It's been said that the fear of speaking in public is more prevalent than even the fear of death in many individuals. I certainly can attest to that from what I experienced at age 19 when I volunteered to read a composition in front of a high school English class of World War 11 veterans in attendance to gain their diplomas.

I completed my basic training in the army on the very same day of Japan's surrender and was assigned to a discharge center, much to my chagrin, as while I was...

The whole point of limiting the magazine capacity is utterly ridiculous. Limiting magazine capacity puts law abiding citizens in serious danger while do nothing to the criminals.

1. In general, most people can't shoot well under stress, such as under life and death situation. Even for police, they score on average 1 in 4 bullets fired.
2. On average, it takes 2-3 rounds to stop a bad guy from harming you or your family. When the bad guy is high on drug or drunk, that round...

Good Morning,
I am relocating to the Miami area in late April. I was hoping to find some feed back on where to live and work in the Miami area.

I speak Spanish. I'm looking for a quite and safe neigborhood (if that's possible).

Can someone recommend an area?

I love the casinos.....does anyone recommend the best ones. I've been to the casinos in California, Nevada, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, MS, Connt....I like to travel.
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My favorite poem is Elizabeth Bishop's "One Art" because from the first time I read it, it has provided me the comfort of knowing that I can survive my losses, because she could survive hers.

"The art of losing isn't hard to master," she begins, "so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster,

Lose something every day."

And yesterday I lost one of the pearl earrings given to me...

My Cuz is always late...
I like getting to the YMCA in the wee hours of the morning, and he comes when ever he gets a notion to get out of bed... Naw, just aint my way.
Maybe its because my Wife has 'trained me' LOL. She wants the 'whole day' to herself, so she can do the things she wants, and wants to 'get me out of the way' as soon as she can, so, as soon as the kids are out of the house, she takes me to my 'therapy sessions', (as she is used to calling them, since I am under the...