Monday, September 25, 2023
Chapter 1– Casual-ties “Are we there yet?” Mark bangs his head on the car window, then groans in regret. “No,” Mom responds dryly, gripping the steering wheel. From behind lopsided frames, her sharp eyes scan the road. “Do you need another time-out?” “Um, no,” Mark mumbles, shrinking back. Nudging Mark, […]
Everyone has probably memorized a poem at some point in their life. Why? Because poetry has many purposes: to powerfully point out problems in our world, talk about issues, nudge people into becoming better people, and sometimes to just be fun! Another strong point toward poetry is how it sticks […]
Most party games revolve around competition. Whether it’s a game like Mario Party, where players compete to finish a minigame first, or Super Smash Bros., where players fight on platforms and aim to be the last one standing, party games revolve around one core goal a player must complete. In […]
Throughout history, the human race has produced some incredibly tall people, not counting the giants written about in the Bible. High levels of growth hormones, gigantism, and acromegaly, the abnormal growth of the hands, feet, and face caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the pituitary gland, have allowed them to grow in such […]
It came with the chill breath of December, seeping into the world slowly, biding its time. That winter, no one knew how one small virus would change everything. How it would change us. The year of 2019 was a time of change for my family. We had just moved to […]