Knowing my father is the closest anyone has ever come to knowing a mad scientist. Ever since I can remember, he has supplied my family with all the modern necessities, except they were usually altered in some way. When you turn on the television, you need to put it on channel 11 for exactly 6 minutes and then you can turn it to whatever channel you want. When you use the microwave, you need to turn off this one, certain light in the den or else the microwave won't turn on. His theory is if you can find some way to get something to work, then it works. So, of course, when my sister and I got our driver licenses, we expected nothing different for our cars. I got a 1972 Mercedes. The car was $700 and had no engine for a good two years after we got it. My sister got some sort of 80s Subaru which just looked like a knock off Delorian. One windshield wiper was positioned in the middle of the front window, expected to clear the entire area. I"ll forget the sight of that one windshield wiper as it uncontrollably flopped about the front of the car in the middle of a rainstorm.
My sister, Jenni, and I were on a road trip. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were playing in New York, and I was going to be there. I loved their lyrics, their melody, and their soul. Flea slapped out a bass line like nobody else and I was going to finally see it live in person. So we took the long trip from Boston to Connecticut, with only a slight snag in Newton where we got lost and went through the Newton toll plaza three times, but eventually we made it to my home and prepared for our next trip to New York the following day. .
We had the trip all planned out. We"d leave at 5 o"clock, drive two hours to get there, have dinner, then rock the rest of the night. I was ready. We left right on time, and then, 45 minutes into our trip I looked in my pocket. Then I looked in my purse. Then I looked in my jacket. Then I realized I didn't have our tickets.
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James Abram Garfield was born to Abram and El iza Ballou Garfield on November 19, 1831 in Orange Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. In 1833 his father died, and he was left in poverty, and had minute education. He was a tall man with a heavy beard. In 1848, he left home to search for work. He soon f...
Despite the civil rights victories of 30 years ago, official racial prejudice is still reflected throughout the criminal justice system. For people of color in cities large and small across this nation, north and south, east and west, Jim Crow "justice" is alive and well. Today skin color makes you a suspect in America. It makes you more likely to be stopped, more likely to be searched, and more likely to be arrested and imprisoned. Tens of thousands of innocent motorists on highways across the country are victims of racial profiling. ...
