My Favorite Chess Stories Hello friends how are you? Good morning from deep deep inside Africa. The day is bright and cold. I prefer dark and cold but I'll take what I have. I prefer cold rainy days to the dry ones because rain makes me nostalgic... The smell of rain is awesome. Today, I'm going to tell you stories (random stories) about goings on in the chess world both ancient and modern as I remember them. Chess has always been a crazy game, hence players have to be a little crazy too. I think the better you get at chess, the more crazy you get too lol... My Favorite chess player is the craziest of them all (maybe because I'm crazy too lol...). His name is 1 Robert James Fischer (AKA Bobby Fischer) This guy was an absolute beast on the board. In my opinion, he helped carry on the idea of romanticizing chess because of his play style. He sacrificed more important pieces to his opponents and when his opponents accepted them, he went on to demolish them. He was a god and master of several openings, but for some weird reason chose one (1e4) and said it was the best ever. Because he was such a boss, he demolished anyone who used silly openings save a few. He was more than 100 elo ahead of anybody in his playing days including the world champion he challenged and won later. Bobby Fischer was never to be spotted without a suit. According to him, it made him the most elegant man in the chess world!!! He was very vocal about a lot of his ideas. But one thing I lived him for was his undeniable talent. There was one time he called a friend and his friends daughter picked up the phone and spoke in another language. He didn't understand so he hung up. The next day, when he saw his friend he repeated the exact sound he heard in such a way that anyone would no doubt understand the little girl's meaning. That's the equivalent of photographic memory with hearing. He was in an era where chess was dominated by the soviet union and he was an American that was determined to show that he was better than them all!!! He did it every chance he got. There was one tournament he won 21 consecutive games which was all the games in the tournament. No one has accomplished that feat till today. Now to the crazy parts. He was obviously the greatest player of his era, and the highest level of chess is the world chess championship. So Bobby win the candidates tournament and qualified for the world chess championship. But he had crazy demands that made them all but cancel the match. In the end, after a bunch of interventions, he agreed to play Borris Spasky (the then world champion). Going into the game, he had never beaten Spasky before. He in fact list the first game again. He refused to play the second game, and that put Spasky two games ahead of him in that match. He didn't play the second match because he wanted the room empty... He didn't want the camera people to keep disturbing or something like that. On the day of the third game, my man was already at the airport, but his team pleaded with him and he agreed to come back and play, but this time, he said they would okay the match backstage... It didn't even matter that he was two games behind he went on to demolish Spasky in the remaining of the games. Absolutely crazy genius!!!! Tomorrow, I'll probably continue and tell you guys about Anatoly Karpov and Kochnoi, or Gary Kasparov, and Karpov. Their stories are crazy enough to involve murderers, hypnotists and refusal to shake hands... Lol... I only picked fisher because he himself was actually crazy. Fischer was diagnosed with schizophrenia. He refused to defend his title later. He never met Gary, but claimed that he didn't believe the games were real. He claimed they were engine games that were staged. But this was probably because of the paranoia that comes with schizophrenia. I always hope it doesn't get this bad for me. :( Thanks for reading guys. You're awesome.
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My Favorite Childhood Games Hello guys how are you doing? Hope today is going fine for you? Please be careful in this period of busy roads. I got in two bike accidents in the last week, and I'm lucky to be alive I hope you guys are way more careful because I care about you. Today I bring a list of games I loved from childhood. Some of them, I still play, others, I don't. I know most of you won't know a lot of them as done of them are java games played on simbian and Nokia phones in the good old days. Let's get to it. 1 **Chess** It stayed with me till now, and that's why it's at the top. My uncle taught me the basic rules when I was young and he gave me a few tips. He wasn't a very good player himself as I found when I grew older and he couldn't even win a single game against me. But his tips no matter how basic were useful and still valid today nonetheless... First he said to always keep my pieces protected. This was useful in the openings. For example if I'm white and I play 1e4 and my opponent replies with 1e5 and I play 2k3 and my opponent replies with 2kf6, he can't take e4 because of k×e4. So this is a valuable lesson if followed at every possible time. Growing old though, I've found that is okay to leave pieces hanging as long as there's no threat to them. For example 1e4e5 2kf3kc5 is a valid opening that is also very solid. Though e5 is hanging in that nothing is protecting it, if it gets attacked you can protect with kc3 as before or even d3. I won't advise d3 though except the bishop is already on c4. Second thing I remember he told me was to always try to figure what your opponent was doing with each move. So if 1e4 and my opponent responds with kf5, then I should not just play d4 off hand because I want the centre control or something like that. I should try to figure out why my opponent appears to be letting me have what I want. It doesn't take a lot of skill to know kf5 attacks e4. So the best nice to punish kf5 is to push e5 stalking the knight and taking more space in the centre. In your next few moves if you get bishop c5 and d4, you're happy from the opening. Growing up, I mean more recently, I've learnt more chess principles for example, a knight at the rim is dim. If 1e4e5 2ka3 is a very terrible move. In the previous examples, kf3 and kc3 were good moves because the knight controlled more squares, but at a3, it controls only four squares two of which are in your own half of the board. If you compare that knight to an outpost knight on say e5, then you feel like just giving your house and all your possessions to ka3 just to make it happy! Also,I learnt to take the open files and the half open files with my rook. I won't want to go into details here because too many moves and you won't be able to follow me except you're a fire rated player... But if for example, there's a trade on the c file, then