Fiction

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Are you still in this plane?

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What you don’t grasp or understand now, will most likely make sense later.

So relax and enjoy what’s coming your way, lol

Please know, there is no Mr. Right in the sky, which will hit you with sledgehammer on the head, be cool, stay cool...

So, next time you hang out with friends, try to put yourself in the observer mode.  Read More »

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Terrifying Fiction

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I am currently taking a political science course, Politics through Film and Fiction. I just finished the fiction novel by Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale. It was written in the mid-80's. The book is a strongly feminist dystopia. Atwood's dystopian society is based firmly in a religious patriarchy.  Read More »

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The Young Voices of America

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Anybody interested in fiction writing should check out theYoung Voices Foundation's website. http://youngvoicesfoundation.org/ The foundation hosts writing contests for teenaged authors. Not that I enjoy bragging (ok, I rather enjoy bragging) yours truely recently finished second place in one of their writing contests.  Read More »

The Crime Committed

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"Did you hear? it was the strangest thing I have ever heard in my life!" exclaimed Wilma.
"I know, I cannot believe that her husband aloud her to do such a thing" agreed Becky.
The two women sat together gossiping in the downtown salon where they always meet to get their hair done.  Read More »

A moment for literature

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There is a genre of books and movies that I love called period pieces. I’m thinking about it right now because I watched Becoming Jane last night. There are so many things to appreciate about that picture – the costumes, the photography, an odd orchestral phrase, and James McAvoy.  Read More »

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I need to Kill Jack

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I need to kill Jack.

So I decided to start a series of short stories called “Riminesque in Crimson” and I have one character that needs two things, a beginning and an end. The big problem though is he is a little too powerful. His name is Jack (reference to Jack the Ripper) and he is the embodiment of evil. Here are a few key facts about Jack.  Read More »

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The unwillingness

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The unwillingness to accept is the unwillingness to embrace!

The confusion unwillingness brings forward can be profound in both genders.

For various reasons, mostly male individuals are mentally programmed to reject their opposite gender identity or better say awareness of it.

All this because of false pride!  Read More »

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How Factual Are Your Facts?

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In a previous blog, I posted that I do not understand statistics in the least. After studying to the point of insanity, I now see statistics in an entirely new way. I can now read percentages and question where these numbers came from. Are they a true representative sample of the population? How big was their sample size? What kinds of bias are involved with the results?  Read More »

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