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On Turning Sixty by Robert Levin The rewards of turning sixty [556 words] [Humor] (HITS 2311, REVS. 2) The Future Of Islam In Russia by Wael El-Manzalawy - [263 words] (HITS 2034, REVS. 0) Metrolink608: Number One Engineer by Shelley J Alongi Christmas, New years, laughter, tears, teasing, the engineer steeler, and living on a kiss, sort of. It doesn't get much better than this. [6,046 words] [Relationships] (HITS 587, REVS. 0) Metrolink608: Cuddled By The Engineer by Shelley J Alongi quiet confidence, energetic moments, teasing, ephiphany, the engineer and ice-cream, cuddling me with tech talk, just another perfect week at the Fullerton train station. And he still is the best, bec... [3,783 words] [Relationships] (HITS 455, REVS. 0) She Likes Trains: Station Gold by Shelley J Alongi Glen the Metrolink engineer's first vocal utterance has inspired my new series of train writings. Catch up on all the things that are hapening at the station, besides talking to the engineers. Who han... [2,734 words] [Relationships] (HITS 548, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: The Best Two Minutes by Shelley J Alongi I've always said that Glen provided the best two minutes of my day. This week that holds true. Late trains, stress, life, and the best two minutes. [3,088 words] [Relationships] (HITS 469, REVS. 0) Metrolink111 Love On The Rails by Shelley J Alongi Oh the joy and pain of communicating with a locomotive engineer. MP36 verses FP59, sweet promise, reconciliation, sweet bells. In all of it, the train calls, comforts, beckons. Come. [5,155 words] [Relationships] (HITS 569, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Going Steady by Shelley J Alongi Steady as she goes, a dilemma, cherishing the engineer, it doesn't get any better than this. [4,897 words] [Relationships] (HITS 582, REVS. 0) Heavy. What. by Angel Of Hope A vignette of my family. [170 words] (HITS 2186, REVS. 0) Annoyingted One by Angel Of Hope A vignette about my name. [170 words] (HITS 2419, REVS. 0) Splatterpunk: Welcome To It by Iron Dave An essay on the splatterpunk movement of the 1980s [2,637 words] [Horror] (HITS 708, REVS. 0) Metrolink111:She Likes Trains by Shelley J Alongi Metrolink Glen, my engineer, how did you ever get it so right? How could something so devistating turn into something so joyous? three little words sum up the last year of my life so neatly all it nee... [2,190 words] [Relationships] (HITS 615, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Sweet Engine Purring by Shelley J Alongi Locomotives, engineer withdrawals, a stressful day, crying on the engineer's shoulder, and Glen, you really are the best! [3,992 words] [Relationships] (HITS 604, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Alfa Cat Engineer by Shelley J Alongi Another week ends at the fullerton station for Shelley and her engineers. Well, they'll be there but I'm finished. But oh what a rewarding week! Promises, sweet promises. [3,359 words] [Relationships] (HITS 465, REVS. 0) Hamkatramck by Angel Of Hope A vignette about Hamtrack, Michigan. [171 words] (HITS 2211, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: The Disney Engineer by Shelley J Alongi This doesn't take place at the Fullerton train station, it takes place at Disney Land and starts on Wednesday February 25 with a call from a train engineer on the Disney Land railroad needing help wit... [2,046 words] [Relationships] (HITS 467, REVS. 0) Who Americans Are And What They Do by Angel Of Hope - [869 words] (HITS 2315, REVS. 0) Timeline Of My Life by Angel Of Hope - [569 words] (HITS 2294, REVS. 0) Now That I'm Older, I'm Still Not Wiser by James Snyder Now that summer is over and the children are back in school I found myself indulging in a little bit of retrospective thinking. It took some doing but I was able to think all the back to when I was a ... [883 words] [Humor] (HITS 1806, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Sweet Nothings by Shelley J Alongi This week, at the fullerton train station, Glen, the mysterious Metrolink engineer, speaks. [4,452 words] [Relationships] (HITS 566, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Slumming It