Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, goals, or habits about you. At the end, choose at least 25 people to be tagged. Tag the person who tagged you. If I tag you, it's because I want you to know more about me ( Read more... )

I broke up a fight today while working at the school. I have done this before because, it’s just so stupid to just let it play out. But my brother brought up a point that did cross my mind afterwards: what if I had hurt the kid when I broke it up and the parents wanted to sue? I went in low and wrapped my arms around his waist. We did fall because ( Read more... )

The word misirlou in Greek means “the Egyptian girl”. The song was first performed in Athens in 1927. This form of music is called rebetika which is the music form of Turkish refugees who took refuge in Greece.

As a child, Dick Dale’s grandparents, who were from Lebanon, played the song for him and he fell in love with it. When became a musician ( Read more... )

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If you work in a place where the internet is limited to anything personal such as your personal on-line e-mail, I have discovered a way to get around such internet blockers. I am a complete Gmail, Google user and I know have set my homepage to iGoogle which is a widget based personal homepage. On this page you can have widgets such as you g-mail ( Read more... )

This is part of a new short story that I am writing. I hope you enjoy.

He backhanded me. I totally tripped over the leg of the coffee table and I hit the floor. I just laid there. I didn’t say anything. I didn’t moan or cry. I just laid there, blood coming from my nose. I took my arm dressed in a blue ratty Oxford and wiped my nose. I looked at ( Read more... )

Has any pondered why a state has not sued or asked the federal government to bailout their citizens? It would seem that a states legislator who is to protect the state and civilian interest would have stepped up to those in congress and senate to ask for a bailout plan for those who might need assistance. I am wondering why if this has happened why ( Read more... )

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