Twelve Days of Christmas

Infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy was born on March 17, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of John Stanley Gacy and Marion Elaine Robinson. Gacy and his siblings grew up with a drunken father who would beat his children if he believed they had misbehaved in someway. Gacy's father also physically assaulted his mother, the only person that truly showed affection for Gacy. Gacy's sister Karen, when interviewed on Oprah, said that the siblings learned to“toughen up against the beatings”…

104) rather than Staplehurst. There is also evidence that the crash took so much of a toll on Dickens that it was one of the reasons why his life was suddenly cut short. After working a full day on his unfinished novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Dickens collapsed and died on June 9, 1870, five years to the day of the Staplehurst crash. His epitaph reads as…

Mix well until all items are distributed evenly. Clean all the banana leaves properly. You will need to divide the leaves into pieces of twelve and pieces of five by eight. On the table where you will be put together the pasteles, place one of the twelve pieces of banana leaf and then in the center of that place one of the pieces that measure five by eight. On top of it place four tablespoons of the banana mix and spread forming a rectangle making…

“‘I introduced the slight incident,’ Schulz proudly explained. The dilemma of the day could be as insignificant as taking out the dog dish or kicking a football. It was how Schulz’s kids responded to these minor events that produced the laughs.” (Walker, 438). The comic is explained as “an intimately autobiographical creation.” Schulz…

Dat To An Atheist Personal Philosophy “Why are you an atheistic?” That is the question I keep receiving when I tell people that I am an atheist, a person who believes in certainty that there is no god or gods. I usually give a logical, rational, and well-thought answer to them. However, it often is time consuming, wasting effort, and even hopeless sometimes. In fact, when people believe in something, they do not always need proof for their belief. They are happy with it and they say it is their…

Chapter One What Is Pearl Harbor? Jeanne watches Papa, Bill, and Woody leave on a boat. Before the boat gets very far it stops and all the ships turn back around to the harbor. Word gets out that Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Papa attempts to disassociate himself and the family from Japan by burning the Japanese flag and documents from Japan. Papa is arrested and integrated for being a spy. Allegations are made against Papa claiming that he supplied oil to a Japanese submarine. Chapter Two…

tock. Twelve hours in the waiting room that day, lost with countless thoughts running through my head. Thankfully my family was there to play games or just keep me company to keep my mind off of the situation. Although I was awfully tired that morning and throughout the rest of the day it was extremely hard for me to fall asleep. Not only was it uncomfortable, smelly, and crowded, but I could not stop thinking about my father. Sitting and waiting in the hospital was for sure the longest day of…

14. "But somehow Okonkwo could never become enthusiastic over feasts as most people." Pg. 37 paragraph 3 This quote can be related to me. When I was much younger, I used to be so excited about Christmas and Halloween and my birthday. Now, I feel that I am too mature to care about Christmas and my birthday, or any other holiday that I used to enjoy. I often feel very embarrassed when I celebrate special occasions or receive gifts, even when it is appropriate to do…

friends would pop in and out so by the time I actually got all my homework done it would be about eleven-thirty at night. So once I finally was done with that I would go take a shower and lay in my bed. Well once I finally got to sleep it would be about twelve-thirty to almost one at night. That would also be one of the lucky nights when my roommate would be in bed before…

A little girl asked her father one day if Santa Claus was real. The father thought for a minute and began to worry. He couldn’t bear to see his daughter so disappointed, so he told her “yes.” The girl eventually turned twelve and was just starting middle school. She asked her father again if Santa Claus was real. Her father, again keeping in mind how sensitive she was, told her “yes.” The day after the girl’s sixteenth birthday, with her brand new car keys in one hand, she asked him again.…