for the Sport of It:A Day in the Life of a New York SingletonIt's easy because you're always smarter than he is.You catch his eye from across the room where he's standing by himself. Your face is blank, giving away no signs of interest. He has no idea he's become the focus of your hunt tonight, while you think, "How to c... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Beauty: 21 of 24
I just need to ramble for a minute.I walked into a very busy office supply store with my boss, a 63-year-old man with thinning, curly grey hair and a grey goatee. We needed some essentials for the office, and I grabbed a basket. A salesman approached us and asked, "Is there something I can do to help?" I replied, "Thank you. ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Reflections: Living in the now: 34 of 38
This is an ironic concept living in the now. If you really think about it, when else can we actually live? We can reminisce about the past, look forward to the future, but the only time in which we exist, is now. And it is always now! Now that we have that cleared up, the challenge becomes to understand the concept on a deepe... More..