Beverly Hills

Earthquakes have now been reported in states that rarely, if ever, get earthquakes ever since fracking has been doing water injections. Water injections consist of putting the wastewater from fracking into an empty water well and leaving it there. There have been studies after studies showing that earthquakes, and unusually large ones, were suddenly occurring in low to minimal seismic activity states. In an article by Newsweek Global called “The Earth Moved, And It’s Our Fault” says, “But in…

In Proverbs from Plymouth Pit, Henry Ward Beecher states, “A man without ambition is like a beautiful worm--it can creep, but it cannot fly.” Within plenty of sources, including, “Beverly Hills,” a poem expressing a middle class worker’s desire to be something great; a spark of ambition can be seen. A Raisin in the Sun is a play which focuses on a family that desires to be more than average; a theme common in modern America. For instance, “American Dream” a poem in relation to never giving…

Wet dreams are signs of growing up for young boys. You hear about them, hope for them and then one day it happens. I was thirteen when I had my first one. It’s something I would never forget. That day, I had learned of one of my female classmates’ menstrual cycle beginning after gym. Everybody at school talked about her like it was a 50% off sale at Foot Locker. I had the wrong impressions of puberty because everybody seemed to have embarrassing moments; I never wanted my day to come. During…

The United States used to be a place where you could support a family and make the American dream come true on a single factory job. That is no longer the case, and a household today could not function on that little of an income. It is becoming more and more expensive to be alive and many people cannot afford it. What is a person who has no education, no skills and no job going to do out in the middle of Alabama? There are countless cases of people suffering and struggling to feed their…

WORD COUNT: Cy Layne Cushenberry P.O. Box 2491 Amarillo, Texas 79105 (806) 220-7616 cy.cushenberry@gmail.com SUGARTIME- THE SWEET AND STICKY LIFE OF COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND CHARLIE “SUGARTIME” PHILLIPS BY CY CUSHENBERRY This book is dedicated to Therese Kelley and Mike Mc Millen for their love, dedication and support throughout the writing process And to Gloria Cushenberry, a woman who after every battle in life Is the first to raise the flag And rally the troops to victory And of course to Charlie…

Social Penetration Theory was first coined by Social Psychologist's Irwin Altman and Dalmas Taylor. The theory posits that as relationships develop communication moves from non-intimate levels to deeper and more personal ones. "According to Altman and Taylor, they specify that relationships go through sequential stages as they develop" (Miller 167). In the earliest stage, orientation, individuals play it safe with small talk. "This involved the gathering of biographical data, the avoidance…

On August 20, 1989, the Menendez brothers, Lyle and Erik, brutally murdered their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, at their mansion on North Elm Drive, Beverly Hills. Jose Menendez, a highly successful businessman, received a single shotgun bullet, fired at point-blank, to the back of his head and died instantly. Their mother, Kitty Menendez was shot multiple times at a relatively close range, to the point where Lyle ran out of bullets and reloaded only to continue shooting her as she was…

collected through firsthand experiences. This was actually the setting for a study done in May of 1999. The idea of “beauty” on the island of Fiji was round, plump, and soft. After 38 months of exposure to television shows, like Melrose Place, Beverly Hills, and 90210, young Fijian girls showed serious signs of eating disorders (“Eating Disorders Have Multiple Complex Causes” 99). An eating disorder is a range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits (such…

“Well your dad hasn’t been making good choices and I filed for a divorce. I shouldn’t have put up with him for this long. I’m sorry I couldn’t take it anymore.” Alyssa’s mom explained bits and pieces,, but she was full of questions at this point. She did not even know what this all meant but she wanted to know. She stood there like a statue in the kitchen with a crunched look on her face. A million questions were in Alyssa’s head and one of her first thoughts was who was going to keep the dog.…

Timeless stories like Jane Austen's Emma can be told repeatedly no matter the culture or time period because they are relatable and entertaining. With that being said, some adaptations of classic stories are more well thought out than others. Changing the source material is not always bad, sometimes it serves to make characters more likable, to add a comedic element to a situation, or update out of date references. The movie Clueless made in 1995 is one of the better adaptations of the classic…