An A-To-Z Mentality

By Rod Knee

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An A-to-Z Mentality

It offers something differenta twist on the many literary options that are out there today. Author Rodney Etheridge presents a simple read that touches on facts, life experiences, personal opinions, and views of common, everyday words and phrases using the letters of the alphabet. He seeks to touch and connect with everyone on a personal and or realistic level.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Abbott Press
• Release date: Dec 12, 2012
• ISBN: 9781458207241

Rod Knee

Rodney Etheridge was born in 1975 in Hawaii; a military brat, he traveled around a lot as a child. He is the father of five children. He has lived a full life at the young age of thirty-seven, having been around the world and served his country proudly in US Army. He has an associate’s degree through Grantham University in general studies, a feat he never thought he would achieve. He has always dreamed of writing and publishing his own book, and now it is a reality.

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ISBN: 978-1-4582-0725-8 (s)

ISBN: 978-1-4582-0724-1 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012922978

Abbott Press rev. date: 12/07/2012

Contents

A- Z Mentality

Alcohol

Blessings

Choices

Death

Evil

Friends

Guns

Happiness

Independence

Jealousy

Killings

Lying

Memories

Necessities

Organ Donor

Procrastination

Queen

Rape

Selling Drugs

Time

Unique

Virginity

War

Xanadu

Young

The Letter Z

A- Z Mentality

This is the intro to my A-Z mentality. I have always liked to write but never took it too serious. I have always been a thinker and viewed things in a different light. So one day I came up with the ideal to write a book. I had no clue as to what to write about. There is an infinite amount of literature already out, and I definitely did not want to write something that has already been done. So I decided to write about random words, or phrases, or topics. However it still was not enough, nothing different about that at all, until I came up with the A-Z mentality. I applied my concept of writing about random words and topics and combined it with the alphabet. I tried to pick words and topics to write about that I could write some substance and give you the reader a worth while read. So sit back and enjoy my A-Z mentality!

Alcohol

WHAT IS ALCOHOL? I know it is a beverage, that is a given, but what is it? What is it about alcohol that drives people insane? Some may not agree but it is a drug, a controlled substance. But is it bad for you? Nothing is wrong with alcohol it self, it is the abuse of it that makes is so wrong. It makes a lot of people feel jolly and happy. Some people, it gives them nerves of steel. Some people, it relaxes them. I myself, I couldn’t tell you how it makes me feel. On top of that I can not stand it. To each his own, but it is definitely not my cup of tea. I have seen it turn a person who loves another into a punching bag, Ever since that day I could never understand how a beverage could change a person inside out. It looks no different than any other drink. It does have a distinct smell. But it looks harmless. Millions of people can not live without it in their lives. Some have no recollection of its effects, yet they still urn for it. Others get so sick they pray to the porcelain God asking for the night to end and if they can make it through the horrible feeling they are going through. Asking for the hangover to cease, and when the dust settles and the smoke clears, that alcohol is back in their hand quenching their thirst! I am not sitting here to down talk or condemn alcohol. The drink it self is no more than that, a drink, a beverage. Some people can handle a little, while others can bathe in it. It effects everyone differently, but when most people want to have a good time, alcohol is the treat they reach for. Why, I will never know. Some of the same things people do with alcohol, is just as much fun with out alcohol. Maybe some people use alcohol to release their inner demons or alter egos.

Blessings

Blessings, everyone has them. A lot of people don’t believe in God and

Accept blessings. A lot