that's simply where you want your room rook before your opponent gets the chance to control that square. Chess is an interesting game with a whole culture of is own. It is considered stylish for example to take gambits. So if you want to impress a female chess player, accept a gambit (a gambit is a gift of a piece that improves your opponent in a way that isn't always obvious), and still wipe the floor with your opponent. Also giving gambits is considered pretty cool. So if you sacrifice a queen and mate the opponent's king, you could get a chess girl crushing on you instantly!!! Then, there are several funny concepts like when the queen mates the king herself, then it's called the kiss of death. When there's a fork in which the king and queen are involved, it's called a Royal fork. If the king, queen, and other pieces are involved, then we have a family fork, and usually, it takes a knight to deliver these kinds of deadly forks. If there's a lot of knight movement, we say the players are horsing around. This is definitely the coolest board game ever. I love chess and at m everything about it. It has its own personality and style. And there's chess drama all the time. Just ask those in the chess world. If you can, you should get in it yourself. Thanks for reading guys. You're awesome. Much love.
My Favorite Sitcoms (3) Hello guys. Good morning. Hope you're all doing fine? I'll be doing more of the same today. This will be the final movie in the series. I had to write about this one because it's too awesome to skip. Thanks for always reading my articles.... You're the best...!!! Here we go... 3) **The Big Bang Theory** This is one of the most awesome shows of all time. It even scales up to friends of you ask me. I would still pick friends over it though. The reason I'll pick friends is because I'm simply more attracted to more characters in friends. I Chandler, Joey, Phoebe, and Monica to Sheldon, Leonard, Howard and Raj. This amazing sitcom is based on the life of three geeks and their female friends. I'll get to doing the usual now. I'll narrate the story from the perspective of my characters in order of favoritism. Sheldon Lee Cooper He's the obvious choice. He's highly intelligent, and has real character. It is true indeed that every genius is associated with insanity, and this guy has his fair share of insanity. He is overly childish, hence selfish. There was some autistic type disorder going for him too. He couldn't tell when people were serious from when they were joking. He didn't understand sarcasm, and couldn't even read general facial expressions properly. He always expected things to go his way, and pouted like a child when things didn't. The series is filled with several tantrums by Sheldon. But he's also very intelligent, so he's very witty. He's also very good at pranks. My favorite isn't in the series is when he made his friends think an alien from outer space was getting him through a portal he invented. Like every great hero, Sheldon had several antagonists. The one that really got to him several times in the movie was Barry Kripke. You've got to hand it to this guy. He had a speaking disorder, but was still able to match Sheldon and the gang. He was a huge part of the big bang theory. Rajesh Koothrapali This guy is the obvious second choice. Very handsome, and blessed with an exotic indian accent, my man Raj couldn't speak in front of women for a long time in the series. Raj is the second choice because his character was also well developed. His parents are well to do in india and are super rich. He works in the University but somehow friends more on their money. They are that rich. To a very large extent, Raj is a mummy's boy. He's so in touch with his female side. He knows creams as well as women, knows colors as well as women, watches films associated with women, and even shows emotions like women. Much of the fun with Raj is based on his feminine attitudes. He couldn't also get a girl for a long time because he couldn't even talk to them. But Raj was just lovable, and funny too. Penny A blond from Nebraska who has come to the city to try to earn a living as an actress, penny is unfortunate enough to find herself across the hall from two geeks. Why she's the third on my list is, she handles Sheldon in the sweetest way possible. She's not Sheldon and leonard smart, but kind of street smart. At first, much of the humor was based on her sex life. But with time, the geekiness of the gang rubbed off on her. She remained the sweet one in the gang, and her really flared up at Sheldon despite Sheldon being well,,, Sheldon. She was funny in her own way too, and the series wouldn't have been complete without her. Bernadette Initially we thought she was going to be this sweet, and easy going one because of her voice, but we were soon disabused of the notion. I came to look at her voice as a cloak for the monster within. She's a good person, but can be really really scary. There are two bathrooms in her place of work, and one is left for her alone. It was like this for a really long time and she didn't even know she was supposed to share because no one could stand up to her. She's also smart. She's a microbiologist. She has a Catholic background, hence a church mindset that prevents her from doing somethings and a few funny moments in the series revolve around this. She's on top of Leonard in this list because her character was slightly more developed. Leonard Hofstadter To be honest, he comes right after Raj to me, but it's harder to say why. You sort of just have to watch the movie to understand. He is smart enough to go tow to toe with Sheldon. His mother is even smarter than him. As a child, he struggled to gain acceptance from his mother. The contrast between Sheldon's upbringing and his is hilarious. If you watch the movie, you may even pick him over Raj. If you can, phrase cone and explain to me why he deserves to be up the list as I can't just explain it myself. Howard Wolowitz Originally, before he met Bernadette, this guy couldn't stop thinking of women. He invented a sex robot with university research equipment and was always actively hitting and anything around that wore a skirt. He's really funny too, and smart. He went to space, he's an excellent engineer capable of building almost anything. He's best friend with Raj. Amy Farahfowler I don't really like taking about Amy much because lots of the things that other characters could pull off just looked sad on Amy. Everyone of them didn't have it easy as a child (except Penny). But every time Amy made what was supposed to be a humorous remark about her past, for some weird reason, I just felt genuinely sad. I also feel they should have made her more pretty. That's just my personal thought though. Thanks for reading guys. You're awesome.
