The Allisons

Much like Ebeneezer after his encounter with the spirits, I keep Christmas in my heart year round. So let's talk about Krampus the Christmas Horror Comedy for 2015. I know I shouldn't be hard on Krampus, due to it being a PG-13 film and I have yet to find a PG-13 horror film that's worth its salt. I don't want this review to just be me bad mouthing a movie that a lot people put a lot of hard work into, but I know that I'm going to fully fail at that. As Krampus is a horror film that left me…

Steady breaths. In and out. Feet in continuous circles, fingers gripped tight, head straight forward. A road stretching out to the horizon, endless, and the road behind, full of memories, pain, and the echoes of transformation. This was the event that marked my transition from childhood to adulthood: an eight-hundred mile journey, spanning four states and twenty-one days. And the mode of transformation? Road bike, or in my case, an old mountain bike with road bike tires - a ridiculous…

diabetes in America. As of now, my partner and I have completed our Passport to Health Presentation, but because we have been having a difficult time contacting our assigned funders, we have not been able to present and addressed this problem to Allison, Consuelo, and Dr. Bic. My partner and I have switched between multiple organizations, starting off with Weingart, then switching to Ingram Micro, and lastly Hoag. However, we have not been able to successfully schedule an appointment with which…

Francis Cecil Sumner: The Father of Black Psychology Francis Cecil Sumner helped to pave the way for me to be able to major in child psychology. I chose to write about Francis Cecil Sumner because of the renowned work he did and the social and cultural contributions he made to psychology. He worked tremendously hard to succeed in the field of psychology, and it is even more admiring that he did this in a time when the United States was overall callous, uncaring, and hostile towards minorities.…

Passover is the biggest feast of the Jews. It has its origins in Exodus. God gave ten disasters to Egypt to make Egypt released the Hebrew slaves from Egypt. Primary disasters was that every water of rivers and brooks changed to blood. The second disaster was a herd of frogs. Egyptians suffered from frogs. The third disaster was louses. The fourth disaster was flies. Huge amounts of flies were coming in Egypt and harassed Egyptians. However, flies did not go to people of Israel. The fifth…

As stated previously, I analyze every aspect of my life. The constant analyzing can lead to overanalyzing. Overanalyzing can cause delays, additional work, and additional costs. I have dealt with the issue of not following through with commitments for many years. This is not due to me not caring but rather making too many commitments and not being able to follow through on all of them. I will commit to many projects at work, my own projects, and helping others; then I become overwhelmed and…

the rain causing extreme flooding. It hit North Carolina and up the east coast as a Cat. 2 and travelled North. It’s damage was $6.9 billion. Hurricane Hugo was a Cat. 4 storm in South Carolina causing 21 deaths in the U.S. and costed $7.1 billion. Allison, which was not officially a hurricane, but a tropical storm, was at the time the costliest and the deadliest with 41 deaths…

Power is the ability to define reality and to have other people respond to your definition as if it were their own. – Dr. Wade Nobles What is power, and how does one possess enough of it to define the reality of others? Power is the invention of labels and categories to separate people into different social positions based on race, class, gender, sexuality, or other characteristics. These categories and positions are often the basis of the individual’s identity. We so often hear people say, “I…

Steve Jobs claims that a person’s only goal in life should be finding a way to become genuinely happy, but how can someone be happy if they can’t support themselves financially? Not everyone is fortunate enough to find a career they love that will allow them to live a stable life. Steve got lucky, he pushed the limits to create some of the greatest advances in technology, but not everyone can get opportunities like his. I’m not saying you should be miserable with what you’re doing, but…

When asking customers what stands out about the Tile Shop, they would say: service and selection. They rave about their new backsplash or bathroom and many have already recommended the Tile Shop to their friends or are scheming their next project so they can come back. Selection • “Great variety of EVERYTHING and fabulous service!” • “The selection is outrageous. We wish we would’ve found The Tile Shop earlier! It will be my tile and stone store for all future projects.” • “Why would I go…