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Food & Drink > Coffee Starbucks on the new culture of coffee: 1 of 26
It's hard to believe that there was once a time when there was no Starbucks. There are so many chains nowadays. Like the fittest predators in the jungle or prowling the savanna in a global market of ever increasing scope and competition only the strong survive. Small coffee houses come and go but Starbucks are everywhere. In ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Prisoner of the world: 6 of 133
September 1st, 1939feel that?something just died in the worldyou can hear it just under the engines of the turning earthor feel the slight breeze of passing in the roots of your haira thing without signature or odorunknowable and anonymous, resting in the viscera of inscrutable destinypressed hard about this gear of midnight ... More..
Arts & Humanities > The World Wars Speculations on if Hitler could have won World War II: 2 of 29
One of the great historical debates centers around World War II. Certainly Nazi Germany, in its quest for world domination, made a great deal of enemies. As anyone knows, no power has ever successfully conquered the entire world but some powers have dominated their own region or the world that was known to them like the Roman... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: September 11, 2001 and beyond: 5 of 54
Today is my first September 11th as a New Yorker. I was here last year on September 11th; Adrienn lived in Brooklyn and we came into Manhattan to walk around, but I lived in Jersey still. This year, though, is different. I live with these people, the New Yorkers who wake up and go to sleep in this city. Today I went to pick u... More..
Politics, News & Issues > War in Iraq Similarities between Iraq and Vietnam wars: 1 of 7
In January 1968 North Vietnamese forces, in an amazing show of strength and vitality, violated the ceasefire honoring the Tet holiday and attacked American and South Vietnamese forces throughout South Vietnam. In a series of well coordinated and executed attacks the NVA attacked the US embassy in Saigon, captured the major ci... More..
Arts & Humanities > Literature (Other) Top five books everyone must read and why: 26 of 116
Wow, top five books that everyone must read? There are so many books that would fall into this category for anyone passionate about reading. I like books that move me in a titanic way. Books that change the way I think about the world. There have been books that literally changed my life, comforted me like an old friend when ... More..
Travel > Destination Guides (Other) Best cities in the world: 7 of 31
The train ride along the Cote D'Azure is like something out of a fairytale. The coastline zig zags back and forth and around each bend is another quaint harbor and seaside town. Everywhere there are palatial villas, hotels, casinos and beach resorts. The ocean is bright blue, the cliffs rise up studded with lush green vegetat... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Entropy: 1 of 4
The CounterforceI am in the whispering cornersunder the soldier's breathI have sat in pomp over lands with no kingsinterpreter of ancient superstitioncountercurrent to the worldcustom's clerk of sacrificial offeringsbut put to death by the arm of heroesCall me entropyservile and cringing as a close cropped weed,I am decapitat... More..
Entertainment > Movie Genres Movie scenes that make you cry: 21 of 73
There are so many movies that have enriched my life and affected me emotionally. I have never really broken down and cried from a movie scene but a few moments on film have made me come close. It is a subtle art crafting the movie that can really make you feel something. A touching or sentimental movie is one that makes you e... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Holidays & Celebrations Jesus vs. Santa: Give back its true meaning to Christmas: 22 of 55
I have about as little faith as you can have. I never believed in Santa Claus and I really have no religious beliefs. Yet contrary to my purely secular existence, I loved Christmas season. There are times when I reflect on the birth of Christ and what it means. I certainly have all the respect in the world for Jesus and his t... More..