Confessions From A Black Rose

If you turn on your telly or open a newspaper it appears that the entire world has gone crazy. A lot has happened over the course of the month. Here are the headlines that have caught my attention. Feel free to inform me of other headlines that I might have missed. Africa Earlier today a car bomb exploding outside of the French embassy in Tripoli. This is the first attack in Libyan capital since the revolution. This is the second major attack on a foreign embassy since the fatal attack on the American embassy back in September.  At least 187 people have died in the Nigerian northeastern state of Borno. These fatalities are a result of the continuous battle between  the Nigerian military and the armed group Boko Haram.  A gold mine has collapsed in Accra, Ghana killing at least 16 people.  Asia Last week a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit the south-western Sichuan province in China. The powerful earthquake has killed at least 160 people and has inj...

On the eve of Halloween festivities a storm out of a horror movie wrecked havoc along the east coast of the United States. One week ago, I was helping to plan my brother in law's birthday party. I never would have imagined the destruction that the Tri-state would be facing a week from that time. I never would have imagined that Jersey shore which I have come to love would have been destroyed. I never would have imagined that Atlantic City would be covered in water. I never would have imagined that vast amount of states would be in darkness. When I realized that the storm was serious was the day before it hit the coast. My sister and I made a getaway back to our home to prepare for the storm. We brought in all the furniture from outside, filled the car with gas and got as much canned food as we could. Since we were getting supplies late in the game, flashlights were scarce. Then we waited for the storm to hit. Come Monday morning the weather was ridiculous. It...