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Joe King is a recent college graduate of the University of Connecticut with a bachelor's degree in English. He is a good-hearted, opinionated liberal (is there any other kind of liberal?). He is an aspiring comedian and actor, soon to be residing in Los Angeles.

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Politics, News & Issues > Baseball Do the fans hate Barry Bonds as much as the media portrays?: 2 of 16
I believe fans hate Barry Bonds MORE than the media portrays. True fans of baseball who know and love the sport would and should hate Bonds because he is ruining the game. The knowledgeable media who portrays baseball must remain objective to the fact that Bonds used steroids because there is no hardcore proof, whereas fans ... More..
Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Love turning to hate: 5 of 37
You cried when we separated But you were the one who made it Didn't you? Didn't you? The slash of my sacrifices That cut through my compromises Weren't you? Weren't you? And as I wander Banished like an exile of your love You, you were the orphan To the Rachel searching only for her son Ohhhhhh Weren't you? Like love was a m... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Addiction: 62 of 329
I lost you before you ever were born I lost you before I knew what fate was You're asking me why this should die You ask me how I knew what hate was To place it on you, to place on those who Just don't understand this loathing I didn't realize, you got Jesus' eyes But you're wearing McCarthy's clothing I'm in need of rescue ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Football Who is a better quarterback: Peyton Manning or Tom Brady?: 5 of 18
When the Patriots won their first superbowl with Tom Brady at the helm, they had three offensive touchdowns in the postseason including the superbowl - and Drew Bledsoe had one of them. If anything, this shows the relative unimportance of Tom Brady as nothing more than a cog in the wheel of the Patriots well-oiled machine. T... More..
Entertainment > Movie Genres Zombie movies: Which are more effective, fast zombies or slow zombies?: 21 of 55
Whether zombies are more effective fast or slow depends on how you interpret the question. If you are looking at it strictly as a "which is a more effective brain-eating machine," fast zombies win hands down. However, if you interpret the question as a "which zombie makes a better movie" I would vote for the slow side. Slow ... More..
Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book reviews: Moby Dick, by Herman Melville: 4 of 9
"Call me Ishmael." The introduction to one of the greatest works of fiction of all time begins this paper. The choice for the proper name of a narrator to this extraordinary story was doubtless an important one. Herman Melville carefully chose all of his titles. The doomed ship Pequod is the name of an extinct Native America... More..
Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Love: 128 of 273
Woke up in a daze In the bed that we unmade Found you'd gone away No last words to say Pending your escape For all that we've been through I think I should love you And perhaps you thought it too Had nothing left to do But leave me with the truth And all I'm asking Is for a real chance To save the last dance Just to make you... More..
Arts & Humanities > Poets & Poetry Poetry analysis: The Wasteland, by T. S. Eliot, as a critique on sexuality: 1 of 1
T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" demonstrates a religious sentiment about the increasing lack of restraint in human sexuality. The reader experiences a morose overtone from the title of the poem to its almost nonsensical conclusion as Eliot describes this fantastic yet hauntingly familiar wasteland. The oncoming sexual revolut... More..
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: Surfer Rosa, by The Pixies: 1 of 1
Growing up in the neo-punk era of alternative music which owes its roots to the likes of Sonic Youth and the Pixies, I was determined to obtain and listen to what is regarded as one of the most classic and impressionable auditory works in the history of the genre, the album Surfer Rosa by the Pixies. Bands from Nirvana to th... More..
Arts & Humanities > Meaning of Life Big Bang or Big Man: How in the heck did we get here?: 51 of 88
As usual in these types of matters, the bigger conflict is the God versus Science billing. Faith versus fact, belief against evidence, the Truth and the truth. The creation of the universe is the mother of life's greatest mysteries. I am not going to doubt the existence of a God or some form of higher being, but that does no... More..