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Casey Mensing was born in a town called, Breese. His family was the restless sort, so he's lived a few other places since then. Currently, he's residing in Honolulu, HI. Mr. Mensing started out as a compulsive liar but switched to writing after discovering

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Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Cloverfield: 2 of 40

Cloverfield Review: J. J. Abrams, the mastermind behind the hit shows Lost and Felicity and the new Star Trek movie brought to life his tribute to great monster movies of the past, Cloverfield, or when Godzilla and the Blair Witch had a baby. Abrams even used age old teaser techniques to create an unbelievable hype around th...
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Dracula (1931): 1 of 5

In 1931 Universal Studios released Dracula, which was based on the stage play by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston. The Horace Liveright production was based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. The Broadway production was successful, running 261 performances before touring. The star of the stage production and subsequen...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Music in nature: 9 of 43

in this valley below When the winds first swept over the lands, they carried in them a cry of love. When the first coyote came down from the hills, he bayed out a cry of love to let the moon know he was still there. When man first walked through the valley, he challenged God and beast out of fear. The winds replied with a cr...
Arts & Humanities > American Literature Remembering Richard Brautigan: 1 of 4

It was fifteen years after Richard Brautigan's suicide that I first read the words he left behind. I was a junior in college and had, yet again, skipped another class in order to read the great works I had yet too, and begin writing the poems that would make up Love Is A Ghost Thing. On the recommendation of a creative writi...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: The rules of love: 8 of 26

Romantic notions and kamikaze daydreams, A crossroads. The moon is wider than the sky. For a moment, your eyes looked into mine . . . For a moment, we fantasied about casting our lots, riding off together, symbols woven into violent prose.
Entertainment > Music Genres, Trends & Scenes The demise of rock: What happened: 6 of 18

The Demise of Rock. How can a state of mind die? And if it can, who's to blame? The attitude of Rock and Roll is truly a fundamental part of American cultural that its death is nearly impossible. We live it, breath it, use it as a soundtrack or our lives. The essence and attitude of rock has even eclipsed its own genre, spre...
Sports & Recreation > Baseball Players Biography: Stan Musial: 1 of 3

No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the game today....He plays as hard when his club is away out in front of a game as he does when they're just a run or two behind. -Ty Cobb writes about Musial in a 1952 Life magazine article Stan Musial was born Stanisaw Franc...
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: Blood On The Tracks, by Bob Dylan: 1 of 3

"A lot of people tell me they enjoy that album. It's hard for me to relate to that. I mean, it, you know, people enjoying that type of pain, you know?" -Bob Dylan in an interview with Mary Travers. Blood On The Tracks marked Bob Dylan's return to form, even if he did declare himself a, "creature devoid of form", in the song ...
Entertainment > Musicians & Bands The greatest guitar song ever: 1 of 3

In reality, it's impossible to name the greatest guitar song. It would be just as unlikely to come up with a top five for anything that is so completely dependent upon personal taste. That being said, I think there is a song that would be on everyone's top ten list after they heard it. The song is 'Machine Gun' by Jimi Hendr...
Sports & Recreation > Baseball Players Biography: Willie Mays: 1 of 3

Every die-hard baseball fan has seen The Catch. The iconic image of Willie Mays running full speed towards the center field wall of the Polo Grounds and making a magnificent over the shoulder basket catch to rob Vic Wertz of what could have been the game winning hit in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series. William Howard "Willie"...