Anyone who uses Microsoft Windows is probably familiar with this annoyance. The little yellow shield in the systray pops up the old familiar “Updates are ready” tooltip… you give the system the go-ahead to install… and next thing you know you’re getting a visit from the Restart Nag Fairy.
Updating your computer is almost complete. You […]
So what is it like to pick up your things and head to a new country, a new culture, a new way of life? In the United States, there are so many immigrants from so many different countries, it may be hard for most of us to understand what it feels like to lose everything […]
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Another one of my favorite stories I have been told over the years:
Anne Marie’s Ghost- From the late 1960’s comes a story about a woman named Anne Marie who worked in a law office in Germany. The 19 year old woman had […]
Becoming A Writer, Chapter Eight
Finally we come to the last item on the check-list, the #5 thing Brande recommends a writer do with all these pages that her agenda generates. And I’m not entirely sure how one is to accomplish it, not unless one naturally displays a tendency toward journaling. Maybe in Brande’s time, more […]
The 2007 college football season has been full of upsets up to this point. On Thursday night, Rutgers knocked off South Florida, the number two ranked team in the country. If this is a preview of the games to come this weekend, college football fans are going to be in for a real treat.
There are […]
Many people think that translation is simply finding one word’s equivalent in another language. Many of these same people may think that with nothing more than an electronic translator or a good bilingual dictionary they can squeeze out an author’s intended meaning.
A story, a poem or an essay is much more than just the words […]
Ghost Girl on the Lake
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Another one of my favorite stories that has been told over the years:
Fisherman’s Catch- In the New York area some years ago, there is the story of a man who was out on his boat fishing with his […]
Baseball fans everywhere wait all year for the MLB playoffs to roll around. And just when this happens, the games seem to fly by in no time at all. This is especially true this year thanks to several teams breezing through the postseason.
First off, let’s take a look at the National League. The Colorado Rockies […]
The ghost in the cellar
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Whether you believe or not, Halloween is the best time to spin a few yarns about ghosts, phantoms, and mysteries of the unknown. Here are a few of my favorite stories I have been told over the years:
The […]
Are you wondering what a tacostada could be? If we’re using real Mexican food as our basis for comparison, they are not tacos and they are not tostadas. They’re more like tostadas folded inhalf. That’s right, they are those funny things they call “tacos” over at Taco Bell.
Since no one knows a real taco […]
