Flat racing

Just past the Raceway gas station, where the speed limit drops from 55 to 35 on Route 10, stands a narrow bridge that hovers over the James River. As your car veers with the road to the right, the trees disappear and the dark, flat water rests beneath you. The bridge’s concrete and rubber expanders jump your car’s suspension up and down as you slow to enter the city. Along each side, the green trees envelope the shoreline and reach out their bright branches, enshrouded with leaves, to you in…

the plane rocketed down the runway, and slowly lifted off into the sky. I slipped into sleep as the plane reached altitude, and began to dream a very pleasant dream. I woke to the sound of a noise similar to a pop can being crushed. My heart was racing, and I whipped my head in shock. I looked out the window, and I immediately grabbed my mother. The wing of the plane was melting. Literally melting. Some sort of heat controlling module must've malfunctioned and allowed for the overheating of…

As I entered the second semester of my second year of middle school I didn 't feel a sense of belonging and I couldn 't understand why. Was it because I am too friendly? Maybe it is because I’m a girl? Was I flat out weird? What was so wrong with me that I couldn 't fit into crowds of people who supposedly had similar interest as me? It wasn 't always isolation and lack of socialization. I was always the talkative girl in class who was surrounded by friends that would find humor in something as…

Today was my birthday, March 13 3034, on my favorite day, Friday. My wife, Dory, took me to a play at the Bible (bib-Lee) City entertainment center as my birthday present. I sat down in my seat and I began to watch the actors move onto the stage. I was intrigued by the play as soon as the first words were said. Dory was falling asleep, and I kept having to wake her up. She doesn’t like plays as much as I do. I just sat back, relaxed, and enjoyed the play. After about an hour and a half of the…

They raised their eyebrows in suspicion of my bluff, but I just sat there rubbing my hands across the green felt. “ I fold,” declared John as a puff of smoke escaped his cigar. He laid his cards flat down, as he stood up to get more beer. Suddenly, a loud bang was released. We all looked at each other in fear. The room fell silent. A vacuum sucking up all the noise, forming an overwhelming amount of emptiness. All the men reached down at…

Cervical Strain and Sprain With Rehab Cervical strain and sprain are injuries that affect the bones in the neck (cervical spine) and the soft tissues in the neck. A strain is when muscles or tissues (tendons) that connect muscles to bones stretch or tear. A sprain is when the tissues (ligaments) that connect bones stretch or tear. Cervical strains and sprains usually happen because of "whiplash" injuries. Whiplash is when the neck is forcefully whipped backward or forward. This condition can…

Nobody enjoys receiving a punishment. Especially when one gets accused wrongly. It is probably one of the most angst provoking feelings knowing that one is receiving a negative consequence for something that one would never have done in their life. Especially as an impressionable young child, receiving a severe punishment can leave the person traumatized, never wanting to be confronted by authority again, avoiding them at all costs. Sadly, this awful experience happened to my fifth grade self…

told and locked the doors and was typing the numbers with her scared shaking hands. And while she was doing that Mary was locking all the doors in the house and closing all the windows and she went to the basement to lock the windows and as she was racing down the stairs to the basement the light were flickering on and off slowly and she tries not to be loud and as soon as she put her foot on…

The ECG/EKG When most people think of heart tests, they think of the ECG. ECG stands for electrocardiogram. It's also called an EKG, from the German elektrokardiogram. Although it may look like an ECG is recording heartbeats, it's not. In fact, it records the electrical activity (the electrical triggers, if you will) that presage the actual heartbeat. The mechanical beats follow the electrical triggers by about a tenth of a second -- unless, of course, there's a problem. Or to state it in…

Ashley, were just hanging out at a table. The cafeteria smelled of hot chocolate and nachos. As Becca lay down on the bench seat, she wondered if the smell actually came from the kitchen or from the numerous spills that no doubt permeated the mat. Lying flat on her back with her knees pulled up, she continued holding the tissue against her nose. Ashley pushed her bag aside just as Becca let out a sigh. “There isn’t anything wrong with you is there?” Ashley asked. “Mentally or physically?”…