As the nurse wrapped the rubber tube around my arm, she saw my ID badge. “You work at the Center?” she said. She tapped my inner arm to make the veins stand out. “Yes, I do,” I answered. I was grateful for the distraction. I hate getting my blood drawn. “Well God bless you. You […]
“Where in the hell is the damn church key?” yelled the senior football player. It was after midnight, the pony keg was empty, and it was time to break into the cases of beer. But a can opener was needed and could not be located using only the light of the fire. Someone found a
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Let’s have a little spelling lesson in the form of a math equation. The word “definitely,” by far the most frequently misspelled word I see in my students’ writing, can be easily broken down by simple math. Let’s start with the word’s root, “FIN.” Fin means final, or if you’re into French films, “the end.”
I worry about today’s generation. Whether you know them as “Generation Z” or “iGen,” they are the people born after 1995 who have grown up with their own smartphones and social media accounts. As a Gen-Xer, I am two generations removed from these young people, and I struggle to understand and identify with them. Am
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At this late stage of my existence, tattoos have unexpectedly become a significant part of my life. It’s like I have woken up as a character inside the Sunday comics. Tattoos are everywhere and I don’t understand how this trend has occurred. I grew up in an era when tattoos were a major league sin
One of my favorite people in the world is Dale. I got to know him in 2002 over a game called The Sims Online. He described himself in his online bio as someone who disliked tattoos and bad grammar, so he sounded interesting. I struck up a conversation which developed into one of the most