As I sit here and finish off is case of Old Style (a classic beer), I think about the first beer I ever had. Can you remember the first beer you ever had? I can, back in 4rth grade summer splitting a 6 pack with me and my homies, keeping it real of coarse. Nothing could beat those good old days...

My Best Friend Do you know what its like to lose your best friend in a terrible car accident? I do. Delaine Marie K_____'s death was the most traumatic experience of my life. I never expected that one phone call, one death and one funeral would change my life forever. Furthermore all the...

Danger Behind the Wheel Driving is a privilege given to those who demonstrate the ability to operate a vehicle safely and maturely. This freedom, however, is sometimes taken for granted and abused. When abused, tragic mistakes can occur that put other drivers in danger. Accidents are primarily c...

The phone began a ringingIn the shadowy morning lightDeep in my throat I knew something terribleWas in sightSit yourself downAnd try to be calmYou dear friend Ruthiekilled last nightIs goneI put the phone downAnd fell to the floorThinking of her bodyNot yet cold at the morgueHeard friendly voicesBut...

Through out my teenage years I always had it made. I had security, support of my family, and other things. When I turned 16 I had found out something that would change my life forever, I was pregnant. As a teenager I was anorexic, therefore meaning I had a problem with getting fat. If I had g...

Divorce is a word that all people have heard about and some people have experienced. Since I had moved around the first ten years of my life I never had the single thought of my parents being separated. On one side of my family I typically saw divorce and I told myself that I am glad that my pare...

Another ordinary day in Queens, someone was murdered. But what made this murder case so interesting? Was it because the victim was a female? No. Was it because the killer was a black man? No. What made this case so interesting was that there were 38 witnesses to this murder and yet no one came to th...

Ring, ring, went Mandy's phone early Saturday Morning. It was Tori, Liz, and Kim, asking if she wanted to go to the mall and look for Halloween costumes. They all started talking about how much money they each had to spend and then on to boys and about their trick or treating plans. By the time...

There are many forms of cheating used today in school. Some examples know today include copying a fellow student's homework, copying answers off someone's test, writing test questions down for another student. One of the wildest and most bizarre forms of cheating known right now involve...

Love They say to love is a beautiful thing They say to love is work, but is worth it. Alas, they say to love is to be eternally happy. But who exactly is "they?" And I can't help but wonder if "they" themselves have ever truly been in love. I say to love is to de...

Imagine a world full of high technology machines. Robots doing the chores for us, cars flying in the air. Such an exciting and fun cite indeed. At the rate our technology is going today, this may not be a far-fetched future for us. Today we have phones that can connect to any phone in the world, cle...

Who's the Neanderthal Now? This morning I waked at seven o' clock, and I was astonished to see a Neanderthal women standing on the lawn. Why would a Neanderthal woman come to Texas? , I pondered. I've heard of such encounters from other places all over the globe, Sweden, Sri Lanka,...

The phone rang about seven times at midnight. No one else woke up, so from some place I found the energy and strength to let go of my dreams and answer the phone. At the other end was the receptionist from the emergency room. She gave me news that I did not want to hear: my sister had been in a c...

"Why don't yall just shut up and leave me alone!" I mumbled under my breath as my parents screamed at me from the other room. They had been annoying me all morning and I was ready to leave the house and never come back. My mother started her escapade around six o'clock one Satur...

ANNIE'S BABY The book that I read was about this young girl name Annie, that had it all. She had good grades, she was in the soccer team and had decent friends. One day after soccer practice she bumped into this handsome guy name Danny. He was an all-star football player that all the...

Being having a new sibling come into the family is never easy for a five year old to handle. My sister being born was no exception. I remember being very worried that my little sister would get all the attention when she was born. I didn't think it would actually be my mom that got all the a...

Friends There are days when you cannot help but feel sad and blue. I know very well, because I have them too. Now what can cure or change this atmosphere? A friend will do the trick. But what is a friend? The definition of a friend cannot be limited. It can be a person whom you know, like,...

Him Personal Ad On a Quest for a Christian/Protestant Filipina Pearl!! Of Irish decent a protestant Christian.  I like good food, the sea/boating and studying the word to know GOD.  I love taking care of my family and enjoying nature.  Seek filipina with a good attitude, looks not important ju...

The words flowed onto the screen from his fingers as he frantically tried to complete his report on the daily stock increase. The blinds were shut, and the lights were off in Jake's home away from home. The only source of light was coming from his laptop screen and a stream of light pouring out...

Today was going to be a great day for Bumb. It was his birthday. Right after school he would be getting his presents. At school all he could think about was getting those presents. As he walked off the bus Bumd past a dark alley and saw a man. The man saw Bumb and walked up to him. As he walked up t...

American Beauty is one of the best films I have ever seen. The Academy gave the movie a "Picture of the Year" award, among other honors. There are many good uses of cinematography throughout the film. I will be describing how cinematography is used to enhance what is happening in that p...

The Town of Beckley The observation of people on Neville Street in Beckley can be an interesting thing to watch. Most people seem to be in a mad rush to get where they are going. As I was sitting in the eye doctor's office one day I observed people during their lunchtim...

They are the rulers of Russia. This bunch has no style. These are the \"New Russians,\" or in other words the mafia - a new breed that managed a social change that has shaken the country in the last five years. The media describes them as crooks that have money, no style, and a belief that life is ...

In the 21st century, there are a lot of opportunities for jobs all around the world. This world revolves around making money, therefore working to make money, having workers to help you make money, everything is revolved around that. There are a lot of different strategies for job hunting these da...

Some people say that with the birth of a new life someone must go with god to take it's place and in the past few years I've had my fair share births and deaths. In the past few years I have also learned a lot of things about myself and the type of family I come from to better appreciate t...