Hope, like a candle sheltered deep within, burns steadily through even the darkest of storms. I once heard it said that hope is holding on to nothing, when there's only nothing left to lose... And it's true...sometimes hope is the only thing you have to hold on to. Sometimes there really is nothing else left to lose... Hope can indeed be the most difficult...

I know I haven't written anything on here in ages.  I spent a few hours last night talking to a new friend.  He is my 2v2 arena partner on WoW...yes I am a WoW geek and proud to admit it.  Anyways...we did some arena and just talked in vent for a few hours.  We talked about all kinds of things.  I talked about how I used to write all the time and how really for the...

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[ no comment_ ] For years, I’ve closed letters and emails with this phrase.These tea bags always have some new-age, feel good, nonsense saying about finding your inner peace and making the world a better place.The other night on my peppermint tea, this is what I got. No new-age, feel good, nonsense...

I sat in the eating area of the Embassy Suites Hotel in Albuquerque, NM along with the hundreds of other guests stuffing themselves on the complimentary breakfast. As usual, I am angry at the world, negativity oozing out of every pore, annoyed by everyone and everything. Along comes the young man in his early 20’s, whose job it is to clear the tables, and keep the clients happy. He bounces...

since the beginning, i had been warned that this would happen. just because of the nature of the school i'm teaching at, family members of students will die by violence. friends of students will die by violence. students. students will die by violence. yesterday at 10:00 a.m., a student who attended my high school was shot in a drive-by shooting. at 10:30 a.m., he was pronounced...

... Food Love. by Michael Webb Author, 50 Secrets of Blissful Relationships Order today at: http://www.TheRomantic.com/50secrets.htm I read a news story a few weeks ago about a school that bucked the system and tossed out the pizzas and french fries and other kid-friendly food from its cafeteria and reintroduced healthy meals that faded away over the last few decades. At first, there...

Man Says God Told Him To Sacrifice Father (WRAL.com; Aug 12) HILLSBOROUGH, North Carolina: An Orange County man charged with killing his father and shooting at his former high school three years ago asked forgiveness for his father's death, his mother testified Wednesday. Alvaro Castillo, 22, is charged with fatally shooting his father, Rafael Huezo Castillo, on Aug. 30, 2006, and then...

My odds of getting breast cancer are very small.  It is a rare case that afflicts a man personally.  So, why am I aggravated enough about a news story I saw last night to devote an entire entry to it?  Maybe I should explain the news story, first.   It seems a panel of experts (and I use the term loosely), employed by the government, has gotten together to review the...

Write about a day in the life from the perspective of your pet. What do your cats, dogs, birds, hamsters, fish do and think about all day? If you don't have pets, choose any animal you want - what is the perspective and world through the eyes of the squirrels in the tree outside or the pigeons wandering the streets of nyc? *yawn* *stretch* You have no idea how difficult it is to type with...