Olive Oyl

nothing more than to scold the waitress, “I’m not paying for substandard food to hear you bitching. Pull up your big girls panties and get back to work!” I resist the urges to vocally express my annoyance. I continue to sit, smile, and talk with my husband. A brown-haired pencil thin woman walks over to our table. I chuckle at her likeness to a version of Olive Oyl that had spent years on hard liquor and a red light on her porch. “What can I get ya’ll to drink.” I get Ron’s attention, and he points to a coke and I point to diet coke. Without a smile or acknowledgement she walks away. We continue on with our chat as she returns with our drinks. He points to his selection on the menu and I point to mine. She writes down our entrée selection and walks away briskly as to get this over with. I can see her smile and chat with other customers. Her pleasant disposition with other customers removes any doubt that she was just having a bad day. I only see her as tactless. I’m drawn to the blinking light on my cell phone. I show my husband my phone, he nods, and I proceed to answer it. I’m talking with my daughter, Zaida, when Olive Oyl approaches with our dinner. The look on her face was of complete disbelief! For the first time since we walked into the restaurant she saw me and I became a real person to her instead of an aberration. She sat the food on the table and walked away. It was written all over her face that my voice consequently turned my husband from unnoticeable to a…

of the olive tree’s branches, Romans 11:17-24 describes the inclusion of the Gentiles, stresses the equality between Gentiles and Jews within the movement, and exemplifies the power of God. This passage builds on themes prevalent throughout Paul’s letters such as equality, unity, and the salvation through God and the belief in Jesus. Paul does this through an olive tree, describing God’s ability to break off branches representing the unbelievers, while also grafting on those who have faith in…

Many people have some things in common and something different about them from other people. Tomi and Keet has some things the same and different about them. Tomi does not fight, does good things, and he lives on somebody else's property. Keet always wants to fight, he does not do the right things, and his family owns their own land to live on. But there are some things that are similar about theses two. A trait that Tomi has is that that Keet does not is that he does not fight. This is…

Palm oil is an important and versatile vegetable oil which is used as a raw material for both food and non-food industries. The palm oil history started a long time ago. To be precise, it started 3000 BC when the first evidence of the use of palm oil was found. In the late 1800s, archaeologists found evidence in a tomb located in Abydus, Egypt. ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja Palm oil is used in a lot of food, like grains, bread, chocolate and dairy products, for example milk and…

Uses of Olive (Olea europaea) in cosmetics The Olive and its fruits are mainly cultivated for its oil. Olive oil is known for its culinary uses and it is used to manufacture various cosmetics. Olive oil is very commonly used in the Mediterranean cuisine. It works great as a salad dressing and food cooked in olive oil is really healthy and light. Olives are very rich in vitamins, polyphenols, natural fatty acids and antioxidants which make it one of the most popular ingredients in various…

As I look over the vast experience’s which encompass my spiritual journey I am awe of God and how He has shaped my call into what it is today. There are times when we are bombarded with a plethora of questions. Am I truly called by God? Am I walking in my true calling? These questions, rather the answers to these questions allow us to press toward the high calling of Jesus Christ (Philippians 3:4). It is in this press, as the Apostle Paul calls it, we find the essence of our calling. It is…

Fifteen hundred years before 1770, Native Americans were roaming around what is now known to be Sylmar and San Fernando California. The Native Americans built a popular mission, dedicated to Saint Ferdinand. Because the Native Americans saw this structure as a very significant model, it became the foundation of the city of San Fernando. Around the 1800’s, a priest from Spain took charge of the mission in San Fernando, and desired to bring something to remind him of his home. The priest brought…

actually becomes of soap. The gloves the bleach from reacting the fats on your skin, soap is foamed. As the Bleach is formed it becomes a problem, some people Michael Jackson bleach his skin but you can bleach your skin. It might have a reaction but it’s not true that people may have bleach their skin. Might can bleach your clothing, bed or pants, etc. Bleach can be a deadly chemical, Soap and bleach it can be dangerous but it’s not because it only get smaller and smaller. Rain wash…

The perceptive quality of Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Olive Kitteridge, focuses on the ordinary, the regular, and quotidian aspects of life; growing old, the fluctuations of a marriage, the anxious growth of children, and life’s everyday trivialities and little feelings that swell throughout an individual lifespan. Strout achieves this empathetic sense by using long detailed and descriptive sentences, a healthy mix of cumulative and periodic which explore and bluntly state…

to be avoided, extra virgin olive oil is becoming increasingly popular. Part of this is due to the positive health benefits of consuming extra-virgin olive oil. However, this cannot be the only reason; fish oil is also very healthy and yet is not nearly as popular. Meneley travels to Tuscany, Italy to learn more about this phenomena. There she discovers some important factors in extra-virgin olive oil’s popularity. Firstly, it is an oil associated with sophistication. It requires a discerning…