Definitions & Statistics: Roman Numeral CCC = 300. Genghis Khan (ca. 1162–1227) – Genghis Khan was the founder and first khagan of the Mongol Empire, which he ruled from 1206 until his death in 1227; it later became, and remains, the largest contiguous empire in history. He sired so many children in his 65 years, […]
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Author’s Note: This is a work of fiction. Definitions: MOAB – Mother of all Bombs The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb. The MOAB is also called “The Mother of all Bombs” by scientists and the community alike. El Male Rachamim (God full of compassion) – is a Jewish prayer for the departed that is
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“Grandpa, you can’t and you know that you can’t.” He paused. He was standing on the stage at Carnegie Hall, his back to the audience. He was facing a full big band, one that would have put any Miller or Goodman band to shame. Most importantly, he was standing in front of his drummer, who
Definitions: Female Human – Someone with two X Chromosomes (XX) Male Human – Someone with one X and one Y Chromosome (XY) We find ourselves in the year 2050. Many years have passed since The Woke Mind-Virus Inquiries of 2037. The Woke Mind-Virus Inquiries exposed that starting in the mid 1900s, most of the government
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Tina Bennett, of the notable NJ Bennetts, needed a drink. Not Poland Spring or a Mountain Dew, but something much harder. Her go-to was AppleJack Brandy. The owner of The Last Start Ranch, Timmy Jenkins, always did bed check at 4:00 a.m. But he was away for another few days, and he had forgotten to
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Chris Whalen, CPA (CW, CPA) was sitting at the desk he had sat behind for the past 73 years. It was 2063. He called out for his assistant, LoriChet. “LoriChet, bring me the Jenkins file right away!” What was taking LoriChet so long? He got up to walk to the reception area only to find
He was literally on his deathbed. His son and daughter, now 55 and 60, had not talked to each other for years. His dying wish was to have them reconcile. Suddenly they both walked in his room, wide smiles on their faces. They came to the right side of his bed. Tina, the oldest, spoke.
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Tina Oppenheimer, 18 years old, graduated high school just a few months ago. This summer vacation, she got an entry level clerical job with a law firm owned by one of her father’s attorney clients, Timmy Einstein, Esq., aged 30. Tina’s parents had a life plan for their daughter. She had been accepted by an
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We find ourselves in Nebraska, in the year of our lord, 1899. This decade had been plagued by drought, but 1899 was the driest growing season on record. In fact, this was the driest growing season that anyone could remember, including the oldest of the old timers. Johannes Westenskow X, was a sixth generation Dutch
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Definitions: A Shot Of Liquor – There are 1.5 ounces in a shot of alcohol. Drinkers in countries like the US, Ireland, and Greece consume full shot glasses, but not every culture does this. Germans, Hungarians, and Romanians drink shot glasses half full, and Russians and Poles drink them one-quarter full. BAC (Blood Alcohol Content)
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