Stalactite

footsteps, as a white stage and the legs of a performer come into view. One leg is bare, a conventionally sexy woman’s leg ending in a towering heel-less shoe. The other is less expected: rather than flesh and bone, there is a sleek black blade, a dark stalactite beginning at the knee and ending in a dangerous point. The spike taps and slices across the glassy surface of the floor producing the sound of a knife dragging across a plate. Scintillating, yet eerie. A dark and thrilling walking-dance…

from conquering the kingdom of Tenochtitlan, hundreds of miles south, where the weather was much less inclement... The whole frozen river and the seconds became hours and the hours became weeks, and now the whole boat was a realm of cold, ice and stalactites, which began to penetrate into our last pore... Now, next to me all my men, including Hitler and TRMP, lay dead by the winter and the Saint Lawrence... I was the last to agonize, when the black dog appeared once more and approached me... And…

Eggshells are made up of a brittle white substance called calcium carbonate, which is also found in cave stalactites. Along with calcium carbonate is the remaining five percent calcium phosphate, magnesium carbonate, and soluble and insoluble proteins (Senese, 2010). The shell is covered with over seventeen thousand tiny pores allowing air to pass through.…

But nothing happened. I reached forward and rolled the rocks out of my way. Then, breathing hard, I slipped the rest of way through the narrow passageway into a limestone chamber. I switched on my flashlight and saw I was beneath the ceiling of stalactites. I listened for voices but heard nothing except the faint drip, drip, drip of water trickling down the walls. I turned off the light then slowly moved toward the mouth of the cave. Again, I listened and silently prayed I wouldn’t be…

thawing clay. I think it is a possibility that he is referring to the shape of a human. The clay is originally a rigid formation, but when it thaws, parts of it droop down, which becomes the arms, as and the clay becomes weaker, fingers emerge like stalactites. Another fascinating thought Thoreau has was the thought that the earth is a living thing. It has a striking resemblance to ancient Chinese mythology, which stated that the earth was a living thing that is infested by pests, which are…

The Three Rooms This essay introduces the Alhambra palace, its location, and a little on its history. Multiple times the palace has been destroyed, and reconstructed, for pleasure, or for war. The beautiful interiors of the palace, the symbolic and enchanting courts of the Alhambra are like no other. Descriptions of the most important rooms of the Alhambra palace, and the complexity their charm. The derivation of each rooms name, and the rumors that still linger within the palace’s history.…

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Romulus and Remus, Cain and Abel, one idolized, coveted, benevolent, and permanent; the other mundane, transitory, and potentially dangerous. A crashing wave of brine sweeps the sandy shore along, ever tumultuous: this is knowledge. Droppingly slow, stalactites and stalagmites coalesce into stony relics: this is wisdom. For wisdom is infinitely more precious than knowledge: he who knows, comprehends; he who is wise, empathizes. From Ecclesiastes, two independent propositions are set forth on…

Have you ever been part of a community that was as close as a family? My high school varsity football team was my second family for three years and even longer because I had grown up with most of these guys. Throughout my high school career, they were there for me through hardships and struggles that came with being a student-athlete. My team was a normal group of guys who cared about each other and supported one another, but as high school football players, there are misconceptions that many…

I will be taking my family (mother, father, and brother) to Kentucky to visit Mammoth Cave National Park. We went one year when I was 4, but I don’t remember anything. This will be a nice chance for our family to catch up and spend some time together before I go off to college. We will drive there using I-30 and I-40, stopping overnight in Memphis, Tennessee. It is a 755-mile journey and since we will be driving a Prius, we can count on 50 mpg on the highways. The national average gas price…