Mug

Sitting down at her mother’s kitchen table, attentively leaning forward, her dainty fingers gripping to her freshly made cup of coffee, creating yet another coffee mug stain; Claudia savors this time. Surrounded by her family, reminiscing on the days when her siblings and her were adolescents. As her hazelnut eyes squint and crinkle on the corners of her eyes, her high-pitched laugh fills the room, catching her breath, she’s at her most radiant. At this particular moment, Claudia obliterates all…

It was the first day of my second year in Tomball ISD. I walked into my second period, Texas History, with a Mrs. Brough. At first glance, Mrs. Brough seemed to be a little too excited and the state of her desk with several coffee mugs seemed suspicious. It was in this unorganized classroom and with this giddy teacher that I found my love of history. Mrs. Brough was a short and stout woman who never stopped smiling. You could tell she had a true passion for history when she spoke to us…

In the clothing industries, not everything are smiling, half-naked, well shaped teen boys, or good looking girls in skinny jeans and sweaters holding a mug filled with some sort or liquid. Under all the sappy joy and actors, sweatshops are created to meet the high demands on clothing or some sort of apparel or garment. In the article “Child Labour in The Fashion Supply Chain” by Josephine Moulds, it exposes the filthy underside of big fashion companies that use sweatshops in poor countries.…

drive. Drinking and driving can lead to a person getting arrested and charged with a DUI or a DWI. The cost of what happens after getting arrested is not even worth drinking and driving. The Ignition Interlock Device is just as embarrassing as an ugly mug shot. The device pretty much ruins a person’s chance of drinking again until the device is removed from the car. Lastly, drinking and driving is bad because you can lose your life or even worse, you can kill somebody in a car accident. I cannot…

The twinkling firelight bounces off the dull tin outside of mugs. Loud, drunk laughter fills the air as I serve more mead among the tavern's occupants. Tonight every seat is taken, yet more people pour in from the dark doorway. This is never good. The town's men have a habit of retreating to Rosaline's Tavern and Inn when they fail once again. I wonder what happened this time. Did they upset a more powerful town? Do we now owe someone more debt? Is it even possible to owe anyone more debt? I…

Chapter One Zaphkiel sat on the green grass that was beginning to turn yellow, contently watching the pink and orange sky. The trees around him stood still, but the air was stiller as if the whole world were frozen in time. As the sun sank behind the horizon, a cold wind broke the stillness. Red and orange leaves fluttered to life in the gust of wind. Some of them broke free from their branches to dance in the breeze. “Beautiful, isn't it?” said a voice behind him. Zaphkiel spun around.…

matter where you are located and who you are, it makes breaking news for the media, especially if the incident occurred in the local area. A local video from WCVB Channel 5 News is titled Northeastern student charged in sexual assault and it has the mug shot of the accuser, who got arrested. In the video, it illustrates how two victims suffered a violent attack but are expected to be fine, however the names of the victims were not released. The video list the charges of the accuser and how the…

The cards were stacked up against Walter Swift being accused of a crime he did not commit; eyewitness misidentification, incomplete forensic testimony, government misconduct and an inadequate defense. In 1982, a white pregnant woman was raped and robbed by a black man in her home in Detroit, Michigan while playing with her seven month old son. She described her assailant as a thin black man between the ages of 15 and 18. She stated to detective Janice Nobliski, that the man was clean shaven with…

Case Number 2: In the early afternoon of December 22, 1984, four juvenile African-American men boarded the New York City subway, in which Bernhard Goetz shot and seriously wounded all four teenagers, after they allegedly tried to mug him. Nine days after the incident, Goetz eventually surrendered to law enforcement. In the process of People vs. Goetz’s trail, he was charged with attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment, and several firearms offenses, however, a jury found him not guilty…

It was 7:50. I had mopped myself out the front door. I started taking the boxes around the house. I could only get half of them at a time. Got to the side walk, the white lights were shining very bright and gleaming on my freshly cleaned pearl white Lincoln Continental sitting on the street. I swear I heard that car hum as I went by. I said don’t worry I got you a free oil change for Christmas. On my second trip, around, I stopped and picked out a real, nice medium red bow and attached it to the…