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Chris Kling was born in 1964 with hydrocephalus, a disorder that effects 2 of every 1000 births, and results in an excess build-up of cerebral spinal fluid in the skull. Left untreated, it can cause a myriad of problems, including blindness, physical and learning

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Politics, News & Issues > US Immigration Undocumented and illegal immigrants should have a roadmap to US citizenship: 3 of 84
All immigrants deserve a clearly defined, easy to follow and achieve roadmap to US citizenship.After all, the United States of America is one of the few nations in recorded history founded - and continually populated by immigrants. My own people where among the Irish immigrants who settled in the US at the end of the 19th Cen... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Feeling lost: 26 of 720
Decisions, decisions, like incisions in my soul;probing this way, probing that way, edging towards a goal.Finding fault, finding truth, losing touch with my dreamstouching blackness, feeling light, nothing is as it seems.Decisions, decisions, demanding precision with a toll.choosing wisely or choosing poorly, which way to rol... More..
Arts & Humanities > Who & What is Helium Write a 60-second radio spot for Helium: 2 of 42
SFX: moderately busy coffee-shop sounds; newspaper or magazine pages being turned.BETTY: Bob, have you read this article? It's terrible! I can write better than that!SFX: Paper rustling as Bob mumbles quickly while reading the article.BOB: Wow, you're right! You can write better than this. Why don't you?BETTY: I've always wan... More..
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Serial fiction: Suspense: 9 of 150
"Well then," said Dupont, "that settles that". And with that, we put the issue of the Jade Tiger behind us. Dupont, his mind now free from the task of solving yet another unsolvable crime, picked up his Rubik's cube, and idly went about scrambling the colors, only to realign all six colors in the proper place in record time.I... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Bush Administration George W. Bush's legacy: 6 of 84
Richard M. Nixon is the first US President to have resigned the position of President. He resigned, of course, due to the debacle that was the "Watergate" bungled burlary and ensuing attempt to cover up the burglary.Spiro Agnew would have become President had he not resigned as Nixon's Vice-President when he was charged with ... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Revenge: 7 of 95
She epitomized every school boy's fantasy. She looked like a combination of Loni Anderson and Goldie Hawn. And she was dancing with me. ME!While she saw me as her Superman, everybody else - including myself - pictured me more as the bumbling, buffoonish Clark Kent. To this day, I'll never know what she saw in me, but that nig... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) Your most meaningful family traditions: 28 of 348
I've always been a Beatlemaniac. That's why I was thrilled to take my oldest daughter to a Paul McCartney concert when she was in high school, and then ten years later take my youngest daughter to see Macca again.When we took a family trip to England with our three youngest children (the youngest daugher and her two younger b... More..
Arts & Humanities > Philosophical Concepts Is there such a thing as absolute truth: 3 of 37
Is there such a thing as "absolute truth"? Or is "truth" more akin to "temperature"? With "temperature", there is always one degree hotter or one degree colder. Will we always be faced with the relativistic view that there are gradients of truth? Will there always be something that is one degree truer, and one degree falser?I... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Democratic Leaders Will the photo of Obama in a turban hurt his chances for the Democratic nomination?: 3 of 35
Obviously, Hillary Clinton's camp felt that releasing a photo of Barak Obama wearing a turban would increase her chances of beating him in the race to be the Democratic Party's nominee for President. But then she also felt that quoting a Saturday Night Live skit three days later in a nationally televised debate between she an... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Should one's faith influence a citizen's vote?: 32 of 307
The United States of America, as outlined in the US Constitution, is a democratic Republic. Citizens are expected to elect officials to represent the vox populi in the halls of Congress.That very notion implies a level of "faith". When I vote to send "John Smith" to represent me at the state level or at the national level, I ... More..