My Favorite Sit Coms (2) Hello guys, good morning. I hope you're all doing well. I ask this everyday, and it looks like just routine, but you guys have become like family to me. I don't communicate with my family as well as I do you. So I really do care about your well being. Please do take care of yourselves and stay safe. Today, I bring you a continuation of yesterday's post. Let's get to it. 2) **How I Met Your Mother** This is right up there with friends. It's a story of how Ted met his wife. But he tells this story for nine good seasons!!!! In fact, up till season nine, I personally thought it was a story of how he didn't meet his children's mother lol. But it was hilarious!!! I prefer friends, but if you watch how I met your mother, you may come to pick it over friends. Basically, there are five main characters, and I'll list them in the order I love them. 1 Barney Stinson This guy was just hilarious!!!! There were so many funny things he did and said throughout the movie. For example, he had a habit of saying "I have just one rule", and then stating a rule, and giving the same exemption. I think the exemption to all the rules was "except it's a hot chick" or something along those lines. So one day he said it again "I have just one rule. New is always better" and Ted told him he always has different rules, and he replied and said "no, trust me. It's my oldest rule, that's why it's the best !" He didn't even see the irony!!!! Also, he was just overly sexually promiscuous! He had an opinion on marriage, and simply put, his opinion was to never ever get married or fall in love. He had no shame about his opinion, and in fact, he tried to shame others about taking in love and stuff which was funny because to people in the gang were married. Barney was extremely funny with his acting and he had some good punchlines too. His different methods of picking up girls also contributed to the fun of the movie. He had a made up bible called the bro code. He also had a play book that contained hilarious trucks for picking up women. When you watch it, I dare you not to pick Barney as your favorite... Lol... 2 Ted Mosby He was Barney's friend, and barney kept trying to make him admit he was his best friend even though Ted and Martial had been together for way longer. Ted is smart, intelligent, funny and romantic. He's what is known as a hopeless romantic. He does the goey romantic things. He, at first is Barney's "wingman"which means he helps Barney pickup girls. If you don't pick Barney as your favorite, then I'm almost sure it'll definitely be Ted. He's an architect and lives quite comfortably. But he does share an apartment with Martial initially. He doesn't make as much as Barney though. 3 Robin Sherbatsky She's Canadian. Barney always had a joke about this, and always made fun of her. She's quite the character too. She does behave like a guy at times. Yes was hopelessly in love with her for a huge part of the movie, and she was the reason for baby of Ted's failed relationships. At first you'd think Robin is definitely the mother, but they quickly disabuse you off thr notion as they start referring to her as "your aunt robin". She's also smart and funny. She's attractive and she's a news caster. A few scenes are funny because of her ignorance (like the naked man trick for example). She becomes successful later in the movie. One thing I didn't like was that she didn't end up with Ted who really really wanted her. They did date, but for some reason, they ended the relationship. This didn't stop Ted from loving her though. 4 & 5 Lily and Martial That's the way I think of them. Together. They got married early in the series and were together till the end. They were college lovers and they had this whole romantic soulmate thing going on. Individually, I don't like them as much as the others, but as a couple that great, they equal the others on the list at just about anything. There were episodes based on them together. And whether an episode was based on one of them alone, it airways affected the other in a way that made you feel they were in it together. For example, when Martial was working too much, Lily became so sexually needy because Martial had not been having time for her. They, overall were great together. Thanks for reading guys. You're the best. Maybe I'll do one more tomorrow... The big bang theory is just as funny... Then, there's everybody hates Chris... We'll see what happens... Until then my friends.
