Journal entry 1: Day 1 Okay-let me start out by saying that writing in a journal is a pretty stupid thing to do and not-to-mention an utter waste of time, and usually those that write in these things are complete prats. There are tons of people that write in them, and it's usually the most famous ones-you know, comedians or strung out 19-yea...

Eggs. Such a natural thing to eat and yet we fry them into submission, boil them alive, scramble them into obscurity or poach them to oblivion. People who can't cook eggs shouldn't even try, it's sacrilege as far as I'm concerned. Then again my mother always says I've the weirdest concepts, this from the woman who thinks she has to present every meal - even when baked beans on toast - as perfectly...

Kate and Bree had been best friends since they were twelve years old. Now that they were twenty-two, their friendship hadn't been better. Growing up together created a tight bond between them, which seemed impossible to break; until now.One night, while Bree was out having dinner with her parents, Kate decided to surprise the man she had been dating for two weeks now, by showing up on his doorstep...

That summer Napoleon Bonaparte started wearing shorts, which made Marjorie Campbell question her feelings for him. In her opinion only very good legs should risk exposure in an urban setting - and even then ... Besides, and disappointingly, of the bare parts of Napoleon she'd seen so far, his legs were the least attractive: a dirty grey colour, mottled with blue; knees like dried porridge. &n...

In the beginning there was The Smile. And The Smile was as happy and serene as any smile before him would have been, had there been any smile before The Smile. But there had never been another smile before The Smile, there had never been anything at all before The Smile, yet The Smile knew The Smile was supposed to be happy and serene.But The Smile was all alone and though indeed self sufficient, ...

Mayflies, now there’s an interesting phenomenon, born into adulthood and thrown out into a world full of promise and apparent wonder. Only by the same force of nature to collapse limply to the earth anywhere between two or three days to thirty minutes later. This, however, is not the thing that interests me, what stimulates my very selective interest is that in this exceedingly brief period ...

 Octavian Ruttle was one of those lively cheerful individuals on whom amiability had set its unmistakable stamp, and, like most of his kind, his soul's peace depended in large measure on the unstinted approval of his fellows. In hunting to death a small tabby cat he had done a thing of which he scarcely approved himself, and he was glad when the gardener had hidden the body in its hastily dug...

    A widow weeping on her husband's grave was approached by an Engaging Gentleman who, in a respectful manner, assured her that he had long entertained for her the most tender feelings.      "Wretch!" cried the Widow. "Leave me this instant! Is this a time to talk to me of love?"      "I assure you, madam, that I ha...

It was too late. He never saw it coming. All he could do now was brace for impact. He loosened his elbows and straightened his back instinctively. All the ensuing chaos around him slipped out of his focus, all thoughts focused on one thing alone; emerging unscathed from the crisis looming before him.And then it happened. At first he heard the sickening thud, followed by a bone jarring jolt that se...

The carnival for our first date was all lights and electricity. I knew it was just my heart beating faster, but I felt the lights shining brighter, and the people felt warmer as we walked through the Earthly star system to the soul of the world. I told him this and his short, quaint laugh filled me from top to bottom with the love I was ready to pour out for him.“Yeah,” he said as his ...