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Pet Peeves Ruffle Our Feathers, And I Have Three Big Ones - - elle kynzer
When I assigned "Pet Peeves" for this week, it was because Jack left me with 'no topic', while he goes deer hunting. So I've got three pet peeves that I'll write about today. Be sure to check out Dianne Lehman's article about hers, it is so funny. The assignments here on WryteStuff help us... Submitted 180 days 1 hour ago.

Time: Something Used Well or Lost Forever - - elle kynzer
The assignment about the 'time change', or something relevant for me will have to be, just about "Time" itself. I've not had any unusual things happen relative to the spring forward or fall back each year of our clocks. It's not that I'm so good at remembering, but more accurate that someone... Submitted 202 days 1 hour ago.

Coming To Terms With Mortality - - James Finnie
For more years than I can count I have been deeply involved with all manner of spiritual beliefs. I have writtern about them, studied them in great detail, discussed them, practised them and let spirituality flow through me like water through fingers. Having come from a damaged (abusive)... Submitted 226 days 12 hours ago.

When They Change the Rules and Deny It - - Terry Mitchell
When I went to the bank the other day to withdraw a little bit of spending cash for my disabled mother, I was greeted with an unpleasant surprise. When I handed the withdrawal slip (signed by my mother) to the teller, as I have done each month since what seems like the beginning of time, I was... Submitted 229 days 8 hours ago.

What We Love About Autumn In The Mountains - - elle kynzer
Football is the one thing Americans love about fall, whether it's the NFL, or college games. However, most of us are still attending high school football games, and supporting local team members; some family, some not. Those boys do better, when Mama, Daddy, Nana or Pops are in the stands, and... Submitted 252 days 1 hour ago.

Watch Out for the Trap Games - - Terry Mitchell
In sports, they call it a trap game. That’s a game against a weaker opponent that follows one or games against a stronger adversary on a team’s schedule. Teams often have letdowns and lose these games that, at least on paper, they should dominate. That’s because they get too... Submitted 254 days 3 hours ago.

UFO News: Latest From London – Aliens Talk In Cat-Like Language - Drunken Mystic
There has been buzz over the high-speed UFO detected in Siberia recently by the air traffic controllers. They were contacted by some alien with a female voice who spoke to them in an “unintelligible cat-like language”. The flight monitors detected the object over the Russian... Submitted 1 year 85 days ago.

Do You Believe In Poltergeists? Because I'm Not Sure What I Believe Anymore - Sydney Harrell
Let me begin by saying that until I saw this documentary, I never truly believed, in my heart of hearts, in paranormal activity and poltergeists. I watched the documentary by Barry Conrad lastnight, about the haunting of Jackie Hernandez in San Pedro, California, in 1989-1990, never expecting it... Submitted 1 year 123 days ago.

Traffic-onomics: Washington, DC congested traffic areas including K St NW - James Banner
Do you sit in traffic by the second, minute, hour, daily, weekly, monthly or annually? If you do, then guess what? I do too. It is a never-ending situation when it comes to driving in the city, depending on where you reside or work or what places you visit. Traffic is ongoing; whether it’s... Submitted 1 year 124 days ago.

Random Thoughts, Part 11 - Dianne Lehmann
Taking Things to Extremes I remember when the first "Rocky" movie came out and then the second one and then the third one … and then I stopped paying attention. Well, one was really enough, wasn't it? So, here I am with my 11 th installment of Random Thoughts. Some sequels improve on the... Submitted 1 year 159 days ago.

Elizabeth Edwards: Was Life Just Too Cruel to This Woman of Class and Grace? - - Mogama
In this world there is enough suffering to go around, but often the pie of pain is not shared in equal portions. A few people certainly get a bigger bite than they ever deserve. Though she will be remembered as attorney, law professor, chief policy adviser to her politician husband, best-selling... Submitted 1 year 170 days ago.

The Worst Human Rights Infringement: The Persecution of Christians - Joel Kontinen
Recently, Yousef Nadarkhan, an Iranian pastor, was sentenced to death for rejecting Islam . Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman, was condemned to death by hanging for "insulting Muhammad". Being a Christian can endanger one's freedom, health or even life, if one lives in a country that in... Submitted 1 year 188 days ago.

