Maggie May

The fog was like tracing paper over her eyes. From what she could see above, the blue sky was turning navy. Lily was standing at a bus stop wishing she was wearing gloves and a hat. She pulled her coat ever tighter around herself. Her lips were numb, her jaw fighting to chatter. The bus was late and she was meant to be meeting her friend Daisy on it. Daisy, when approached with the idea of travelling via public transport to the unpronounceable French café she desperately wanted to go to, seemed disgusted

Aside from Dolores, who loves her job, Beryl Simpson is an airline reservationist who detests her job. Beryl Simpson works on the Astrojet desk, which consist of taking calls, helping customers make travel plans, and working with a computer called Sabre. Beryl Simpson has such obnoxious days at work that she can’t stand considering returning to work the following day. She is extremely miserable with her job. Beryl Simpson demonstrates how much she hates her job by expressing, “I hated it with a passion

I have known Margaret (Maggie) Nail for a little under six months. However, it did not take me more than a few conversations with her to realize that she is unlike anyone I have ever met. I am proud to say that Maggie Nail is my best friend. Maggie has character and leadership in the excess. I could go on forever detailing the dedication she has for learning, the compassion she shows to every individual she encounters, and the inspiring effect she has on anyone she meets; yet, I will limit myself

“Why whats wrong?” “This is going to sound nuts, but that attendant, he had no face.” From the back, Brennan let out a bellowing laugh. “What do you mean he didn’t have a face?” “Just that, the man had no face.” Bill went on explaining the man with shear nothingness where his face should be. No emotion to be seen, a personalitiless creature in the middle of these petrifying woods, and the terror and panic that came over him as he placed the twenty in his out-stretched hand. “So let me guess. You

The fog hangs low. It’s 7:00A.M., time for work. Exhausted, I climb into my car, careful not to venture into the thick, white, fog, as it is still clinging to the ground. I turn on my headlights, and slowly, make my way to Mcleston Elementary. I reach my school and enter it brace myself for a long day at work. As I prepare myself for the lesson I notice a yellowed, aged, slip of yellow, frayed, paper wedged in between the thick, history textbooks. I pick it up to read it. Suddenly, a hot burst of

1928 and 1929 were important years for Los Angeles-born Chinese actress Anna May Wong. News reports about her Hollywood movies decreased, instead, according to an American gossip columnist visiting Europe during Wong’s tenure, she was “acclaimed by nobility” in several European newspapers (Petersen, 2014). Severely limited by the noxious roles she was offered in Hollywood, which misrepresented Asian women, Wong left the United States for Europe (Vechten, 2003). She then spent two years in Germany

Reducing the Spread of Structure Fires Nameless Abstract This paper gives an overview of just a few of the ways fire companies can help limit the spread of a structure fire. A few factors to take into consideration that are discussed here are ventilation, nozzle type, and time. Along with the ways that these concepts can help reduce the spread of a structure fire are ways that, if used incorrectly or misjudged, can greatly worsen the situation and the behavior

The Simpsons When the FOX network aired "The Simpsons" in 1989, the show brought the yellow-skinned and four-fingered cartoon characters named Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie Simpson into millions of American living rooms. This bent archetype of the American family, as well as the hundreds of zany characters that populate their all-American hometown of Springfield, fast became the targets of enormous criticism. Elementary schools banned T-shirts bearing the images of the Simpson family

About 20 years ago, I picked up a friend for the airport. She told me that she had a present from her and another mutual friend. It was the CD (remember those???) of the musical When Pigs Fly. For the next hour I remained speechless as I listened to one hysterically funny track after another. It began a TRUE love affair with the musical. The concept of the revue, by Mark Waldrop and the late Howard Crabtree (1955-1996), is that "Howard" stages a musical. As he struggles to do so, dealing with

Late one night the full moon spills its silver light upon to frozen streets illuminating the purple fog swirling up through the grates on the side of the street. Huge masses of the fog push its way up through the manholes in the streets. Slowly at first and then faster and faster the fog covers every inch of the ground. Working its way up toward the sky above houses and power lines drowning out the silver light of the moon. Shane wakes with a start when he hears Molly scratching at his