With The Guys by Shelley J Alongi the engineer factor, can she find the train, plans, a supportive metrolink agent, Glen, and a smile. [3,522 words] [Relationships] (HITS 558, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Shaking Hands With The Engineer by Shelley J Alongi My Glen full of surprises. [2,541 words] [Relationships] (HITS 602, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: My Happy Places by Shelley J Alongi An engineer, food, a gentle train journey, and meeting a restaurant owner. It's a perfect train day. [3,331 words] [Relationships] (HITS 529, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Love Your Best Station Girl by Shelley J Alongi Does he remember my name? Does he know where to find locomotive specs? What does he think about two train-related deaths near the Fullerton train station? He's Glen. Love your best station girl. [6,322 words] [Relationships] (HITS 543, REVS. 0) A Pretty Girl by Angel Of Hope - [1,592 words] (HITS 629, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Touching The Locomotive by Shelley J Alongi This week it's all about Glen and doign something that I've been afraid to do; touching the locomotive. And maybe it's more than that. You decide. [2,520 words] [Relationships] (HITS 526, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Questions People Ask by Shelley J Alongi A stellar day in the nonlogic department at the fullerton train station. [1,645 words] [Relationships] (HITS 540, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Listening To The Engineer by Shelley J Alongi After gushing about glen, it's time for the story I haven't told you yet. [1,540 words] [Relationships] (HITS 517, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Finding The Gold Nuggetts by Shelley J Alongi An accident memorial, a not for an engineer, and everything in between. [5,339 words] [Relationships] (HITS 567, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Finding The Engineer by Shelley J Alongi Comfort, food, waving, and just plain finding the engineer. [2,750 words] [Relationships] (HITS 533, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: All The Engineer You Need by Shelley J Alongi A heckler, intrigued engineers, and just how do you pronounce chatsworth? [2,122 words] [Relationships] (HITS 505, REVS. 0) Those Darndest Packets Of Powder by Angel Of Hope An editorial for class. [872 words] [Motivational] (HITS 2384, REVS. 0) Real Women Vs. Media's Version Of Women by Dream Rinsed Pretty&Beautiful vs. Hot&Sexy. [156 words] [Psychology] (HITS 2097, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: The Place Of Escape by Shelley J Alongi Waving at and interacting with engineers, teasing, and escaping with trains. [3,034 words] [Relationships] (HITS 493, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Chatsworth Stories by Shelley J Alongi Today I make thirty seconds of contact with a locomotive engineer who knew Rob Sanchez. I'm standing looking up at him on the chatsworth platform, hardly able to believe I've come this far. Stories, c... [3,903 words] [Relationships] (HITS 503, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: All My Engineers by Shelley J Alongi What a journey I've had over the last year since the chatsworth accident. I keep talking about meeting engineers so if you've been following the story you might want to read this one. Read about tears... [2,519 words] [Relationships] (HITS 548, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: A Crush On The Engineer by Shelley J Alongi Why don't I just admit that I have a mad crush on someone I never met, and I'm not talking about Rob Sanchez. Philosophy, memorial plaques, food, and great stories, and the engineer. [2,595 words] [Relationships] (HITS 668, REVS. 0) Letters About Islam I by Wael El-Manzalawy - [170 words] (HITS 1952, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: In Search Of The Engineer by Shelley J Alongi Which engineer you ask? By now in my story you have several choices. Pick one and enjoy. [3,492 words] [Relationships] (HITS 507, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Flowers For An Engineer by Shelley J Alongi On this trip to Chatsworth I meet rob's conductor, lay flowers for