I saw sin consume me whole, and I wanted to free my self from the jaws of the serpent. But the soothing catchy melodies, from evil itself kept urging me on, kept surging, and sucking every drop of my holy treasures, in the deepest reserves of my heart. Every day was a struggle to clean the filth in my soul, every day was a struggle, a gamble that brought my spirit down in shambles. Shackles held my mind and will, arms and ankles. Tormented I was, by the devils wars, yet I wore a bold smile and walked with the pride of a lion. They thought I was happy but deep inside I felt unlucky....

Military Challenge Coins Do More Than Honor and Commemorate, They Encourage Others to Be Their BestMilitary challenge coins are significant pieces of memorabilia. Used to honor those that serve their countries in the armed forces and to commemorate individuals with impressive lists of accomplishments, the small tokens of appreciation date back to early World War I where they were awarded to a small group of soldiers.Due to their versatility, military challenge coins have been created for every branch of the service and have been used as ways to encourage others to be their best. Owners of th...

"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked." Now that's the way to start a poem.Allen Ginsberg's Howl was one of the mid-twentieth century's most famous, controversial, and challenging poems. Some said it changed American culture forever, leading the way from the staid 1950s to the wild 1960s. Others said it wasn't even poetry at all, that it was nothing more than an incoherent and often obscene rant. (It took a judge, ultimately, to disagree, ruling that the poem did have "redeeming social importance" and should not be censored.)The semi-autobi...

The Death of Nanking, 1937 By Ross Dix-Peek Was the year nineteen-thirty-one When came the might of Nippon Across the great Manchurian plain A vast sanguine stain The tumultuous years did wear on And still sang the machine-gun The Emperor’s armies unrelenting And then, the fall of “Nanjing” Twas then did open the Gates of Hell As sanity did bade a woeful farewell, An immense and merciless flood Of fire, brimstone and red blood Hirohito’s soldiers upon the masses did fall A most heinous massacre of the peop...

If your father or any close person to your heart is having his or her 70th Birthday, then thinking a gift for that person can be a very difficult job. A 70th Birthday is a milestone which means that the person has been around for long time and has seen the world. Above this if the person is close to your heart like your parent then finding a 70th birthday gift idea is even more difficult. You need something special a 70th birthday gift idea like shirt, socks, belts etc won't do as people receive so many of these and you need a special 70th birthday gift idea. We are all told that birthday...

“One is never satisfied with a portrait of a person that one knows”. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, famous German writer. A portrait is a work of art that represents a specific person, a group of people or an animal. Portraits usually show what a person looks like and it also reveals something about that person’s personality. Portraits can be sculptured or painted, photographed. They really display the intensity of the subject mood. Did you know that the earliest portraits recorded in history were the “the funeral portraits” and not the portraits of kings and famous leaders? These port...

Collecting challenge coins has become a popular hobby of many americans. Challenge Coins are very popular among members of the military, as well as civilians. Even children are getting into collecting coins.Choosing which types of custom coins to collect can be a challenge. Maybe you're most interested in Navy coins, or Marine Coins, maybe even Police challenge coins. You can collect a wide range of coin types, but organizing your collection by type is crucial to having a worthy collection. Some coins have greater detail than others, while certain coins were used by elite segments of the milit...