My Weekly Top 10 (41): (oct 05 - 11, 2008) - Non-Fiction Book Review

My weekly top 10 (41): (oct 05 – 11, 2008)

1. WARPEDHEART – a million smiles

2. ANDE – how I became a millionaire bushman

3. STEVE CUHNOOL - hath

4. JJ MORRIS – event perspective oldest son

5. SUSIE – the day we met

6. KELS – obsession can be deadly

7. FERRETS – sins tale

8. EILIS333 – moving forward

9. MARA PAYNE – holidays and bars

10. WYRMSCOURGE – walmart, a monopoly without a soul

WARPEDHEART – This world is torn with strife and wars. It has taken such a toll that families have been split and what remains is bits and pieces. To change this scenario, Warpedheart offers a solution in the poem “a million smiles”. If there is so much hatred and power play in the world, it can be countered with laughter and smiles. It can actually save the world. MESMERISING!

ANDE – We all face the daily grind of going to office, work, work, work. We want to escape it and live in leisure. But where is the money. But ET Ande offers a solution in his book “how I became a millionaire bushman”. He has provided an excerpt of the book here. He has amassed million and so can you. No harm trying. MONEY MONEY MONEY

STEVE CUHNOOL – Random thoughts can be more incisive than the systematic and planned writing. One has to be a genius to write them and find they indeed make sense. When Steve was not writing a story, sudden ‘flashes’ occurred that he penned down in misc “hath”. He calls these dark thoughts “the devil making you kill people”. Devilish, indeed!

JJ MORRIS – Hard times are part of life and how we deal with them is what matters. Some deal with them by running away from them and some face them head-on. JJ faced them head on in his poem “event perspective oldest son”. A sadist of a father ill-treating his own children and abusing his wife! Children are split up. Emotional crises. Someone sins, innocents suffer.

SUSIE – WE all have had a personal meeting with the one and only – GOD! We either meet Him each moment or as it may occur. But we all have met Him in our lifetime. Andrea has an interesting meeting with God after a long gap. Her essay “the day we met” is a divine account of this meeting. Jesus knows to spread love. A beautiful love story.

KELS – At some point in time, we do become obsessed with someone or something. It may be music, it can be a person. Kelsey has brought out the obsession of a young man in her short story “obsession can be deadly”. Libby is dating Hunter. Hunter’s ex-girlfriend cannot stand the sight of her. More fireworks come from an obsessed lover Darren. Chiller!

FERRETS – This one will sock you right between your two eyes. This is no ordinary tale. It has all the makings of a supernatural. Ferrets’ novel “sins tale” has a girl tied in a sack. She tries to escape. But not before a three-eyed crow takes away a part of her gems. On a run, she stumbles and falls and comes face to face with…a corpse! SPOOKY!

EILIS333 – Once our poems are the outpourings of our heart and integral part of our life. We share them with no one. At times, they are brutally criticized and mocked at. Eilis has faced it all. Her poem “moving forward” brings up this critical issue. She is letting loose her ‘baby’ in a strange world she is unaware of. Either she will grow or… Read on.

MARA PAYNE –It is young and hip to go to bar and enjoy a glass of frothy beer or even play with cocktail accessories. Mara in her poem “holidays and bars” went to her favorite spot and tried to make houses from toothpicks and use the paper napkins too. She later got drunk for her world was falling apart with her being trapped in. CRUSHING.

WYRMSCOURGE – The title of this work caught my eyes. It had all the trappings of a bestseller. It was about WALMART! But it gave me a glimpse of its other side. Wyrmscourge in his misc work “walmart, a monopoly without a soul” brings out the labored details about life as a Wal-Mart employee. He worked there for a few months and it left him sapped. True Account.

(Well, this week’s joke is Obama vs McCain. Enjoy!)

McCain versus Obama

If John McCain is elected President of the United States then the French will immediately surrender to us. If Barack Obama is elected President then the French will immediately invade us.

If you add John McCain's age and Barack Obama's age together you'll get the number of times Obama usually says "uh" when answering a question.

The age disparity between the two candidates in the upcoming election is significant. John McCain is 71 years old. By contrast, Barack Obama is 322 years old in dog years.

Q. Why did John McCain cross the road?
A. There was an Old Town Buffet on the other side.
Q, Why did Barack Obama cross the road?
A. To help the other side.

After Barack Obama claimed to have campaigned in 57 states, John McCain should have sent him the name of a good Alzheimer’s specialist.

John McCain rolled up his sleeves and went offshore in the Gulf of Mexico looking for oil for American drivers. Barack Obama responded by going to the shores of Hawaii, taking off his shirt and oiling up his torso for American soccer moms.

Barack Obama's camp claims that John McCain was cheating in their first forum appearance because he actually gave straight answers to the questions. Politicians aren't supposed to do that.

Any candidate that John McCain picks to be his vice president will necessarily be a younger candidate than he is. Any candidate Barack Obama picks to be his vice president will necessarily be better candidate than he is.

It's a hard election for conservatives this year. They'll have to hold their noses tight in order to cast a vote for John McCain. But they'll have to hold on even tighter to their wallets if Obama gets elected.

The sad fact is that if John McCain is elected President he might not last another four more years. A sadder fact is that if Barack Obama is elected President then America might not last another four more years.

until next week...CHEERS!... and lots of luv and kisses...and...and...(I said SHUT UP!!!)

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