When, exactly, did “Hey!” replace “Hi!” as a standard greeting?
I think I’ve been using “Hey!” for “Hi!” for at least five years — but I’m not sure of the when or why.
Was there some sea change in a cultural colloquialism I missed?
Book royalties from computer book publishers to authors have precipitously diminished over the last decade and so have “cash advances” against those future royalties.
Ten years ago, a first time author could expect to get at least a $15,000.00 USD advance against royalties with royalties starting at 8% and rising to 12% or even 15%.
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Recent movies such as 300 and The Hitcher prove there is a written disconnect between aesthetic, the body, and gore as expressed in the higher calling of community welfare and the darkest depths effervescent commodity.
One film proves there is humanity and purpose in bloodshed while the other confirms we lose our hearts in the unnecessary testimony of individual cruelty rioting in rivulets of blood across the screen.
What causes one mind to write such beauty in dismay, while another pens purgatory for profit?
The world requires us.
We are inevitable.
We become not what we want — but what others desire of us.
If were were unnecessary, we would not be here.
What, then, do we do with this complicated life when the risk of throwing it away outweighs the rewards of righteousness?
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