Daunte Culpepper

Recently I read an article on ESPN.com about how Daunte Culpepper will possibly be coming out of retirement to play again in the NFL. The Quarterback visited the Detroit Lions and has initiated contract negotiations following a workout with the team. After leaving the Lions' training facility, Culpepper said it was a good team workout. Contract negotiations weren't completed but Culpepper says he is playing to stay in touch with the team.

Heroes of September 11, 2001

Towers of Life

They stood hushed and glimmering in the night,
Giants able to frame the moon,
Slumbering magnificently in their might.

Day breaks and the sun gently warms their skin,
Veins begin to pulse with life,
The sprit of a thousand of kin.


Evil tears towards them through the brilliant morning sky,
Propelled by the blackest of hate,
Guided by a lie.

Barely risen they stand with no defense,
Innocent and distracted they are not prepared,
The pain about to be inflicted intense.

Like a bolt of lighting that shatters the morn,
Evil crashes once then twice into their sides,
Their bodies are scorched and torn.

Horribly crippled they continue to stand,
Holding onto life until the last,
Orders are given, they take the command.

The battle is brief, the giants begin to yield,
Life drains from every artery,
Their fate is sealed.

Collapsing to zero,
First to one knee then to the next,
From their dust will emerge so many a hero.

The question is asked,
How can such evil exist.
JDK





























“Now, we have inscribed a new memory alongside those others. It’s a memory of tragedy and shock, of loss and mourning. But not only of loss and mourning. It’s also a memory of bravery and self-sacrifice, and the love that lays down its life for a friend–even a friend whose name it never knew. “
- President George W. Bush, December 11, 2001
























Above is the 9/11 Medal of Valor. It was awarded to both the living heroes of 9/11 and to the families of the deceased. The heroism, courage, bravery and sacrifice that took place on that day perhaps can bring solace to the familes who lost their heroic loved ones. This is a tribute to the terrible, yet heroic day of September 11, 2001.

Outside Reading

Recently I have been reading some of John McCain's autobiography, "Faith of My Fathers." The beginning of the book is telling the reader alot about John McCain's military background. Both his father and grandfather were apart of the military and both held commanding positions as four-star admirals in the U.S. Navy. John McCain, following in his grandfather and father's footsteps joined the military and became a naval aviator in the Vietnam War.

The Unspeakable Odyssey of the Motionless Boy

On the night of November 5, 1999, a young boy named Erik Ramsey was on his way home with a friend, when they were in a terrible car crash. Erik's friend managed to escape, but with a chunk of metal in his skull. Firefighters had to pry Erik out of the wreck with the Jaws of Life. Eric was 16 at the time. The article is mainly about finding ways to communicate for people with Locked-In syndrome, but also about Erik's life. Electronic recievers implanted in his brain help him to be able to pronounce words, and medical advances are still being made to help people basically hear the thoughts of a victim of being Locked-In.

Minnesota-Bound Quarterback

Recently I read an article about a hopeful high school football star. Moses Alipate is looking to Minnesota for college football. Even though it's his senior year at Jefferson high school and for his first 2 years playing varsity football there, the Jaguars had a combined record of 2-16. Even though his team's record isn't looking so hot, Alipate still manages to be the No.9 quarterback in the nation. Obviously for him, hard work and dtermination have paid off and it seems he will have a sucessful college, and likely NFL career.