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About me - J. Brown

Dear curious reader,

I am an optimist who finds safety in pessimism.

Some of my favorite activities include long walks and stargazing. I love acting and singing. I love to sleep not for love of inactivity, but because I often dream fascinating and insightful

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Arts & Humanities > Literature (Other) Should books have ratings like movies to warn parents about inappropriate content?Smallicon
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No, books should not have ratings applied to their content. In every form of media rating, systems will be different depending on who is rating them. One cultural sphere will not find certain material offensive that another may think absolutely inappropriate. Having a rating system for books and their content in this way woul... More..

Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Futuristic tales
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The Castle on the Hill Somewhere deep in the barricades of a castle sitting on the tallest plateau overlooking a city of clones, a man who was very finely dressed paced up and down the foreign looking carpet. Time, after all, can be just as distant as geography. This man was troubled, but the tempest was nearly over. He'd ans... More..

Society & Lifestyle > Feminism & Women's Rights Should US companies be required to provide equal pay to women and men?Smallicon
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US companies should treat their workers in matters of business as if they were all genderless. By this, I mean to say that the gender of a worker is irrelevant in how they get paid. If all workers in a company were seen as pawns or bishops or what have you and not as men or women, the rewarding purely of good work and good wo... More..

Society & Lifestyle > Mythology & Folklore Understanding the logic between vampirism and death
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Vampirism has many definitions depending on where one looks. One more realistic definition describes a type of person who by their own preference or by an imbalance of chemicals in the brain prefers dark places, the feel of cutting, and the taste of blood. They also enjoy the idea of morbidity and death. The second definitio... More..

Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Unrequited love
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Chapter One Sometimes you remember the good times, sometimes you remember the bad times. As Missy walked up the beautifully cobblestoned walkway, she was thinking of the bad times. It was never bad when he would speak to her. The worst part was when communication stopped. Silence meant it was over. But it wasn't. Not yet. M... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: The killer
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MirandaMy eyes are too wide.My hair is all wrong.My bruised heart is on the wrong side.My legs are too long,My middle too short.Neither one is in any way strong.My friends have no port.No one gets their ways.But I bravely deem each a cohort.My job never pays(all rewarding will stall).My thought pattern constantly strays.Her e... More..

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