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When I was around 11 years old, my older brother was living in the basement. He joined the military and left, so in turn, I moved all my stuff into the basement and took his room. The first night I slept down there I was fine. The 2nd however, not so fine. I turned off … Continue reading →
Princess was a good kitty. But, she was old, very old – 19 to be exact. She had a good life living with her companions. But, her kidneys were failing and she felt the end of her life draw near. All day she waited for her companions to come home – barely hanging on to … Continue reading →
In the early 1980’s, my sister received a gift of a doll from our native Ukraine from an aunt when she came to visit. She was 10 and of course occupied the bigger of the 2 kid’s rooms in our small Georgian style house in Chicago. I was 8 and pretty annoying as a little … Continue reading →
I believe that when you die, you have three options… 1) Roll the dice, go to the afterlife. Most likely, you’re getting into Heaven. If you’ve killed someone without regret, be sure that a trip to Hell is in the cards.2) Roll again with reincarnation. Maybe you’ll be a human again. Maybe you’ll be a … Continue reading →
It happened back when I was in elementary school. I was around eight years old. My family lived in the same house my mother had lived in her entire life. My grandfather had sold the house to my parents when they had gotten married. We lived on 10 acres of land, and there were plenty … Continue reading →
“It’s just a floater,” the doc said. “Well,” I said, “it’s annoying.” And it was. I could see it then, that bumpy shadow bobbing in the vision of my left eye. It looked like a tiny translucent thread connecting two dark dots. Or a clipped piece of opaque intestine drifting across my eyeball. Doctor Tom … Continue reading →
One week in 1980 I learned two things that would change the way I looked at the world forever. The first, and probably most shattering, was that my collie Burr didn’t lick me because he loved me – it was to get at the yummy salts all over my skin. By the age of seven … Continue reading →
Within the opening minutes of Gone in 60 Seconds, you can tell that former car thief Randall "Memphis" Raines (Nicolas Cage) is a good man at heart. This is made painfully clear because he’s forsaken his criminal ways and now operates a go-cart track for young kids. But when he learns his wayward kid brother … Continue reading →