I’m pretty sure many of us really hate this phrase.

The year is 2112. The United States is in danger but before anything can be done it will be too late. Nuclear War strikes New York and it strikes hard. Two survivors must find each other if they are to make it through this catastrophe alive, but there still may be zero-percent chance of survival.

According to these statistics I always see, I should just be a failure. I mean, that’s all I’m destined for, apparently. I can be occasionally serious, don’t worry.

You hear numbers everywhere – one in ten children have autism; 57,000 people died at Gettysburg; every ten seconds an animal is being abused; one in five teens are addicted to drugs; etc. (Disclaimer: I didn’t actually do any research to find these statistics; I made them up off the top of my head). This poem shares some views on what some people may think of such numbers.

Friends to the end even after prison.

Playing with a word and asking you to consider some issues.

When you look at these two institutions, you can’t help but notice that they are not that different. Material things are the most noticeable: guards, gates, policemen, cafeteria, bells, yards, rooms of confinement, terrible food. And then when you look closer, into the abstract and intangible, you notice even more similarities.

A telling personal tale about why I believe I’m self-absorbed.

A young female athlete breaks her leg playing soccer. After treating the fracture the doctor sees the potential of a more serious condition and calls her back. While he is doing the tests she begins to study the diagnosis, treatment and outcome of the treatment and in doing so she encounters something disturbing. Are all the surgeries being done for this condition necessary?

A young female athlete breaks her leg playing soccer. After treating the fracture the doctor sees the potential of a more serious condition and calls her back. While he is doing the tests she begins to study the diagnosis, treatment and outcome of the treatment and in doing so she encounters something disturbing. Are all the surgeries being done for this condition necessary?