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Nap Time Everyone
A famous and renowned philosopher and comedian, by the name of George Carlin once remarked, “People say, 'I'm going to sleep now,' as if it were nothing. But it's really a bizarre activity. 'For the next several hours, while the sun is gone, I'm going to become unconscious, temporarily losing command over everything I know and understand. When the sun returns, I will resume my life.' So, next time you see someone sleeping, make believe you're in a science fiction movie. And whisper, 'The creature is regenerating itself.”
By John Oliver Smith4 years ago in Journal
Pigs In The Pulpit
PIGS IN THE PULPIT Chapter One • Welcome to the Pigpen March 1996 It was a typical Wednesday night service at Word of Faith Family Fellowship. At least from the outset it seemed to be. Show up at quarter to 7, greet the regulars, find our seats and start praise and worship at 7:00 P.M. sharp. Go through our standard four or five musical numbers, settle down to a series of announcements and then strap on our spiritual safety belts till 9:30 or beyond.
By James Wittlich4 years ago in Journal
Hello My Name Is Antonio Westley
Coming from humble beginnings, I'd like to say that it's great to finally another place online where both readers and writers can enjoy themselves. It's not every day that creativity gets rewarded online, regardless how that may be defined. This platform seems to embrace that wholeheartedly and I for one (in my own form of expression) - am here for it.
By antoniowestley4 years ago in Journal
Interview With Zachary Larmore
According to a Harvard study, men and women released from incarceration have trouble finding work and are usually employed in low-wage jobs that offer little opportunity for advancement. Poor labor market outcomes among released prisoners are often explained by low levels of schooling, a lack of work experience, and continuing criminal involvement. Through the effects of criminal stigma or eroded human capital during incarceration, serving time in prison has itself been found to reduce employment by as much as a third, and hourly wages by ten to twenty percent (Freeman 1992; Western 2006; Mueller- Smith 2014; cf. Kling 2006; for reviews see Western et al. 2001 and Holzer 2009).
By Tammy Reese4 years ago in Journal
Great Incantations Bracket Challenge
Great Incantations members faced off in two separate bracket challenges. The rules were simple, read the other stories in your bracket and pick your favorites. It was a friendly competition, with only bragging rights on the line.
By Steve Lance4 years ago in Journal
Newbie BookTube BookTag
Hello, book people! My name is Jasmine and I’ve set myself up to be Fiction is Vice. I am from Tasmania/Lutruwita, Australia. I am a geriatric millennial who is not married, has no kids, no career, and I’m a writer. And I don’t even own a cat.
By Jasmine Wolfe4 years ago in Journal
What I Learned About Homelessness
When my original contract at the company I currently work for ended, I found myself needing a part time job while I was finishing the Data Analytics and Visualization boot camp at UT. I knocked around for a couple days, and found myself standing in a wool coat on the freezing cold floor of a warehouse on Koenig Lane. It was January. Rain hammered the building. I kept my hands shoved in my pockets to keep from shivering as the manager, my manager, gave myself and another applicant the run down of our positions. We were on-boarded almost immediately and started the next week.
By Ashley McGee4 years ago in Journal
