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2008 - unpublished McCain Op-Ed
I read "Faith of My Fathers" by John McCain and Mark Salter before the 2008 presidential election to get a sense of what McCain went through as a POW during the Vietnam War. I thought it was a great book and wrote about it in the unpublished Op-Ed below.
2008 - first published Op-Ed
The first Op-Ed (for lack of a better term because I'm not a columnist ... yet) I've ever had published is: here. But for reading-in-print purposes use the box below.
2007 - Approaching Heritage Days...
This article was published in the June/July issue of Allegany Magazine. Heritage Days takes place every June in Cumberland, MD.
2007 - English Translation in Dante
This writing sample discusses English translations of the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. "Transposition" might be a better way to describe how the Italian becomes English, though.
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Justin Christopher Dyke
retired mastheads
and an illustrated book about birds
who needs action when you got words
—Meat Puppets as covered by Nirvana (withholding a line), Plateau; Unplugged in New York
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the most complicated 'formance of life, we simplify it
Bzzz, don't knock it till you try it
—Wu-Tang Clan, RZA's verse on Weak Spot; 8 Diagrams
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I like playin' in the sand, what's mine is ours
if it doesn't remind me of anything
—Audioslave, Doesn't Remind Me; Out of Exile
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the only guarantee in life is a life worth dying for
'cause death don't wait for no one, it's sittin' on yo front door
—Atmosphere, Guarantees; When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
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everything is all I have to give you
and I'm afraid it ain't enough
—Atmosphere, Wild Wild Horses; When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
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I wrote a song for you today while I was sitting in my room
I jumped up on my bed today and played it on a broom
—Saul Williams, List of Demands (Reparations); self-titled
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if you fear to call my name
if you fear to call my name
—RZA (backup vocals), Don't Be Afraid; Digi Snacks
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where I go I just don't know
I got to got to gotta take it slow
—Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soul to Squeeze; Greatest Hits
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you got problems let me know
I got your back like C3PO
—Vast Aire, Take Two; Dueces Wild
Gibbs
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archived Newseum pages
Pagination/Editorial: The Newseum (a museum of news) in Washington, D.C., chose these dates, among numerous others, to archive front pages from all over the world. Listed below are dates that I built (page layout and headline writing) page one of Maryland's Cumberland Times-News daily newspaper.
•June 14, 2008: Tim Russert's death
•May 14, 2008: The Democratic Primary elections in West Virginia and Nebraska
•April 21, 2008: During Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the U.S.
•April 20, 2008: During Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the U.S.
•April 19, 2008: During Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the U.S.
•April 17, 2008: During Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the U.S.
•March 16, 2008: 5 years into War in Iraq
•March 13, 2008: The day New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned in the wake of a prostitution scandal
•December 28, 2007: The day Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated
•December 14, 2007: The day the Mitchell Report on performance enhancing drugs in baseball was released
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