Emily the Strange and Rosamond
There were several books I read as a child that eventually were forgotten but, somehow, life inexplicably spurred me to remember them. Files lost in my hard drive were not lost at all, my mind just needed some shaking to remember things from my childhood. I remembered The Giving Tree, Amelia Bedelia, Where the Wild [...]
The Qualities of a Gentleman
I’m here at the University of Houston’s Satellite Center, eating a Chick-fil-a, and I started thinking about the qualities of a gentleman. The other day, I stumbled upon a quote by Winston Churchill, “Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities… because it is the quality which guarantees all others.”
I really have to agree [...]
HBU vs. UH Main
HBU vs. UH Main
This semester has been much more enlightening than the last here at UH. I wasn’t entirely thrilled to leave HBU, but after some disappointments with certain people, the costs, and the implementation of the semester system from the quarter system, I found very few reasons to stay. HBU was a great stop [...]
Song of -Tions
Annihilation, damnation and obliteration
are things which cause me consternation,
Hence, I feel sorry for the youth of the nation.
Humanity’s nature for self destruction
is clearly evident with each generation.
I dare say God made a pitiful creation.
What is the worth of one man’s determination?
Blood and stress and perspiration
and things such as mutilation
are things the Son of God endured [...]
A Day in the Life of Joe Republican
“A Day in the Life of Joe Republican”
Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because a liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of coffee, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take [...]