I'm pretty sure the day the news of this "Swine Flu" hit my little town in Indiana, everyone was petrified. It went like this:
-"Oh my goodness, did you hear about that new Swine Flu?"
-"Yeah, it's expected to kill 1 in every 5 people!"
-"It's a global pandemic!"
-"It's the end of the world!"
-"Jesus is coming back!"
-"Everyone, let's excape to Canada!" Read More »
I hear stories all the time about "when I was little":
When I was little I climbed into my little brother's crib one time.
When my brother was born, my mom was afraid to bring him home to me.
When I was little I taunted my brother until he finally bit me in the butt!
Stupid things like that. Read More »
I heard on the news today that CBS is making a new reality TV show called "Arranged Marriage". Their aim is to find people between the ages of 25 and 40 who are so desperate to be married that they will settle for anyone. But it gets better, they say, because the contestants will not get to decide on their one mate (of course). Read More »
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about violence. Almost every day, someone is warning me not to do something because it's unsafe...I could put myself into a bad situation....II could get kidnapped, raped, or murdered. I, personally, have never been a victim in any way.
Here are a few rules that my daddy and male friends have told me:
"Let a security guard escort you to your car at night." Read More »
Since Tuesday, I have been recieving Racist jokes (and yes, I laughed at them loudly), pictures, and hearing people say the world as we know it is over.
"Tomorrow morning all white people are to report to the cotton fields for orientation. Your's Truly, Obama."
"Next week the statue of liberty is coming down and being replaced with Aunt Jemima." Read More »
I'm working on a sociology project for school. My goal is to determine what "types" of people prefer what "types" or pets. Is there a correlation between a given person's stereotype and the pet they would choose? But I need YOUR help! Read More »
Click here to read an article about why you shouldn't check on your beloved:
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_26239.aspx
Researchers are saying that one of leading causes of break ups is the oh-so-common untrusting partner.
All too often, a weary partner will go through their loved one's emails or texts thinking they'll find something incriminating. Read More »
I write for the IU South Bend Preface. I take about 2 articles weekly, depending on my school workload. Writing for newspapers has always been a fairly easy thing for me to do, but for the past few weeks, it has been getting harder and harder for me. My big problem is contacts. One of the most important things in a news story is your quotes- without quotes, it's not really news for me. Read More »
