The following is an interview with Nathan S. Webster. Nathan is an Army veteran and served in the first Iraq war. He was a journalist during the second Iraq war and was embedded with the 1st/505th Parachute Infantry Regiment and the 82nd Airborne Division. He’s got an amazing story to tell and chapters from his war memoir are available on amazon.com: Can’t Give This War Away
Q: When I think about the difference between the soldiers and journalists in Iraq, I think of it as the difference between an eagle and an ant. The ants live in the dirt, eat it, and sleep in it, and although the eagles don’t know what it’s like to eat in or sleep in
dirt, they see it from an entirely different perspective and they see all the dirt for miles.
Lindsay Nixon is a chef and the author of two vegan cookbooks: The Habby Herbivore and Everyday Happy Herbivore (and a third one is on the way: Happy Herbivore Abroad). You can follow her blog at: HappyHerbivore.com. Q: Your first book, The Happy Herbivore, features over 175 healthy vegan recipes, which is a huge number of recipes—most people, myself included, probably only know a dozen—so I’ve gotta ask, what keeps you going recipe after recipe?
A: What keeps a painter painting? Exactly
Q: What’s would you recommend for someone who wants to start coming up with their own recipes?
My name is Jan C Scruggs, Founder and President of the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial. 30 years ago, I helped build the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. This
monument healed millions with the engravings on a black granite wall. Now, I am taking those names and putting a story and picture behind it in a new museum on the National Mall in Washington, DC; the Education Center at The Wall.
So, I’ve decided to get myself an MFA in creative writing. I’m applying to four different universities and I’ve been killing myself for the past few weeks trying to write my personal statement. I’ve been scouring the web, reading books, talking to people and doing everything possible. I’ve done over a dozen drafts and here’s what I’ve learned so far:
We’ve all had those days when we “woke up on the wrong side of the bed,” and we just couldn’t help but be miserable. Sometimes, this mood will last days, or even weeks, and it begins to take over our lives. With so many potential causes of stress (i.e. job, family, finances, etc.) it can be difficult to look beyond the stress and see the good in life, but it is
important that you try. A happier mood can start a positive cycle in your life, and a better outlook can, in turn, make you feel better. When you are happy, others want to be around you. A happy mood can improve your health and help you get better sleep. Work can seem easier, more fun, and your day may appear to go by faster. This change in mood doesn’t have to be difficult. There are many small things you can do to improve your mood each day.
With a dozen Marines on either side of him, Marc Winslow marched down a sullen dirt road. “Hoo—rah,” he screamed as the drill instructor called cadence. Marc looked to the left and then to the right, with heads shaven to the skin, faces free of stubble, and a snarl of the lip, each Marine was indistinguishable from the next. His shoulders were back, his head was held high, after months of training, he was finally one of “the few, the proud,” he was a Marine.
It’s hard enough to get the job of your dreams, but doing so in the middle of a worldwide financial crisis is an even bigger challenge for anyone. Fresh graduates from even the most reputable universities around the globe are unprepared to compete against experienced employees who have been laid off from their previous jobs.
If you’re in this kind of situation, you can simply give up your hands and try to find a lesser job that’s easier to snag. Or you can try to make your resume look as good as possible, whether or not you’ve had prior job experience.
Do you ever just get those random thoughts that pop into your head? Maybe its a fact, joke or quote that you heard from a professor, friend or family-member, but regardless of its source, it just pops up out of nowhere.
Today, for some reason, the idea of catness popped into my head. What is catness? What makes a cat a cat? If most people were asked what makes a cat a cat, they’d most likely come up with a list like: a cat has four legs; a cat has fur; a cat has whiskers; a cat chased mice; a cat purrs, etc.
The following is an interview with Nathan S. Webster. Nathan is an Army veteran and served in the first Iraq war. He was a journalist during the second Iraq war and was embedded with the 1st/505th Parachute Infantry Regiment and the 82nd Airborne Division. He’s got an amazing story to tell and chapters from his war memoir are available on amazon.com: Can’t Give This War Away
My name is Jan C Scruggs, Founder and President of the Vietnam Veterans
So, I’ve decided to get myself an MFA in creative writing. I’m applying to four different universities and I’ve been killing myself for the past few weeks trying to write my personal statement. I’ve been scouring the web, reading books, talking to people and doing everything possible. I’ve done over a dozen drafts and here’s what I’ve learned so far:
We’ve all had those days when we “woke up on the wrong side of the bed,” and we just couldn’t help but be miserable. Sometimes, this mood will last days, or even weeks, and it begins to take over our lives. With so many potential causes of stress (i.e. job, family, finances, etc.) it can be difficult to look beyond the stress and see the good in life, but it is
With a dozen Marines on either side of him, Marc Winslow marched down a sullen dirt road. “Hoo—rah,” he screamed as the drill instructor called cadence. Marc looked to the left and then to the right, with heads shaven to the skin, faces free of stubble, and a snarl of the lip, each Marine was indistinguishable from the next. His shoulders were back, his head was held high, after months of training, he was finally one of “the few, the proud,” he was a Marine.
It’s hard enough to get the job of your dreams, but doing so in the middle of a worldwide financial crisis is an even bigger challenge for anyone. Fresh graduates from even the most reputable universities around the globe are unprepared to compete against experienced employees who have been laid off from their previous jobs.
Do you ever just get those random thoughts that pop into your head? Maybe its a fact, joke or quote that you heard from a professor, friend or family-member, but regardless of its source, it just pops up out of nowhere.
Follow Me