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Name: Donald Harold Young II

Age: 35

I am currently a student attending school at South Dakota State University. I will be graduating with a degree in Wildlife and Fisheries sciences in December of 2010, I will be following that up with a Major in Biology

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Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Dark stories: 31 of 613

*Notice the over generalizations of this piece. These over generalizations were done for a specific purpose. I will explain the reason for this at the end of this piece. Home The tell tale dripping of water seemed like a giant clock ticking. It echoed in the cell with an overwhelmingly quiet, "Drip drip drip drip drip...," t...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Struggle in life: 140 of 828

Life The still shine moon glimmers with a radiance Long wisps of obscure vapor stream across the lunar Worn out luster pierces the gloom from distant Orion Darkest void pulling at the scant luminous Blackest of thoughts resound florid within Turbid cheer masks the harrowing trench Suffering veils overwhelming splendor Death ...
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Fantasy: 81 of 359

Chapter one: Home Amon was a simple man, a veteran of the long skirmish dating some twenty years prior. He served through the skirmish to its entirety, thirteen years, being of low common birth he never made the officer rank, but he survived; that was more than he could say for his superiors and friends. Amon ran his hand ov...
Relationships & Family > Romance & Sexuality A guy's take on women's sexuality: 9 of 37

Modern Man's take on woman sexuality. When I came across this topic I wondered, "What is a Modern Man?" I really did not have a clear idea. I know that I live in this modern world and I know for certain that I am a man. If that is the criteria then I freely give my answer with full confidence that my voice reflects men every...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Freedom: 88 of 268

Home In my mind's eye, White clouds rest in an azure sky Rays from a distant sun Cast shadows across emerald meadows Where I run.
Relationships & Family > Dating Psychology What women really want: 10 of 26

What woman want: I like truth. I like a bone crunching hit. I love nature. I like to be heard. I like fast cars. I like toughness of spirit. I like the idea, "Never give up." I like to be liked. I love the sensual caress a woman can give. I especially like respect, respect for my views and for who I am. I like to hear the vi...
Sciences > Anatomy Insights into the brain's sense of perception: 2 of 5

The nervous system: The nervous system works through symbolic interface of the environment. A phenomenon is perceived through an olfactory apparatus; eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and skin; which then is transformed into a response in the cerebrum. The cerebrum tells the rest of the body how to react to the experience. In some ca...
Sciences > Zoology The redpole (redpoll): Identification and description: 1 of 1

It seems that there is a lot of research to be done on the common redpoll, this scientist found too many notes in the reference material that suggested there was not enough or no proof on certain aspects of the common redpoll. What he did find was that the information in one was markedly different than another. As a result h...
Sciences > Zoology The mottled duck: Identification and description: 1 of 1

The mottled duck (Anas fulvigula maculosa) is a large duck with a mottled fuscous-brown plumage (Bellrose 1980). The sexual dimorphism of the mottled duck is hard to distinguish because both sexes have nearly the same coloration the exception is that the female has lighter plumage than that of the male. One perceivable chara...
Relationships & Family > Grief & Loss How to help young kids cope with and understand death: 8 of 15

My father passed away when I was thirteen. That was about 19 years ago, I remember it like it had happened yesterday. I remember feeling that I needed my space, I knew full well what death meant, simply: Daddy wasn't going to be around any more. I think that the best way to nurture a child would be let them come to you, do n...