Out There

There is an expression in the Spanish language which does not have a direct corollary in English: “Buen Provecho.” There is not a direct translation of this expression. This expression is used at restaurants or at homes as people get ready to eat. As a person is getting ready to eat the host of the meal or the waitress may say this. It is essentially telling the person to let the meal be a blessing. The host or the waitress wants the person receiving the meal to enjoy the meal. Not only that the…

Why does nobody talk about how monsters go through puberty? Afterall, everyone has a monster…When I was a kid, monsters only existed within the confinements underneath my bed; they hid in the closet and possessed the bodies of dolls whose frames were too weak to support them. Monsters lurked in the shadows of the night, waiting for the lights to turn off so they could creep alongside the bed, turning dreams into nightmares. I was told children weren’t allowed to roam alone after nightfall…

Repair café started from Amsterdam, Netherlands where Martine Postman and her family started to think about ways to reduce waste going into landfills. Today is has more than 1,100 sites across 30 nations. The idea of repair café is steered by the people who are aware of the environmental issues just like Annie Leonard, the creator of the film ‘The Story of Stuff’. As mentioned both from the film and this article about repair café, products today are manufactured in a way that make their parts…

In Robert Frost’s blank verse poem “‘Out, Out-,’” the speaker recounts the story of a young boy who loses his hand, and ultimately his life, while working with a buzz-saw, presumably on his family’s farm. The speaker remains an observer throughout the narrative, presenting the poem in the first person. The use of first-person narration establishes an intimacy between the speaker and reader, so that the reader sympathizes with the speaker and not the “they.” “They” remain ambiguous throughout the…

Well, why are you going outside? Roy. I’m just doing something to surprise Suzy. Don’t say anything to anybody. [He runs out the door to get the ladder he had set out earlier. With only five minutes left until they get here he rushed to the back of the house and sets up the ladder. He climbs up and gets ready.] Norma (talking out loud to herself). Oh my they are going to be here any second and I don’t have any of the main dishes ready. Mimsey (walking in the door). We’re…

The day started of fairly normal. My friend had just got her license and she offered to take me to Washington, Missouri to go shopping and just have a fun day out. I was really excited to finally go out without a parent and to hang out with a friend. Even though I had a nagging feeling like I should’ve just stayed home and help my mom out around the house, I just ignored it and decided to go anyway. Now, when…

As a social worker, working with teenagers who are dealing with coming out as a gay or lesbian and utilizing the empowerment theory, which primarily focuses on the oppressed teenager on a one-on-one form of micro level or focal system, does not exclude or count out the larger levels on a macro scale, which can be individuals within a large group of teenagers coming out as a gay or lesbian, their family members within their subsystem and or suprasystems environment. “The empowerment theory…

were responsible for shutting down the Taken King. Chaos would finally come to an conclusion. The warlock was responsible for stopping the Taken Kings assistants also known as the ogre. We studied every single spot where the ogre came out and when he would come out. The warlock wore a long robe that started at his chest and ended at his feet. He had the only power to stop the ogre.…

family. With that being said, after about twenty years of blocking out my childhood memories, I was suddenly drawn back to my roots; I wanted to become a publicized nonentity and escape from everyone and everything. Dreaming of becoming your twenty-first century Thoreau, I sought to be alone to reflect and rebuild.…

would like some chocolate.” She got distracted from eating the chocolate so than Teddy got a chance to run away. Since that day Brandie has been training by running, eating healthier, and start making gadgets. “Why don’t I make a gadget that shoots out…