WENT TUBING: Now what do I do with the photos? - - John Brazell
I unclogged the shower drain with a "cleaner-outer" commonly known as a "snake." Coincidentally in the same week I had a colonoscopy, fifteen-feet of humility in a tube. I can see the similarities. An old friend in Dallas told me a colonoscopy was just another brain scan for people in Austin... Submitted 1 year 197 days ago.

Media Madness - - Joyce Dunn
Is anyone else as disillusioned or disgusted with the media as I am? It seems we are fed nothing but sound bites, often inaccurate or misleading sound bites. Local newscasts spend an inordinate amount of time on fluff' stories or giving teasers as to what their next newscast will feature. ... Submitted 1 year 205 days ago.

Child Abuse - Not Forgetting Baby P - R.I.P. Peter Connelly Your At Home In Heaven Little Angel - - Kacycarr
Child Abuse - We all remember Baby P the 17 month old innocent victim subjected to a life of torture, so a sicko with a longing to feed his sadistic ways, could be fulfilled. A little boy guilty of no crime and yet killed as if he was a murderer. The shocking thing about his death was those... Submitted 1 year 205 days ago.

Forbidden Chaos: Scheming on the Innocent - James Banner
Bad Worship Jane is a Christian woman, who for many years of her life has been going to church, and praising the lord. She is between 40-56 years old, wears glasses, slightly overweight, with a chubby, yet passionate smile. Charity by way of giving to the church was her motto and then she... Submitted 1 year 214 days ago.

In the Morning Part VII - James Banner
Celeste moved quickly to her right to avoid the collision. The movement of the car was quick and sudden and she barely made it out of the way. The assailant was apparently trying to hit her but failed. He pressed on the gas and did not intend to stop for anyone almost hitting a young child and... Submitted 1 year 228 days ago.

In the Morning Part V - James Banner
It was about 12:30 pm when Celeste grabbed her things and stealthily sneaked out of the office from other coworkers, which were at lunch in the nearby shops. As she grabbed her cell phone from the lockbox, she headed for the elevator. Once inside she viewed her i-phone that Dean purchased for her... Submitted 1 year 233 days ago.

In the morning Part IV - James Banner
Celeste picked up the phone quickly without checking the caller ID screen, hoping it was Gerald, but someone else was breathing from the other end of the phone, "I know who you are. You won't get away with what you did." The unknown caller quickly hung up before Celeste could engage in... Submitted 1 year 243 days ago.

ABDUCTED BY AN ALIEN: A hairsplitting experience in Roswell - - John Brazell
Count me among the "nut cases" who've been abducted by aliens in Roswell , NM . Technically, I wasn't abducted but one of um chased and caught me. I pulled to the side of the road, collapsed over the steering wheel and stifled my first thought about clean underwear. Just minutes earlier I had... Submitted 1 year 245 days ago.

College Tuition What is the real cost? - James Banner
As I stepped on the campus, left foot then right foot slowly inching towards the office, my eyes began to stare conspicuously at the sign on the door Tuition Office . I always dreaded going to this door. I grabbed the door knob looked at my hand, thought for a second, and then walked in with my... Submitted 1 year 260 days ago.

Random Thoughts, Part 10 - Dianne Lehmann
I am not a Fiber Person By that I do not mean that I do not eat fiber. I eat a lot of fiber. A lot. Sometimes I think it might be too much. But then you can't really knock regularity, right? I spent the afternoon working with horse hair; specifically tail hair. This is my first... Submitted 1 year 264 days ago.

Summer’s End Is Drawing Nigh - - Robert Bregman
Summer is coming to an end and it makes him sad. This was the hottest one in the State of Maine 's history, but hot in Maine is not like hot in the southern states. The temperature gets up in the low nineties and that's it. So summer is coming to an end and the cold winds will start to blow again... Submitted 1 year 268 days ago.

It's Monsoon Time in Arizona! - Dianne Lehmann
Some people refer to the Monsoon as Monsoon Season, but the word "season" is unnecessary. The basic definition of Monsoon is "a seasonal shift in the prevailing winds" or something like that. For most of the year, Arizona gets her weather as a hand-me-down from California . I don't dare say... Submitted 1 year 278 days ago.

Proposed Construction Of International House Of Pancakes Near Ground Zero Sparks Controversy - Morley Sobol
A meeting of the Lower Manhattan Community board became the scene of a heated debate today as hundreds people weighed in on whether it is appropriate to build an IHOP just blocks away from the site of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the city. Many feel that the presence of a restaurant... Submitted 1 year 282 days ago.