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About me - Jude Coyle

The best thing about me is my family. I am nothing without them. I love reading, writing, good movies, history, cooking, cats, dogs and a lot of other things.

I am a writer by profession. I've written for our local paper as well as others for the past ten

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Other Have you ever fallen in front of a person and what was your reaction?: 1 of 135
Once when I was in high school, and I was in a hurry, I rushed down a flight of stairs and tripped over my own feet. I landed at the bottom of the stairs, on hands and knees, with my books spread all over the floor. With the exception of the one security guard everyone feared, no one was in the hall. He rushed over and helped... More..
Other Thinking about the future: 1 of 131
When I was little, we talked about how by the year 2000, we would walk out the door of our ultra modern homes, open a briefcase and out would pop our own personal helicopter. We would jump in, and tell the computer which space age style building to take us to. How cool would that be? So George Jetson! We talked about Star Tr... More..
Arts & Humanities > 20th & 21st Century US History Judging Truman's decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan: 1 of 53
J. Robert Oppenheimer said, "I.... become death, the destroyer of worlds." Once upon a time PBS aired a documentary about dropping the first atomic bomb and the people who built it. A man who had worked on the Manhattan Project described how he and several of his coworkers were together when the word came that the bomb had be... More..
Other Organized chaos: 1 of 20
Organized chaos is a good way to describe our operation during every part of the year, but more so right before Christmas. On a Saturday morning or Sunday afternoon in late November, there might be fifty people working at various tasks at our warehouse. Against one wall are cases of food that have been separated by kind, like... More..
Arts & Humanities > Arts & Humanities (Other) Is artistic skill natural or learned?: 8 of 109
Can art be taught, or is it simply a matter of talent? The answer, in my humble opinion, is yes. Every time a writer picks up his pen and writes his thoughts down, he teaches himself how to write. His words become more fluid, his structure tighter, and his thought process clearer. Every time an artist picks up his chalk or ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Schools of Thought Is there one right religion?: 9 of 114
I am a Catholic Christian, albeit an unusual one. My religion preaches that there is only one true religion and that is the Catholic Church. I have a different view. Over the years I've both embraced my religion and pushed it away. When I was a teenage, I refused to attend Mass. I thought I knew everything about what it was... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Thanksgiving Thanksgiving facts: Food of the first Thanksgiving: 1 of 12
A great many cultures have fostered celebrations in order to thank their god or gods for successful harvests. The pilgrims of Plimouth Colony and the Wampanoag Indians were no different, and in 1621, they celebrated together. Life in the New World for both people was a daily struggle for survival, and more so that year. The W... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: A parent's decision to medicate children for ADD and ADHD: 3 of 33
When Eddie was a toddler, dinners were difficult. We sat down each night at 6:30 to meat, potatoes and a veggy, and Eddie's attempts to entertain us. We had a few seconds of peace before he started to bounce in his seat. Then he stood up. I served him, and he pushed his plate aside. He sat. He stood again. He sang. He called ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Philosophical Concepts What is true love?: 7 of 76
Romantic love is no more than a chemical reaction triggered by our need to reproduce. Okay, so I said it. The house didn't fall down around my ears and hell didn't freeze over. We are animals with built in needs, one of which is our need to procreate. Our creator provided us with this instinct by creating endorphins that sur... More..
Other Grocery shopping horror stories: 6 of 62
Any story or incident that involves a child, is enough to convince even the most fastidious mother that she's completely inept, and that her children should be rescued from her inability to control every situation. It isn't until later when we start to compare notes, we realize that no matter how hard we try, children have th... More..