For all those people who also want to know about all those results from those weird little quizzes, and other things, here is a very non-personal entry ( Read more... )

What makes a human being cry do you think? Is it physical pain? Some would argue that physical pain can make even the largest and strongest men and women break down and cry...I on the other hand disagree. I've been stabbed, had bones broken, dislocated...I have ten screws and two metal plates in my face. In none of those instances did I ever shed ( Read more... )

"All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are the more they are frightened. The courageous man is the man who forces himself in spite of his fear to carry on."

General George PattonNow Patton could have been one crazy man, but he did know what he was talking about when it came to things like fear, and in spite of fear, success. I live my ( Read more... )

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Mark TwainWhy is it whenever I explore, dream, and discover...I get in trouble? There have been so many times in ( Read more... )

"I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they're the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights!"

Warren G. HardingReflection is not something I do often. As I've stated to many people in the past on frequent occasions, I prefer to live in the moment. But as I'm sitting ( Read more... )

I've gone and done it again ( Read more... )

No need to declare your love publicly in a way that makes others cringe with embarrassment. The occasion can be celebrated - quietly ( Read more... )

Just last night I re-read the great novel of Peter Pan. It reminded me of an instance between myself and an old teacher of mine. He had asked us to write an essay (no maximum length was given!) on a topic of our choice from the list that he had prepared. I chose the topic of "Children's literature." Below is the paper that I wrote ( Read more... )

"Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance." - An exert from one of my essays ( Read more... )

Anyone who knows me for a significant period of time, knows me well enough to say "He can rant...really rant." And yes, I do sometimes rant on a variety of subjects. Usually my now famous rants are brought about by certain situations that involved the topic on which I was ranting. This happens to be the instance today...and it's a touchy one. ( Read more... )