Posts tagged with Classic
I Remember 9/11
This article was posted in the Orlando Sentinel’s “New Voices” column on September 9th, 2006. I remember waking up like any other day. I remember turning on CNN while I got ready for class. I remember muting the television so it didn’t wake my roommate. I remember it being a normal morning. I remember seeing [...]
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Curling is Cool
With the Olympics in their final week I have become almost addicted to the sport of Curling. Perhaps it’s the daily coverage that CNBC has given the sport, the strategy involved, or the beautiful Johnson sisters who run the US Women’s Team but Curling has got me hooked. Before these Olympic Games I thought Curling [...]
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What Happened to Hollywood?
Over the last few years movie attendance is down, way down, and Hollywood is starting to worry. They point to piracy and people more willing to wait for a DVD release then to see the film in the theater. I propose other reasons for tinsel towns slipping attendance and lost revenue–maybe someone will actually listen. [...]
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Publix Fun
There once was a time when I worked a less, how shall I say, rewarding job. I worked at Publix (for those not in the southeast USA, Publix is a grocery chain) for a good three years of my early life. I was sixteen, a sophomore in high school, and looking for money. So, I [...]
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Popular Culture?
Tonight I’m going to inform you guys (because that is my primary goal, to inform) about something out there that has more power than all of the world governments combined. It has the power to create and destroy as well as effect our very way of life. Scary isn’t it? So what is this menacing [...]
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