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My father says he had me reading and understanding the NY Times when I was 3 years old. I've been reading, writing and painting ever since then.

I have always written poetry, short stories and am now experimenting with writing a novel. Several friends of mine

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Pets & Animals > Dog Breeds Commentary: Breed specific legislation (BSL): 2 of 30

While I was reading several articles on this topic, I saw the boxer listed as a dangerous breed and nearly went into shock. There is an old photo of me at the age of three, sitting on the back of a boxer. My very first dog, at the age of five, was a boxer named Taffy. The AKC standard for boxers says of their temperament tha...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Life's paths: 92 of 267

abortion the bees swarming in the kitchen hover buzzing busing appearing disappearing in rhythm with tumors of sweat migraines of blood within and without flying aimlessly radar broken bees alight on the stove quiet now that Baby's dead. Baby wasn't mine I cried in loud denial In short harsh screams Ugly gaping mouth Opens c...
Pets & Animals > Cat Breeds The Ashera: Would you pay $22,000 for a cat?: 16 of 36

$22,000 for a genetically engineered cat? This is the minimum price quoted on the Lifestyle Pets website. Apparently there are 4 different types of the Ashera cat, and prices go up to $125,000. I can find no information on their website about how they are breeding this cat. I would like to have the technical hows and whys av...
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Life: 79 of 142

Chapter one Escape from Delaware; the Delaware murders She opened the window as the she drove onto the NJ highway off of the Delaware memorial bridge. The smell of skunk came in the window. "I know I'm back in jersey now!" she laughed. She kept on driving north, happy to finally get away from the worst two years one month an...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Spiders: 34 of 38

Crazy Like A Spider Crazy like a spider spinning webs and building traps a hard rider of hearts, a thief of love. His venom oozes outward paralyzing and stunning and she stumbling and running cannot escape the rape as he wrapping and binging on his prey on a sunny day saves her for a later date. A better expression of his ha...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Destiny: 144 of 158

love poem to the never born Bees swarming in my kitchen buzzing buzzing overcoming only to settle on my stove filling my ears and eyes with a desperate sound. Frightening creating fear the swarm is swamping me. Covered by the bastards a murmuring muttering coverlet On a bloated violated corpse.
Pets & Animals > Dog Breeds Dog breed facts: Saluki: 4 of 4

Origin of the Saluki Salukis are known variously as sight hounds, gazehounds or the Persian greyhound. They hunt by sight and run the game down, then retrieve it. In 1919, the National Geographic Society's The Book of Dogs' said of Salukis: "This ancient race is one of the most peculiar, most beautiful, and most puzzling of ...
Pets & Animals > Animal Rights & Issues Should the American Kennel Club perpetuate breedism?: 3 of 3

The AKC promotes purebreds, but who says and can prove it promotes them over mutts? The AKC does promote responsible breeding. Each breed was originally bred for a specific purpose. It is not an artificially induced clone, as stated in another article. A clone is like Dolly the sheep, created by scientists starting from the ...