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Hmm, I always have a hard time starting these 'aboutme' things. I never know what to say, because it seems like it's already been said before. For example, I could just come out and say something along the lines of "Hello! My name is Kay Parsons! Writing

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Arts & Humanities > Spanish Language Spanish verb conjugation: Using the preterite and imperfect tenses: 1 of 3

When most people think of verb tenses, they think of the three simplest, most basic tenses: past, present, and future. Unfortunately, it's more complicated than that. Just past tense alone can be broken down into different types of past tenses (for instance, you can say "I did something," "I have done something," and "I had ...
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) Memorable pranks for April Fools Day: 16 of 36

One morning, I was sitting on a stool in the kitchen eating a breakfast of buttered toast, watching Mom scramble eggs for herself and my younger brother. This was back when I was a freshman in high school, at a time when I was just beginning to get over my shyness and make friends at my school. I was chewing my toast, ponder...
Sciences > Chemistry What DNA stands for: 5 of 9

DNA is something everyone has heard of and is commonly known as a molecule that is in charge of genetic code. Very basically, this is what DNA is. It's a little more complicated than that though. DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid (pronounced dee ahk see RIE boh noo klee ihk acid). It's definitely a good thing that it was ...
Arts & Humanities > British Authors Should Harry Potter author, JK Rowling, have announced that the character Albus Dumbledore was gay?: 12 of 21

Really, I don't think J. K. Rowling should have announced that Dumbledore was gay. Don't get me wrongI don't see anything wrong in the slightest that Dumbledore, that wise and gentle headmaster I have greatly admired ever since I started reading the series, was gay. The problem isn't that Dumbledore was gay. The problem is t...
Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book reviews: New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer: 9 of 12

New Moon is Stephenie Meyer's second book about Bella Swan and the Cullen family. By now, Bella has spent a good amount of time with the Cullens and has not only fully accepted that they are vampires, but has decided that she is going to be one of them soon, whether her boyfriend Edward Cullen wants her to be a vampire or no...
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Creating a strong plot in your fiction: 6 of 8

I suppose that the truth of it is that not all good stories need a strong plot, but a great story does. Plot is the center of your story and ,without a good one, everything else will crumble away and your story will fall apart. Even if you have the greatest characters, a plot hole can be as bad as a black hole. What exactly ...
Arts & Humanities > British Literature Should JK Rowling allow the characters in the Harry Potter series to become more romantically involved?: 13 of 14

There are several good reasons why J. K. Rowling should allow the characters of Harry Potter to become romantically involved, but there is one reason that stands above all others. The Harry Potter books are purely Rowling's creation, and as the creator and writer, she has all rights to what occurs and doesn't occur in these ...
Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book reviews: A Separate Peace, by John Knowles: 4 of 4

A Separate Peace by John Knowles is one of those books that I was forced to read in high school, but even if our English class hadn't read it, I think I would have read it on my own. Even though English class has the tendency to dampen the fun of reading the assigned book, I was able to enjoy A Separate Peace easily. This no...
Creative Writing > Satire Satire: Wishes: 2 of 2

If Wishes Were Fishes With his back hunched, Alan Wright sat on a bench overlooking the calm fish pond in the center of the park. His spine ached, as it usually did in those days and he felt tired from his skin to his bones. He wasn't even the one tired of life; his body was. "If wishes were fishes!" The shout of the little ...