Donne with Death's blog

Church felt fake. It didn’t matter if it was a big church, small church, or even just a small group, it felt fake. No matter how many times I went, lifted my arms up, bowed my head, broke bread, said “Amen” after every sentence the pastor said, it still felt fake.  Read More »

We all remember Surge right? That drink put out by Coca Cola to compete with Pepsi's Mountain Dew. Whatever happened to that? The main reason I've heard that it failed is that it had too much caffeine, but in all actuality, it was probably one of the safer drinks.  Read More »

(There is somewhat of a spoiler in this post, so if you have not seen the movie 300 yet, read no further)

As King Leonidas screamed to his men, "Spartans!  Read More »

In protest to the crappy poetry that has recently been published and written on this website, I have decided to write a poem based solely on the comments left on this site. It makes absolutely no sense, has no meaning, has no rhyme or rhythm, and fails to bring up a point, just like the "poems" I see being carelessly thrown around.  Read More »

Although learning a structured format for writing is necessary at young ages when such structure is needed, continuing to use it is detrimental to writing with any sense of creativity and flow. Using Jane Shaffer's method of writing is like painting the Mona Lisa with a piece of sidewalk chalk.

Walk with me through a typical Jane Shaffer formatted essay...  Read More »

As soon as you enter, I'll point at you and say, "You fail." Although everyone thinks like an anarchist in our attempts to be individuals, we fail as a society to come together as a nation to solve our problems.  Read More »

Odds are, you don't regret the things you have done, but the things you didn't do. For example, I will always regret not finishing my Eagle Scout, or not picking up my trombone since high school graduation.  Read More »

So, everyone does it right: replace 'you' with 'u' or turn 'talk to you later' into 'ttyl?' My personal favorite is 'rotflmaohms' which can more or less be interpreted as 'rolling on the floor laughing my ass off holding my side.' Gamers and AIMers alike use appreviated typing. But why?  Read More »