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So here's the segment that needs to set me apart from Joe Schmo, where I define my whole being and purpose with such clarity and eloquence, that I succeed in seducing each and everyone of you and leave you wanting more...But what if I am Joe Schmo? What if

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Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Dark stories: 139 of 613

I was told that I was sitting on the patio sofa with glazed unresponsive eyes smoking a cigarette when the paramedics came... this I do not remember. I was told that I was soaked, my hair disheveled with blood running down from the scratches on my arms...this I do not remember either. I was asked what happened and for a mome...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Traveling with a disability: 5 of 16

"I've booked the flight to England babes" I hear my husband vaguely say. The running water from the kitchen sink which I am bent over makes his words difficult to catch, yet I know what he said and that sudden pang of panic takes over me once again. It's not that I don't want to go, not at all, I love going home and regroupi...
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Accepting people for who they are: 21 of 55

Throughout history, the despondent and destitute have always been alienated, consciously ignored and sneered at. We, as a society do not like to see our shortcomings and one of our biggest flaws is our total lack of empathy for the unpalatable and uncomfortable. " Wait a minute," I hear the outcry now. "What is she talking a...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Tips Tips for parents raising children with special needs: 9 of 18

I am the mother of a 10 year old girl who is medically defined as mentally retarded. I am a prize fighter. The Muhammad Ali of the Disabled world. I am my daughters advocate because the one thing that I have learned is that only I truly have her best interest at heart. Here are my findings: Tip# 1 The Special Education Depar...
Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book reviews: The Last Days of Dogtown, by Anita Diamant: 1 of 2

Comparing The Last Days of Dogtown to a food that sums it up The Last Days of Dogtown by: Anita Diamant Curiosity creates motivation. Motivation creates movement. Movement enlightens you... or at least makes you shed a few pounds and go to the bathroom regularly. Diamant's motivation for The Last Days of Dogtown came from a ...
Food & Drink > Cooking (Other) Book reviews: Julie and Julia, 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen, by Julie Powell: 1 of 2

I'm going to let you in on a dirty little secret. I feel quite ashamed really as if what I'm about to reveal might erase that little-bitty amount of feminine savoir faire hidden deep within me...take a deep breath, here goes... I hate cooking. There, I said it. I also hate ironing, each time I try to use the damn thing the b...
Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book reviews: Paradise, by Toni Morrison: 1 of 1

Comparing Paradise by Toni Morrison to a food that sums it up I believe that I've tried to read a Toni Morrison novel before but for some reason, probably age, gave up not long into it. Although confused as hell I worked my way through the first chapter of Paradise determined to rise to the occasion this time. I must say I w...
Arts & Humanities > International Writers & Literature Book reviews: Like Water for Chocolate, by Laura Esquirel: 1 of 1

Comparing Like Water For Chocolate to a food that sums it up Delicious! And if I could, I would surely love to lick the cover of this book ... but alas, I am still gripped by fear at the repercussions of licking not book covers but plates. Yes, years in a Scottish boarding school getting locked in freezing cold vestibules by...
Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book reviews: Getting Stoned with Savages, by J.Maarten Troost: 1 of 1

Comparing Getting Stoned With Savages to a food that sums it up It was the title of the book that immediately caught my red puffy eye. Had Troost and I crossed paths? Did he know something about me? Why would he use the words stoned and savage together if he and I had not shared a bong in the 80's? I had to buy it just in ca...
Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book reviews: The Dogs of Babel, by Carolyn Parkhurst: 1 of 1

Comparing The Dogs of Babel to a food that sums it up This was an odd book but I quite enjoyed it, after all, I did finish it. I was not tied to a chair, match sticks propping up my eyelids with a strange reading light contraption strapped around my head generating electric shocks if my eyeballs did not move from left to rig...