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I am New York born and bred, and I have two young sons who live with me in Queens, NYC. My boys are my world as my wife and I make our way through a divorce.

I have a variety of interests in a variety of areas, and most of my life has been spent trying to

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Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Job interviews: 1 of 33

Good morning. Welcome. Take a seat right there. No, not the sofa. The folding chair, right there. Be sure not to lean too hard to the left or it'll tip. So then. Donaldson, is it? Oh, Michaelson. I knew it was some sort of son. You people all start to look the same after twenty or thirty of these things. I swear, you could b...
Society & Lifestyle > Society & Lifestyle (Other) Capturing the moment: 1 of 19

I have always loved taking pictures. Whether it's getting the family together for a group photo or snapping shots out a train window as it passes by interesting scenes, I almost always have a camera within reach. I have always been a sentimental sort of person, and there is something about a camera's ability to freeze a mome...
Politics, News & Issues > Baseball News & Opinion Should baseball players who have used steroids be considered for the Hall of Fame?: 1 of 15

The various steroids scandals that have hit baseball over the past several years have rocked the sport and reshaped public perception of it. The 1990s and early 2000s have begun to become known as baseball's "steroids era". Each time we think we have heard the worst of it, some new superstar is outed as a user or former user...
Arts & Humanities > Schools of Thought The importance of being religious: 1 of 13

I have heard and read a lot of arguments recently about religion. Although I am an atheist, I am fascinated by the human desire to believe in something more than what we can see around us and by the search for meaning when there is no clear one. Religion has been the cause of - or the excuse for - both inspirational goodness...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Visiting Ground Zero in New York City after 9/11: 1 of 9

My perspective on visiting Ground Zero is a bit different than that of most people. In order to fully express the meaning of the site to me and what visiting it for the first time meant, I must first recount my experience of the infamous day that made it what it is now. The early morning of September 11, 2001, was spectacula...
Politics, News & Issues > Constitutional & Contract Law The American flag: Love it or burn it: 2 of 14

Flag burners have been called anti-American. They have been called traitors, who dishonor not only the United States but those who have fought and died for it. They have been derided as anarchists, and a movement has long been underway to ban their actions. In truth, however, there are few things more quintessentially Americ...
Relationships & Family > Coping with Divorce The boomerang ex: When your ex keeps coming back: 1 of 7

My wife and I began dating in summer of 2001. It was a whirlwind romance, and within two months we were living together in New York. That September, the unthinkable happen when the World Trade Center was hit by terrorists, costing us both our jobs (and thankfully not much more). We were quite shaken, but the event prodded us...
Religion & Spirituality > Atheism & Agnosticism Reflections: Atheism: 8 of 49

The word "atheism" has come to mean different things to different people, and the definition one uses often depends on whether one is endorsing it or denouncing it. The primary source of contention is whether atheism represents a view that actively rejects the concept of a deity or it represents a spectrum of beliefs which h...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Tips Would you allow your child to marry someone of another race?: 6 of 27

It would be extraordinarily difficult for me to tell my children not to marry outside their race. Within their lineages are slaves and slave-owners, Native Americans and European settlers. I am of mostly Irish and Norwegian ancestry, and the mother of my two sons is of African, Native American, and Irish descent. As society ...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Dieting: 6 of 26

Three New Diets Examined New diet fads seem to come along every few months, with self-described experts admonishing us for eating too many carbs or telling us we need to get out and run. We are told to alter our diet depending on our blood type or to exercise only at certain times of day. Keeping track of everything we are s...