him, get my plaque, and am tempted by fresh ground coffee. Today is a milestone in the quest for information about the accident and i... [3,305 words] [Relationships] (HITS 583, REVS. 0) Metrolink111 Education On The Rails by Shelley J Alongi Saturday September 12, 2009 finds me passing through Chatsworth on my way to Santa Barbara on the Wine Lovers Daylight train. Today I indulge my intellectual and emotional obsession with trains. And t... [3,334 words] [Relationships] (HITS 556, REVS. 0) A Strange New Car by Orin G Quilar An essay about an embarrassing moment with someone else's car. [347 words] [Humor] (HITS 1723, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Asking The Freight Engineer by Shelley J Alongi Making life happen, conversations, a pleasant August evening at the fullerton train station, and rob Sanchez, always. [2,756 words] [Relationships] (HITS 618, REVS. 0) In An Airplane Going To San Francisco by Angel Of Hope - [133 words] (HITS 2208, REVS. 0) The Falseness Of The Evolution Theory by Wael El-Manzalawy - [332 words] (HITS 2275, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: The Case Of The Dejected Engineer by Shelley J Alongi Questions, Chatsworth connections, eyes, and a milestone. [1,950 words] [Relationships] (HITS 534, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: No No Magic Days by Shelley J Alongi Only someone at a train station would call me a gold digger. Heartache, trouble, curiosity, kindness, and what I call the "no magic day." Read all about it. [2,182 words] [Relationships] (HITS 582, REVS. 0) On And Off The Wall by Piper Davenport - [1,538 words] (HITS 662, REVS. 1) My Silent Friend (Shadows) by Veraelaine Louch We are never truly alone. There is always someone with us. [201 words] [Mind] (HITS 1760, REVS. 0) Moving Beyond The Pain by Piper Davenport - [2,014 words] (HITS 655, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Shoes, Songs And Tunnels by Shelley J Alongi All I can say is that two trains colliding last September led to all this. [3,128 words] [Relationships] (HITS 507, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Rob Among The Chips And The Cookies: Almost by Shelley J Alongi Someone told me that I would stir up fireworks in Chatsworth. Apparently I did. Rob, we're still looking. [1,910 words] [Relationships] (HITS 585, REVS. 0) Society, The Family And A Thatcher. by Colin Baker When UK conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher asserted in 1987 that 'there is no such thing as society', she overlooked all that it is to be human. [5,380 words] (HITS 631, REVS. 0) What Do We Want? Concrete Fairness! When Do We Want It? Now! by Colin Baker Live Aid and Live 8 failed because they made metaphysical appeals to fairness and justice. [4,232 words] (HITS 578, REVS. 0) Screwball Scramble by Colin Baker There is a good reason for the phenomenon of frenzied shopping in the Western world. [2,381 words] (HITS 624, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Late Baby Late by Shelley J Alongi Late trains, freight engineers, and new connections. [2,786 words] [Relationships] (HITS 568, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Assist At Chatsworth by Shelley J Alongi I meet the fans that knew Rob Sanchez and get ideas for the memorial plaque. It is a trip I've needed to take since the Metrolink111 accident on September 12, 2008. [2,561 words] [Relationships] (HITS 485, REVS. 0) A Hypothesis On Life by Mike Piotrowski A philosophical approach to a question with an impossible answer. Would like to hear your opinions and ideas as well! How about a discussion or debate? [416 words] [Literary Fiction] (HITS 2256, REVS. 0) The Islamic Civilization And The Western Civilization by Wael El-Manzalawy - [472 words] (HITS 2029, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Here Comes Your Freight by Shelley J Alongi Of horns, freights and memorial plaques. [2,178 words] [Relationships] (HITS 482, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Finding Rob's Spot by Shelley J Alongi A cheeseburger, freight trains, and the quest to find a spot for a memorial plaque. [1,590 words] [Relationships] (HITS 479, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Defending The