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What's Going on with me these Days?

I’m still here in the Philippines and still trying to save enough money to head to Texas for a little while. I really need to see my parents soon. My dad is 89 ...

I Want A Kitty

I have been told that I write some really dark poetry. It's just a poem. I have not and would not act on anything that comes out of my head. ----- See the girl,...

Online Shopping Mishap

--- I had something strange happen to me today. I received an order from one of the online shopping sites, Shopee. The price was P1375, but I've learned to chec...

Mango 4th of July Chili Cook-Off

Okay, this post is about a week and a half late, but I've been lazy again (that happens a lot). I can't even remember if I mentioned anything about this chili c...

Rambling Post

I've been so lazy and not posting anything in here. It seems like it's really not doing much good. I was posting every day, sometimes twice a day, and things st...

Who Am I?

I was born in New York City on July 1, 1885. My parents were Francis Rose and Mary Martha Parks (née Samuels). My father was a perfume importer. I was educated ...

Who Am I?

I was born to drug-addicted parents in New York on September 23, 1980. With a mother in and out of hospital, and a father who was still heavily addicted to hero...

Difficult Who Am I

I was born on August 1, 1920. An African American woman. I was a poor tobacco farmer from Virginia. I am the source of the HeLa cell line (my blood contained un...

Who Am I?

I was born 7 August 1876 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. My name at birth was Margaretha Geerruida Zelle. I was born in a wealthy family, but my father went bankrup...

Who Am I?

I was born in Tremadoc, Caernarvon, Wales on 16 August 1888. My given name was Thomas Edward Lawrence. I was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat and...

Percentages Shortcuts

An easy way to get some percentages that at least one of them end in "0" is to multiply a couple of numbers. For example: 20% of 50=? Simply multiply 2x5 and th...

My Quotes

These are a few of MY QUOTES that I hope will be famous someday. To the best of my knowledge, these quotes are totally made up and are in no reference to anythi...

Math Tricks with Double Digits

The purpose of these shortcuts is to try to get people to figure out math problems without the use of a calculator. I saw this math shortcut trick on the intern...

A Couple of Older Poems

Here are a couple of poems I wrote years ago. I don't believe that I have posted either of them in The Hive before. -- Alternative Dentist A patient told the de...

Historical Shorts 3

General Robert E. Lee Emancipation Proclamation Battle of Gettysburg -- George Armstrong Custer June 25, 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn. -- Terrorist attacks...

Cinquain Poems

I thought I'd try my hand at a new poem type that I never heard of, until today. It is called Cinquain. For all you experts out there, please let me know if I h...

Feminist vs. Man

I have 2 little things I'd like to get off my chest. These are questions that the answer is probably, "whatever is better/safer for them", but I'd like some rea...

Round 2 with Cellulitis, Final Day Plus

I was having a problem scheduling day 3 so I posted it early. I hope I will not have the same issue later when this post is finished. A quick note: I checked my...

Round 2 with Cellulitis, Day 3

I am so glad that I decided to not "man it out" and wait to go to the hospital. Only waiting a few days could have made the difference between the antibiotics w...

Round 2 with Cellulitis, Day 2

----- Thursday morning, day 2 in the hospital. I woke up at 0700. Nening & Titing (who stayed in the hospital with me) were gone. They had left about 0630 (I fo...