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saving tara
material wealth v. spiritual wealth
by robert a. melos
topic: writing
8.12.08
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Scarlet O’Hara, in the novel Gone With The Wind, did everything she could to save her beloved Tara, the family plantation. She did whatever was necessary, meaning she sold off family heirlooms and married a string of wealthy men. I’m not really the marrying kind. I mean, marriage is nice in theory but I don’t believe that for me it would work in practice. Plus, real men are hardly ever of the quality of the fictionally hot Rhett Butler.
Perhaps I should explain. My recent life situation took a dark and ugly financial turn, one that is touching many Americans. I’m struggling to keep my h...
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genx television
before there was hdtv
by reem al-omari
topic: television
7.23.08
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Ask anyone my age (almost 30) what their favorite TV show of all time is, and more than likely they will say it's Friends. If not Friends, then it's Sein...
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animal farm
putting the beasts to work
by lucy lediaev
topic: humor
7.22.08
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Fish pedicures are creating something of a splash in the DC area… It was just a few years ago that I splurged and had my first pedicure. Now, when I’m tired and feeling jus...
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katrina
by andrea augustine
topic: news
7.7.08
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The name Katrina holds me in a state of flux. After my Poppy died, my mother threw herself into missions. She is truly the strongest woman I've ever known. A few summers af...
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my opinion, part ii
american politics
by ferrell rosser
topic: general
7.3.08
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My Opinion On Why Americans Despise Our Own Politicians. Why do we Americans seem to despise our own politicians? I believe that part of it is our history, part is our national...
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stayin' at the holliday inn
i see famous people look alikes
by andrea augustine
topic: general
6.27.08
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I got a wild hair on a Monday in May and had to leave my home in Bloomington, IN. I had two destinations in mind: 1. New Orleans, Louisiana and 2. Detroit, MI (I also considered M...
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memories of combat
healing the wounds
by lucy lediaev
topic: general
5.27.08
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To most of us in the United States, Memorial Day symbolizes the beginning of the warm months leading into summer. In the Midwest, lilacs and peonies put out their earliest blooms....
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slocumb street
by jeremiah sulewski
topic: writing
5.27.08
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she always tries to hide her scars when we meet she always stops to pray when down on her knees she lights a candle by the bed hoping for no more rain but cries herself to sleep at...
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of love lost and lost ways
by jeremiah sulewski
topic: writing
5.12.08
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Ten and one half years. Longer than most pro football players careers. Even the good ones. Longer than two presidential terms. But alas, a time that turned out much shorter tha...
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jumping into the ocean
becoming a bone marrow donor
by lucy lediaev
topic: general
5.9.08
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It’s amazing to me that people’s phobias can so easily color their perception of the world. Our company, which manufactures tissue typing tests for organ and bone marrow transplant...
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re: katrina
And now, unless it down grades or changes course, it looks like another cat 4/5 hurricane, Gustav, may be hitting the same region. I hope not, but if...
re: saving tara
Wow, Robert, your play-by-play is eerie and interesting at the same time. I could never have imagined such a scene. I know it's been incr...
re: my opinion, part ii
I remember a question posed in a political science class I took in college that has always been a quandary for me - or since being asked anyway: would...
re: i know who i'd vote for november 4, 2008
Unfortunately, history has shown that though we have no interest in politics, politics has great interest in us. To quote Santayana, "Those who forge...
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1. animal farm
putting the beasts to work
by lucy lediaev
7.22.08
2. genx television
before there was hdtv
by reem al-omari
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3. saving tara
material wealth v. spiritual wealth
by robert a. melos
8.12.08
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saving tara
Moving, both on the upside and the downside. Best of luck with your situation....
my opinion, part ii
You nailed it....
memories of combat
As a Mid-Westerner I hear about fallen soldiers a lot... it is truly a day of mourning here... healing is so important....
up land from reason
Best thing you've written here and well done turning a personal experience into something everyone would want to read....
what's in a name?
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