It's Yule weekend, and my parents one year wedding anniversary (state recognized!). One of the busiest weekends of the year for me!

So, I am sure everyone here has heard of twilight. Newspapers have been calling it “the next Harry Potter” for many years, but to no avail.
I’ve recently learned a disturbing fact about Stephanie Meyer, the author of the twilight Saga.
Stephanie Meyer is a strict Mormon, which all into itself, I have absolutely no problem with! Also, Stephanie Meyer, like other Mormons, pays a tithe, which means a certain percent of the money she earns gets donated to the Mormon church, again, that, all u… Continue

I sit by your side, I watch the drug that is poisoned flow into your veins, almost killing you, but saving your life.
A year ago I thought you were invincible, but now you look so weak. You might even die.
You sleep because that’s all you can do, and I watch you, because that’s all I can do.
Other patrons of the hospital are around us, death pushing in from all sides. I try not to stare, because I don’t want to see.
I try to laugh through it, pushing my way through the pain.
The TV in the hospit… Continue

On October 19th, I discovered a curiously titled discussion in the forums section of the HPA; NaNoWriMo. And so my adventure began.
After reading the discussion, I decided to check out the website, and was instantly enchanted. National novel writing month (NaNoWriMo), is a program where thousands of aspiring authors around the world attempt to write 50,000 word novels by the end of November.
Other than blogs, I had never written any… Continue

my first magical act of kindness took place at a physical therapy office. There are always sad and concerned looking people, sitting around waiting to be seen by the doctor, so I figured I would do a little something to get there spirits up. I bought a pad of sticky notes along with me to the office, and left too on the bathroom mirror, one saying "you are beautiful" and the other "to the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world". I watched as an old woman entered the… Continue

Today in an article four the Washington Post special envoy to Sudan Gen. Scott Gratian spoke of his plans for peace in Darfur: "We've got to think about giving out cookies. Kids, countries, they react to gold stars, smiley faces, handshakes, agreements, talk, engagement," He said.
this is completely unacceptable! he has done very little for Darfur, and now he says that thay all n… Continue