Thank You for Smoking

wood, lowering myself to the ground. I pulled my phone from my pocket. Two missed calls, three texts, one voicemail. Mom. "Hey." Said one. "How did it go?" Asked another. "Call me when you can." Read the last. "Jason, its Mom. I was wondering about your visit with Dr. Samwell today. Call me later okay? Love you." Click, I tossed my phone onto the bed a few feet away from me, sunk my head into my hands and ran my fingers through my…

whispers from the shadows of things too terrible to speak aloud, with a drooling grin, does he tempt and taunt, daring spectators to part the shroud. While the raspy voice may be easy to ignore, there are legions, fiendish friends not far behind, louder, stronger, and bent on gore. An eye that once glistened, beheld an inexplicable spark of humor, life, passion, now glazed and dilated. Reaching out in futility, knowing the soul has gone ahead, and what lies here now holds nothing but a passive…

sexual maturity (achievement of menarche in girls) and age of sexual maturity in older siblings. Look for signs of secondary sexual characteristics, and take notes of the patient height and weight compared to siblings and parents, as this will tell you whether the patient has reached the onset of puberty, is at the peak of his or her growth spurt, or if the growth spurt has ceased altogether. Orthodontic correction can benefit from rapid growth during adolescence, whereas growth modification may…

article “Propaganda and Persuasions,” Austin Cline explains how “[propaganda] refers not only to the effort by a government to get people to adopt certain beliefs or attitudes, but it can also be applied to the ways in which corporations try to get you to buy things” (Cline). Austin Cline is revealing how propaganda is used not only by the authority but it is also used as a way to sell their merchandise. When comparing Austin Cline’s quote and the previously listed example, both go hand in hand.…

to come alive. Mars Station: Musk One, Musk One Come In, What do you see on the red planet? Over Musk one: Musk one here, I see mountains, i see forests, and wait, there is something moving, its a monkey, its a goddamn monkey. Over Mars Station: Musk one, we are as excited as you. Maybe finally we can all go back home!!! Musk one, are you there? Musk one come in over, Musk one!! Musk one!!!, Musk one come in over! Musk one, Are you there?!!!! MUSK 1 IS AWAKE IN 2018 AND ASKS, HOW POSSIBLE IS IT…

and sort of smiles and moves closer to me, embracing me in a super tight hug, that lasts kind of too long, given our history. "I'm actually really glad we bumped into each other" he says, laughing "What were you running from, dude?" he asks. "Well, to be perfectly honest, I was running from you, which is kind of ironic now" I…

wear and she said, "What would you wear to a business interview." Mr. Ezzard took this helpful advice and choose to wear a suit. Since Mr. Ezzard wanted to be helpful by following the woman's advice, he had to make a somewhat long drive to his family home where his only suit was at. After he acquired his suit, he went to the interview. Also, the women on the phone was interviewing him. The woman's name was Becky. The interview was positive and he even wrote a thank you letter to her. He…

Henry Reynolds purpose in his memoir “Why Weren’t We Told” is to bring social reform in Australia regarding the reconciliation of the Indigenous. In his attempt to portray his purpose, Reynolds illustrates the misinterpretations of the Indigenous people which he argues is due to both political omission and neglect. Reynolds by writing in a memoir structure allows the use of personal anecdotes, which help Reynolds to create an intimate appeal to the audience. The first personal anecdote is about…

In light of the unprecedented election on November 8, the year of our lord 2016, that elected Donald Trump as our next president, California residents woke up with a massive what the heck happened headache. How could this be? How did America afford to elect a temperamentally unfit, manifestly unqualified candidate to the White House? The answer is many, but yet no one knows why or how it happen. Subsequently, us Californians can turn our sorrows and despair over the fate and uncertainty of…

Hello Everyone, Have you ever wondered why barber shops have those tubes with rotating red and white stripes in front of their saloons? My dear colleagues, those were the symbols that represented the humble beginning of the United States (US) healthcare system. According to Niles (2015), when the practice of medicine first begun in the United States (US) tradesmen like barbers can practice as physicians (p. 1). The red and white striped poles outside their shops represented blood and…