"Tiny Nebraska town says no to 1,100 jobs, citing way of life" by Scott McFetridge (AP), MSN News 5/2/2016Cedar Street in the center of the village of Nickerson, Neb., is seen at night, Tue… Read More
The Wicked Boy – Kate Summerscale
Perhaps it is a legacy of Greek mythology which was once at the core of some of our educational curricula that we regard matricide as one of the wors… Read More
How Act To Be "Real" And Be In The CharacterThe Key To Acting 'Real'One of the top directors I knew who visited my coaching session, stated that when he’s casting for a role, he… Read More
DepictionPart 23Guest Post By Carol BuchananDepicting RelationshipsHere is the index post to previous entries in the Depiction series:http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/04/index-to… Read More
1. Toast to Obama From June 2010-Jiangsu, China “Obama,” he says raising the glass to toast. He’s got one hand palm up beneath the glass and two fingers from the other gen… Read More
Five Famous Ghost Towns in America and Why They Were Abandoned
Ghost Town 1 – Centralia, Pennsylvania
Centralia is the ghost town that’s still on fire in Columbia County, Pennsyl… Read More
I've been learning about the black imaginary. Special thanks to my friend Ernesto Mercer, long time warrior, poet, and priest for reminding me to root myself in the black joy of the #W… Read More
My life for the past few months has been a constant refrain of “Where does poop and pee go? In the potty. Poop and pee go in the potty. Are you sure you don’t want to potty? Why… Read More
To Hell and Back in Time for Dinner
– Creative Non-Fiction by Erica Briggs –
I packed a bag with a few outfits and antiperspirant; I heard it gets hot in hell. Said goodbye to my… Read More
The Racist Origin of State Laws on Juries is encouraging Change. Split-Jury Verdicts are permitted to allow Ethnic Minorities to be Ignored.
Two Jurors who sat in Judgment at Willie Dunn Ju… Read More
"A Hog Waste Agreement Lacked Teeth, and Some North Carolinians Say They’re Left to Suffer" by Talia Buford, ProPublica 11/23/2018Today, many farmers continue to store the waste in ope… Read More
Photo: Paul Natkin, Alligator Records
By Mark Westin
Sit back, folks, and listen up. It’s time to give your respect to a titan of the Telecaster:
Mr. Roy Buchanan.
Here in the six-stri… Read More
Farting. It’s just a part of life.
In fact, a healthy person farts between 10 and 20 times a day. And even though most of us do our best to keep this particular bodily function… Read More
There’s arguably no faux pas worse than a goofy pair of socks protruding from shoes intended to be worn sockless. This reminds of the nerdy look when your father used to wear bulky, w… Read More
A Tree with No Roots
– Non-Fiction by Ken Chen –
“A Tree with No Roots” by Ken ChenI am wholly and completely my own person, an
individual defined only by myse… Read More
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Womens Rights in Islam. In the same perspective many a discussions keep taking place. Be it in college canteens or hard core seminars by intellectuals or islamic scholars. However, in… Read More
Don’t wait until you’re ready. It’s the fifth in a series of traits for successful people in the secular world that we’re going to look at. However, we&rs… Read More
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I dreamed I was carrying a dead man on my back. The stench of his decomposing flesh poisoned each breath. His weight bent my shoulders like a sack filled with cotton. He had been dea… Read More
What Is a Bay Rum Aftershave
Bay rum refers to a kind of aftershave lotion and cologne. This product results from combining spices, Jamaican rum, and bay leaves taken from the West Indies… Read More
What my child’s killer told me when I confronted him – Hanifa’s Mother
Murja Suleiman Zubairu, mother of the slain five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar, has narrated an encounte… Read More
A myth or an ancient tale can feed the imaginations and souls of humans. The vast majority of these tales are just stories people have handed down through decades.
But a few of thes… Read More
Since the beginning of time, man has found the appeal of an open flame mesmerizing. Fire is, and always has been a necessity for life to heat, protect, cook, and smelt. It also acts as a war… Read More
Is anyone good enough for God? That’s a question lots of us probably ask. Often, we probably think we’re not good enough. Depending on what we read in the Bible, that conclusi… Read More
The idea of traveling the cosmos and universe has captured the imagination of people for centuries. The vast expanse of the cosmos, with its billions of galaxies, each containing billi… Read More
Southern Iraq's long-standing marshland is facing its bleakest hour in over 40 years, the United Nations announced with dread on Monday. Reports indicate a drastic and frighteningly su… Read More
On a calm Saturday morning in June 2023, I met a multitude of young children who had been sent far away from their families to serve time for various offences. It was at a juvenile centre in… Read More