Engineer by Shelley J Alongi Two trips to the Fullerton station, a trip to a railroad model shop, the Chatsworth accident and finally finishing the memorial plaque. [2,416 words] [Relationships] (HITS 573, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Railroad Family Ties by Shelley J Alongi You would never ever guess what the common factor in my train station journeys is! I had forgotten about it till today! [2,056 words] [Relationships] (HITS 578, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Sick For Trains by Shelley J Alongi The chatsworth accident, engineers, friends, a dog that's a train fan, quiet moments, and lots of opinions. Read the longest Metrolink111 essay yet. [2,995 words] [Relationships] (HITS 555, REVS. 0) Easter Everyday by Bridgett Nesbit A passionate portrait of Mary's love for her son and how the Easter message should be celebrated everyday. [505 words] [History] (HITS 2172, REVS. 1) Chatsworth Journal: Observations About The Metrolink111 Crash On September 12 2008 by Shelley J Alongi I'm obsessed with the Chatsworth train wreck. I have to express my opinion about breaking company policy. [1,785 words] [Relationships] (HITS 514, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Not Quite Throwing The Switch by Shelley J Alongi Finally, a real live, sort of railroad switch! [2,017 words] [Relationships] (HITS 553, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Blame The Engineer by Shelley J Alongi So people want to drag Rob Sanchez's name through the mud after the Chatsworth accident? Okay, fine, blame him for this one, then; for my introduction to the commedy and spectacle and colorful charact... [2,215 words] [Relationships] (HITS 546, REVS. 0) What If I Die Today by Raine Lariza It is an essay about how is it like if one person dies today.. Read on :) [507 words] [Motivational] (HITS 1931, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: Is She A Foamer by Shelley J Alongi Six months and it all comes down to one question. Between grief, solace, creativity, and now new people introduced to the station, you have to ask, is she a foamer? [2,665 words] [Relationships] (HITS 591, REVS. 0) The Paradise by Wael El-Manzalawy - [183 words] [Spiritual] (HITS 2353, REVS. 0) Sex In Islam by Wael El-Manzalawy - [244 words] (HITS 2264, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: The Human Place by Shelley J Alongi Six months after the Chatsworth train wreck it is the human story that draws me to the Fullerton train station and always, when I think about it, has been. [1,174 words] [Relationships] (HITS 2685, REVS. 0) Pagan Cycles Of Modern Religion by Dr Lemuria - [2,935 words] [Spiritual] (HITS 823, REVS. 0) Our Secret Reality by Dr Lemuria - [196 words] [Spiritual] (HITS 2087, REVS. 0) Metrolink111: The Planter By The Railroad Tracks by Shelley J Alongi Margaret Mitchell had her window seat. I have my planter by the railroad tracks, a place to reflect on the Chatsworth train wreck of 2008, remember the importance of this place in my life, and create ... [2,342 words] [Relationships] (HITS 635, REVS. 0) How We Create Reality by Dr Lemuria - [7,362 words] [Spiritual] (HITS 668, REVS. 0) Dr Lemurias Host by Dr Lemuria - [12,404 words] [Spiritual] (HITS 754, REVS. 0) Aura's by Dr Lemuria - [301 words] [Spiritual] (HITS 2099, REVS. 0) Amphibian Features by Dr Lemuria - [544 words] (HITS 2083, REVS. 0) All Religions Need To Read This by Dr Lemuria - [3,363 words] [Spiritual] (HITS 639, REVS. 0) Aliens by Dr Lemuria - [1,087 words] (HITS 2016, REVS. 0) Alcyone by Dr Lemuria - [382 words] [Spiritual] (HITS 2711, REVS. 0) Alchemy by Dr Lemuria - [272 words] [Spiritual] (HITS 2059, REVS. 0) Akashic Records by Dr Lemuria - [231 words] [Spiritual] (HITS 2296, REVS. 0) Ahkenaton by Dr Lemuria - [701 words] [Spiritual] (HITS 2156, REVS. 0) After-Life by Dr Lemuria - [241 words] [Spiritual] (HITS 1986, REVS. 0) Affirmation by Dr Lemuria - [352 words] (HITS 2175, REVS. 0) Adamic Men by Dr Lemuria - [235 words] [Spiritual] (HITS 2073, REVS. 0) Abydos by Dr Lemuria - [253 words] [Spiritual] (HITS 2053, REVS. 0) Abductions by Dr Lemuria - [174 words] [Spiritual] (HITS 2107, REVS. 0)
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