Slippery When Wet

A hop, skip and jump from Portsmouth, Virginia is the rural town of Wrongberight, where intermittent summer rainstorms, have transformed the roadways, into a slippery mess. One of the community’s lifelong resident’s, Clemmy Sue Jarvis, a petite, vivacious woman of sixty-three, would rather dance the Virginia Reel with a skunk than drive on rain soaked roads. However, late Saturday afternoon she has no other choice, but to cautiously, ease out of her driveway, turn south onto Flat Bottom Road and…

While driver responsibility and attention to the road are required when driving on and off the road, there’s no denying the importance of having the right set of safety features. Car safety features, whether these are standard on the vehicle or as options, are critical in ensuring the general well-being of the driver, the passengers and even the pedestrians. This is the reason why the government has rules and regulations in place when it comes to the safety standards that should be included in…

Life Carries On In the short story “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield, a wealthy empowered man is faced with the grief of his son six years after his passing. The boss is conveyed to be a demanding, strong business man but, when faced with the remembrance of his son, he instantly changes his tone, pursuing two sides to the boss. Mansfield’s “The Fly” illustrates the hardship of death by the innocent killing of a fly, which than demonstrates a sense of relief to carry on in life. The passing of…

in my mind a flock of little sparrows flying in their curious patterns in the sky eating their supper… The emerald green waters of the Virgin River, rushing through Zion Canyon. The red and black walls with scattered plants here and there. The slippery wet rocks and the strong current of the water created a natural water slide. The naughty squirrels that almost ate our snack. My mom, dad, aunt, uncle struggling to keep up with my cousins, my brother and I. The cold water slowly seeping into my…

A Slippery Situation Every year, during the New Year holiday, my family goes on a ski vacation. The location varies, but this year we decided to travel to Vail, Colorado. There we met up with some friends of my parents. I have skied since I was very young. Every since I was little, my parents put my sister and me into ski school. I hated ski school. I didn’t like to follow the ski instructor in a single file line with all the kids who were ‘locals’ and were able to ski all of the time. They…

sizes, along with ski poles and lockers. Once you have all of your gear head to the lockers to put on your snow suits and thermal ware and ensure that all valuables are locked up. When you head out the back towards the slopes the first thing you will see is the gorgeous snow covered mountain glistening in the sunlight. When you look to your left you can see a large hill of tightly packed snow. If you head over there you can pick up your tubes or sleds for an afternoon of tubing. Just like…

work environment. The first hazard is physical hazard of accidents such as falls. This problem can occur when on set filming, hardware for shooting poorly maintained that accidents such as falls at higher when climbing or…

waited a god awful long time to get our rooms. When we received our rooms, I had to share mine with my best friend. It was now only an hour till we had to perform and I was so jittery and flustered that I was going to mess up. It would’ve been me to make us come in last place. It was now or never, I could see all those wondering eyes telling me that I was going to fail. My hands were shaking like a jackhammer in use. My makeup was like a slippery, wet pool on my face from all the sweat I was…

Maya sat up in her cot. The rising sun shown brightly through the walls of the tent leaving a blue glow. She looked over to Kennedy’s cot. Empty. Old country music played from outside the tent. The beat of the banjo sounded like a muffled lullaby. A chilly breeze flew through the tent walls rustling the outside leaves. She shivered rubbing her bare arms. Maya stood up and walked over to the makeshift table, which was actually just a large rubber bin. She grabbed her black hiking jacket and threw…

Technology in sports has increased significantly throughout the years.It is said that athletes nowadays stand in the shoulders of past athletes; this means that modern athletes have achieved greater things than the athletes who lived before them. Some of the reasons why athletes today may be superior to past athletes because the improvements in conditioning, training, technique, coaching, and diet. But one of the most important factors that contributed to the improvement of athletes is…