This is a true story. This is my story. Names have been changed to protect the confidentiality of others, but everything in this book happened. I share my story in the hope to inspire people to not kill themselves, or cut themselves, but instead to find productive ways to deal with pain. This book is dedicated to Randy, who killed himself in Iraq in December 2008; to Zachary, who was killed by a house bomb in Iraq in January 2008. Part One: Chicken gate: Why cutting is a bad idea Written in April 2012 Part Two: This Dark Earth Written in March 2009

"Giant: noun (1) (in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc; (2) a person or thing of unusually great size, power, importance, etc; major figure; legend; (3) (often initial capital letter) Classical Mythology, any of the Gigantes; adjective (1) unusually large, great, or strong; gigantic; huge; (2) greater or more eminent than others." http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/giant "Colossus: noun, plural (1) (initial capital letter) the legendary bronze statue of Helios at Rhodes; (2) any statue of gigantic size; (3) anything colossal, gigantic, or very powerful."...

"Kolkata: a port in East India, capital of West Bengal state, on the Hooghly River: former capital of the country (1833-1912); major commercial and industrial centre; many universities. Population 4,580,544 (2001). Former official name Calcutta." http: //dictionary.reference.com/browse/kolkata "Calcutta: a seaport in and the capital of West Bengal state, in East India, on the Hooghly River: former capital of British India." http: //dictionary.reference.com/browse/calcutta Joachim Hayward Stocqueler, compiler, editor; The oriental interpreter and treasury of East India knowledge: A companion...

Revised Interesting Place Names and History of Australia Coonabarabran, New South Wales? Nganmarriyanga, Northern Territory? Mount Remarkable, South Australia? Beauty Point, Tasmania? Gannawarra, Victoria? Jerramungup, Western Australia? If you are wondering where these names came from, this is the book for you Other interesting place names included, plus interesting history of Australia

Interesting Place Names and History of Canada Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Alberta? Death Rapids, British Columbia? Flin Flon, Manitoba? Tsiigehtchic, Northwest Territories? Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut? Sparkle City, Ontario? Baie Des Ha Ha , Quebec? Eyebrow, Saskatchewan? Tombstone Mountain, Yukon? If you are wondering where these names came from, this is the book for you Other interesting place names included, plus interesting history of Canada

Interesting Place Names and History of England Aston Juxta Mondrum, Cheshire? Nine Maidens Downs, Cornwall? Fridaythorp, East Riding of Yorkshire? Toot Hill, Essex? Burton Lazars, Leicestershire? Dorking, Surrey? If you are wondering where these names came from, this is the book for you Other interesting place names included, plus interesting history of England

Interesting Place Names and History of New Zealand Bay of Plenty? Eketahuna? Hakataramea? Kihikihi? Murderers' Bay? Taumata-whakatangihanga-koauau-o-tamatea-turi-pukakapiki-maunga-horo-nuku-pokai-whenua-kitanatahu? If you are wondering where these names came from, this is the book for you Other interesting place names included, plus interesting history of New Zealand "

Interesting Place Names and History of Northern Ireland Giant's Ring, County Antrim? Tartaraghan, County Armagh? Legananny, County Down? Boho, County Fermanagh? Ballynascreen, County Derry/Londonderry? Ballymagorry, County Tyrone? If you are wondering where these names came from, this is the book for you Other interesting place names included, plus interesting history of Northern Ireland

Interesting Place Names and History of Scotland Hatton of Fintray, Aberdeenshire? Burnt Islands, Argyll and Bute? Sweetheart Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway? Dunmore Pineapple, Falkirk? Soutra Aisle, Midlothian? Papa Westray, Orkney Islands? Auchensoul, South Ayrshire? If you are wondering where these names came from, this is the book for you Other interesting place names included, plus interesting history of Scotland

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