Category Archives: Sample Essays

Some examples of essays written for APA zines. Yes, I’m that old.

Discussing Porn for Christmas

See, “porn” is a bogus term. Nudes are not “porn”. Nor are odalisques, nor even depictions of people having sex. Strictly speaking, pornography is writing about prostitutes. Prudes added the gloss, “…in order to titillate peurile interests and arouse lusts…” … Continue reading

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Death Thoughts: Memento Mori Mood, just in time for Yuletide.

It offends me that we’re able sometimes to die without being aware that it’s happening, like it comes when we’re not looking. What a sneaky, cowardly way for the darkness to eat us. I want a chance to fight and … Continue reading

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Bang. Again.

Here are my responses to the CT school shooting of Friday, 14 December, 2012 C. E. # Oh look, another mass shooting. God is a concept, not a being. Heaven and hell are concepts, not places. We create all of … Continue reading

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Wake and Rise

The country as a whole needs to wake up to the control mechanisms, the lies, and the false fronts put up by the manipulators of society that prey upon us, steal our work, destroy our lives, and enslave us. Corporate … Continue reading

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The Secret Life of Fans

“A life is a secret thing, even between a husband and wife. Your secret life is completely your own, and because it is unknown, will never be mourned. The secret life of each individual goes unhonored through eternity.” — Steve … Continue reading

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Brutality Is Not the Answer

Someone said:  “I support capital punishment for any person who sexually molests a child.  One cure.  One bullet.” I said, no, that’s just fascism and, when asked for suggestions, wrote the following. /// Oh, this is a layered, subtle topic. … Continue reading

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Make Fear & Hate Irrelevant

Feeling panic beginning to set in? That harsh edge of peer pressure starting to make you jittery and sick in the stomach? Remember something: Corporate media makes shit up to replace facts, then drums those shit points into everyone’s head … Continue reading

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IFF

Enlightened, rational adults think the teabaggers are ignorant and backward thinking but they are actually just representatives of a different, enemy culture, the one our ideals fight against. The one America was founded to fight against. The one that dominates … Continue reading

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A Set of Pointed Questions About TV’s Prudery

Just passing through the room and thought I’d toss out something: I just heard this phrase on the most recent GHOST ADVENTURES: “She never believed in ghosts, hauntings, or any of that bullshit.” The final word was said casually and … Continue reading

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Personal Code of Ethics – A Guest Essay by Niklaus Stewart

My youngest son wrote this last night as part of a school assignment. Makes me proud and humbles me. /// Do no harm to others, be it physical, mental, or emotional in nature (i.e. do not physically hurt another human … Continue reading

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