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Category Archives: True Life
The Advent of Tennis
Tennis – such a lovely sport. Watching a bright green ball fly from one side of a dark green court to another. Actually getting in the game, swinging your racket in just the right position, just the right spot, hitting the tennis ball and smiling in satisfaction of your perfect hit. But perhaps you’re not [...]
Chess, and How It Changed Entertainment at Camp
It is free time at a summer camp we have lovingly dubbed “nerd camp”. For one hour, we are free to do whatever we choose, within reason. Many of us watch television – the World Cup games are exciting, after all. Some go outside and play in the sun. Yet an entire group of people [...]
The Fall of a Killer
Prose and poetry done at a recent writing class. “The visiting times have ended,” a nurse said to Jason. “I’m terribly sorry, sir, but rules are rules, and you’ll have to leave now. You’re welcome to come back tomorrow morning.” Jason watched the heart monitor screen fluctuate – up and down, up and down. IV [...]
To Love What You Do: A Pastrami Ham Story
This morning, as I got ready for school, my father helped me make a quick sandwich. As he got out the deli bag of pastrami ham we had purchased the previous day, however, we both noticed something peculiar. This bag of pastrami was different from before. I have eaten a sandwich for breakfast for the [...]
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The Current State of Music, and Popular Culture
Note: This is my personal take on a popular culture situation. Some discretion advised. Turn on the radio and tune into any top-50 hit music station in 2010, and you’ll discover a hip mix of rap, pop, and country. They’re the songs that make up the musical culture of today’s generation, with even kids listening [...]
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Microsoft, Google, and "Bero Getts"
When I was young, I was obsessed with some things that other children weren’t obsessed over. While the other first graders at my school constantly collected Pokemon trading cards, I was interested in other things: computers, technology, and more specifically – Bill Gates. It’s kind of funny to look back, now that I’m thirteen, and [...]
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Changing the World: Technology in Schools
I cannot fight a battle of which I do not understand – many problems exist out of my control, but short of donating to causes or volunteering my time and efforts, I can only watch from the sidelines. I do feel that I have the ability to change some realms however – problems I have [...]
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Trials at Marketing: The Lessons Learned
“You must remember,” my mother told me yesterday before dinner, “that all sales begin with a no. Every single person on this planet doesn’t like being solicited for money. It’s your job to turn their no into a yes.” Having experienced first-hand that day exactly what my mother was talking about, I could agree. Although [...]
Matumaini [Hope]
Note: This is a submission I made to a writing contest. I publish it here. A hundred ways to say no: I’m busy, I have someone to meet, I forgot my wallet – humankind seems to be able to create excuses on the fly. It’s easier to lie to someone when you know you’ll probably [...]
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[Archivals] Why the Mid-East Wars Never Should Have Happened
This essay was published in December of 2009. I had read multiple articles regarding the state of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars and I wrote about them in this post. Unfortunately, the post wasn’t very well researched. Highly incorrect and mistaken in multiple parts, I preserve it here for historical purposes. I ask that you [...]
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