A List Of My Favorite Sitcoms 1) **Friends** This is a classic. It has ten epic seasons in it, and it's just worth your time. Every scene is hilarious, and time truly flies when you're watching it. It is centered around the lives of six friends. First, there's Chandler Bing. The funny one. He makes a lot of jokes especially when there's an uncomfortable situation. He's really really funny. He is very good at his job and earns significantly more than the rest at first (except maybe for Ross). He always had problems getting girls even though there's nothing wrong with him apart from the fact that he has low self esteem. Next, there's Joey Tribianni. The not-so-smart guy. Whine Chandler is funny because he tells jokes, Joey is funny because he's not very smart. This guy is a walking meme. He's always clueless. Chandler and Joey would be my personal favorites. They are combined, all sorts of funny. They are roommates in the movie and it's usually fun when they are both in the same scene. Joey gets to be a successful actor later in the movie. Unlike Chandler, he's very good at getting girls despite the fact that he's not so smart. Phoebe Buffay She's high up there to me with Joey and Chandler. She takes the dumb blonde persona, and she's more like Joey because she also not very smart. Needless to say she's my favorite of the girls. I personally think she's super cool. She's the only one that plays the guitar. She's not very good, but at least she tries. She combined with Joey are a different breed of funny. She had a rough childhood, and it's the centre of so many of her clueless jokes. I love phoebe even more because she has a kind heart. Monica Geller A lot of people don't like Monica because she's controlling, but I honestly love the woman. She gets things done and she's extremely competent. And she's low key funny too. She's also very caring. She and Chandler end up together, and I think that is nothing short of perfect. She's a chef and later ends up managing her own restaurant. She's fastidious, and a perfectionist. This is the theme of jokes that revolve around her in the series. When Phoebe doesn't, she mostly takes the motherly figure of the six. Rachel Greene A cute little blonde who has come to the city to live with the gang of five (formerly). She dumps her husband at the altar and runs away from home. She's funny in her own way. She definitely has her moments. While she doesn't scale that high with me, she is still better than my next character. She starts as a waitress, and this is hilarious because she sucks at it. Lol... Sure never gets the order right, says is absolutely the worst waitress ever. This is the center of jokes around her for a while in the series. She does get a job she's good at later though. She gets along the lines of fashion. In all, she's not bad, but she, to me just doesn't compare to Chandler, Joey and phoebe. Ross Geller Don't get me wrong. Ross is not a hundred percent bad. Everyone in the series is cool. But compared to the rest of them, Ross is not so great. He's a paleontologist. And he lives dinosaurs which to me is super cool. But there's a quality to him I just didn't really like. Others may like it, but I just didn't find it as cute. It may be that whole think with his ex wife or something, but I didn't quite like it. In all, friends is a great movie. Easily a ten for me, and I recommend it, so, definitely check it out if you have the time. If you don't have the time, make time for it because it's a must watch. Tomorrow, I'm tell you about my number two. How I met your mother. Thanks for reading guys. You're awesome. Much love.
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My Least Favorite Schizophrenic Symptoms Hello guys, good morning. Hope you all slept well. Please take care of yourselves and if it matters, always know that I care about you. Today, I bring a least favorite list. As you know, I'm schizophrenic, and I've had one major psychotic episode and I've been placed on drugs probably for life. I've had relapses a couple times because I don't always use my drugs, so I know a thing or two about the Symptoms... Today, I'm going to be taking you what's scary and maybe what to watch out for. Hope you guys learn something or even enjoy the read. Note that these symptoms are also for mania (the high side of bipolar affective disorder). Here we go guys. 1) **Insomnia:** First, this isn't really a symptom per say. But it is closely associated, so much so that I just call it a symptom. Everyone who is for some reason would find it impossible to sleep at night. And even when we sleep, it doesn't feel like it. You could sleep for two minutes and feel you've slept for days, and you could sleep for 8 hours, and feel you've not slept at all. Sleep is important because it helps the brain rest, so if you're not sleeping, it's a really bad sign. Your brain is unable to delete all the useless information you've taken in during the day. Normally, before the episodes, I never liked sleep. I always thought it was a waste of precious time. I normally would read throughout the night, and play games too, or even watch movies. But the time I had my first episode, I didn't sleep for days, or even weeks. But since I didn't care about sleep, I was very happy I couldn't sleep, so I played games throughout and did my normal nocturnal activities. Little did I know something big was coming. 2) **Nightmares** On the occasion you do manage to sleep, the nightmares are there to show you it's a bad idea. