Being typical high school kids, we had our obsessions. Kick the can. Manhunt. Football. Roller hockey. The one that stayed constant throughout though was...
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When I was in fourth grade, I was a new kid in school.  From kindergarten to third grade, I attended Sterling Elementary School.  From fourth grade to...
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Labor Day weekend, 1988. I was in a US Navy A-6E squadron and our carrier had pulled into San Diego, which was it's home port. Our home base was way up...
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While a senior in high school, I took a course entitled "Contemporary Lyric" taught by my previous year's English teacher. I was very reluctant to...
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When I was a kid, my dad worked 18 hours a day, 6 days a week.  So, Sunday was our day to go do something, usually fishing or camping the night...
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For my photojournalism midterm project, I had to create a slideshow of something that was inclusive of well-lit photos and that was set up cleverly to...
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I have to admit, my Dad had pretty good taste in music back in the day. He listened to the "cool, boozey" Frank Sinatra (the Reprise years),...
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Every time I hear American Pie, it makes me think of my Sophomore year in college when I was living in my first apartment with 3 other roommates in Austin,...
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