06th May 2008
When initially working with clay and learning the art of pottery, many amateur potters make the initial mistake of going out and buying all kinds of shaping tools. Such tools are only really needed by the time one's finished works are of a smooth and prof...
06th May 2008
Pottery Batts or bats (either spelling is acceptable) are round covers that go over the head of a potter's wheel when throwing a pot or vase. It protects the wheelhead from getting gummed up with clay and can be removed, vase and all to allow the vase tim...
28th April 2008
The music plays across the open sky, whistling through the old, gnarled trees of the forest, across the rocky crags of the mountain tops, and worming through the valleys below.
If I listen hard enough I can hear the long, low lament of time even from he...
28th April 2008
The concept of religion and church are two distinct entities that shall remain separated in this essay in that their motives are completely at odds with each other. A religion is a system of spiritual beliefs and practices that one follows in congruence w...
28th April 2008
Why is it that the serpent was able to beguile Eve? Its was said that the only creature in God's creation that had free-will was man and subsequently woman. If this is true then how was the serpent allowed to enforce an act of free-will by lying and sayin...
28th April 2008
Strange how man is shown to be evil and corrupts when we reach the top. With Gilgamesh as the ultimate ruler he had no morals, he knew what was right and wrong but he just didn't care. Feeling as if her were above the laws the commoners abided by. The ove...
28th April 2008
The cathedral stands tall in the day's gloom, its soft interior dusted with age. The warrior trudges forth. The old campaigner is tired and his shoulders are slumped. His sword is dull and his armor battered. Sitting in a pew the dust rises up to greet hi...
28th April 2008
The Social Reaction, or Labeling Theory as it is sometimes known, has developed over time from as early as 1938 (Wellford, 1975). Currently the Social Reaction Theory proposes that when a person commits a crime; they will receive the label of "criminal". ...
28th April 2008
As children we've all had ambitions; to be firefighters, astronauts, policemen, etc. My ambition has always been that of a storyteller. It represents in its own way the power of creation. Though, as one finds out later, creation does not necessarily mean ...
28th April 2008
The study reviewed was "From Animal Cruelty to Serial Murder: Applying the Graduation Hypothesis", which was written by Jeremy Wright and Christopher Hensley. The purpose of their work was to perform an exploratory study illustrating the links between chi...
28th April 2008
My initial reaction to the Iceman Interviews was that the murderer, Richard Kuklinski, was suffering from some deep seated mental illnesses in order for him to be able to commit what he estimated to be 200 or more murders without remorse. I was gratified ...
28th April 2008
With the advent of online video gaming, the world has become a surprisingly small place. I myself have played several Massive Multiplayer Online Games (mmpog)s. And have interacted with people from all over the world; China, Japan, Belgium, and Germany to...
28th April 2008
Night terrors are a sleep disorder which is relatively common in children from the ages of six months to three years old, affecting roughly five percent of the population. It can potentially occur in people of any age, but is far less common at one percen...
28th April 2008
1. Back in high school I had the honor of making the acquaintance of a young lady who had a very big affect on my life. For the sake of maintaining her anonymity I'll refer to her as Nancy. I first met her at the high school orientation for the Internatio...
28th April 2008
This book covers the life and times of a woman by the name of Anna Ella Carroll, born in 1815 in Somerset, Maryland. She was the daughter of a plantation owner who was too generous for his own good. While growing up she was formally educated by her father...
