internet, games consoles and cable as a nightmare, hell, a place of agony, I deem it as a place of serenity, comfort and wholeness. I call that place Las Cruses, New Mexico. Immediately after crossing into New Mexico County I feel welcomed, as if it’s been waiting for me to come back since I left. There is a New Mexico welcome center awaiting me just two miles away from entering the county, outside the actual building there is a sculpture of a road runner standing 35 ft. tall made of shoes. All kinds
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Most Americans sent to Vietnam were chosen by the draft. The Selective Service System, as it was called, favored the middle and upper classes. College students could avoid service, as could those in “critical” occupations, such as teachers and engineers. As the war escalated, the draft was changed so that some students were called up through a lottery system. Still, those who knew the medical requirements might be able to produce a doctor’s affidavit certifying a weak knee, flat feet, or bad eyes—all
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RAT RACE… Deep into the night... As the world goes still... The rat race heavy on his mind... The poor student reads on... Till... Dawn beckons... And the rat reckons, That yet another Day has gone by... And yet the goal seems but a distant dream... Like a mirage playing games with the thirsty's schemes... Dawn never felt so insipid before... And all this to improve my score... An exam I wish I didn't have to write... Why! I was happier in my higher flights... GET GOING…
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A Tragic Turn of Events It was a tragic event that happened on July 8th 2013. My son’s dad Shawn was severely beaten half to death by my ex-boyfriend, Lyle, for no reason. It has turned my family upside down. On July 3rd 2013, my boyfriend, Lyle, and my ex-husband Shawn’s girlfriend, Cassandra, were caught in my room together by Shawn and my son. Lyle and Cassandra both acted like they didn’t even know that the other was in the room, but my boyfriend was naked and she was hiding underneath
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someone abusing an animal or an undercover investigation exposes a dog or cock fighting ring where animals are abused so they perform whichever way the owner wants. Whenever there is money to be made off of animals, wheather it be from gambeling, a road side zoo, a circus with animals performing tricks there is 100% animal abuse. It does not matter the level because the only way to get animals to do things that are not natural to them is to beat them into doing it. Animal abuse occurs with every
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Visions of Heaven and Hell CONTENTS 1. Planning Suicide 2. Beyond the Sun and Stars 3. Elijah Explains 4. The Happiness of Heaven 5. We Shall Know Each Other 6. Conducted to Hell 7. The Tortures of Hell 8. A Lost Soul Speaks 9. Further Conversations 10. An Atheist in Hell Chapter 1: Planning Suicide When evil persons have gone in a life of sin, and find that they have reason to fear the just judgment of God, they begin at first to wish there were no God to punish them. Then little by little they
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They were both ready to hit the road and never look back. They travelled from coast to coast, working odd jobs here and there for extra cash. Crashing at dingy motels on nights that seemed endless. This was his life now and he never seemed to mind. The first motel he stayed at was called
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Ramchandra Guha Wrote a Book Titled ‘Gandhi Before India’ Published on: 25-SEP-2013 Historian and author Ramchandra Guha wrote a book on early years of Mahatma Gandhi. Book Entitled Ikea on the Road to the Future Revealed about Ikea’s Family Fued Published on: 21-SEP-2013 A book entitled Ikea on the Road to the Future revealed how the founder of the company was compeled to hand over billions of Dollars to sons. Vice President of India Released a Book Entitled India and Malaysia: Intertwined Strands
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If so, how does it survive outside of a physical body? I want to believe that there is such a thing as when we are buried that we have a soul that lives on in a beautiful place. I have a really hard time believing that there really is a heaven or hell or even a God, I want to but I feel in a world that has so much bad in in how can there really be something so grand and why if there is a God does so much really happen. Having these thoughts have also made me scared of the process of dying. ◦Do
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Unbelievable. Usually driving is the only peace and quiet I can even - ohshitohshitohshit "Shit!" Those were the final thoughts of old Gerald Engelbert before the semi-truck plowed through the front of his van. As an unfortunate but common result of an icy road and distracted driving, Gerald's van began to slide across the black ice. The situation was salvageable, but it was his panicked over-corrections that sent him and his wife Laura into the wrong lane, into the path of an oncoming 40-ton truck. They
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