Groundhog

Augustine was a Christian philosopher who believed that people have the free will to make their own decisions and choices. One example is the choice between good or evil. He also believed that people should be searching for and obtaining eternal goods, rather than desiring temporal goods. In many aspects Chris McCandless from Into The Wild was searching for eternal goods and the divine. McCandless was a vagabond who sold all of his belongings and decided to hitchhike across the United States. He…

Over the years, I have learned there can be numerous definitions of leadership. When I was a non-rate onboard the Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell, leadership meant doing what the Chief or First Class Boatswain’s Mate said. There was no questioning the commands or giving feedback. I did what was told because of their legitimate power. When I finally went to A-school and earned a Third Class crow, I learned from my supervisor at Public Affairs Detachment San Diego that leadership was all about…

lit up. “Oh, yeah. Been looking forward to it for a long time. People look at a homestand like this and think it’s great. But it’s tough. It’s being in one place for a long period of time, it gets redundant and it’s easy for you to get into the ‘groundhog day’ type of feel. It will be really nice for us to get away for a couple of days.” On my way out of the locker room, I posed the same question to Thomas Hickey, not really expecting a different response. “I think it’s going to be good for our…

Touching back on the aforementioned utopia where poverty does not exist and every single person on the planet can afford to not eat meat, one would typically expect that the entire population would be healthy. And why would they not be? Study after study shows that vegetarians are healthier than the typical meat eating person, but why is that? Most vegetarians are in fact healthier than the typical meat-eater, but it is not simply because they are vegetarian, rather it is their lifestyle. The…

The raccoon is an omnivorous mammal and is the largest of the Carnivora family with a length of 16 to 28 in. and a weight of 8 to 20 pounds. The coat of the raccoon is looks like salt and pepper and mostly consists of a dense and insulating fur that protects it from very cold weather is called underfur. The most eye catching feature of the raccoon is its mask, this mask makes the animal look like a bandit. The diet of the raccoon mainly consists of invertebrates, plants, and vertebrates;…

Why Everyone Should Own a Dog Do you own a dog? If you said “yes” great, but if you said “no” then let’s think about why not? When people ask why dogs are said to be one of the best pets you can have, a common response is that a dog is a companion, a teacher, and a guardian. A dog helps teach responsibility and can also be a courageous protector no matter how big or small. A dog will always love you and your family completely. The responsibility a dog teaches is a life lesson and will help with…

Kyle Carpenter What makes a hero is three important traits. By doing an act voluntarily without being asked or expected to, doing it for someone else without expecting any type of gratification, and performing an act knowing the risks and consequences that may follow. Kyle Carpenter was a corporal in the Marines who risked his own life to save the life of his colleague by throwing himself on top of a live grenade. He is a hero because the act he performed was voluntary, he did it specifically…

As a Telemetry Volunteer in the extremely busy Telemetry Department of Scripps Prebys Cardiovascular Institute, La Jolla, CA, I contributed over 300-hours to evening shifts in support of Telemetry Technicians, hospital staff, cardiovascular patients, stroke patients, and family members. More specifically, when not checking EKG monitors for malfunctioning telemetry boxes, batteries or leads, I delivered, in accordance with hospital protocols, extra care by: Maintaining, organizing and…

I held my breathe and gave out a sigh hopping the next hours to Virginia to our hotel will be better. I found myself doodling penguins and groundhogs in my journal, until I saw we were driving on one of the biggest bridges I have ever seen the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. That bridge always freaked me out, because of the such small walls. I hated to look at the sea sickening water below us. “Hey dad…

Individually, snowflakes are diminutive, harmless ice crystals. However, when these seemingly innocent snowflakes cluster together in immense formations known as snow, they sustain a powerful ability to impact our world. Snowy weather has significantly affected the survival and lifestyle of nature and living things. In brief, snow poses large threats to the health, comfort, and well-being of humans, alters the process, features, and survival of plants, as well as interfere with the normal…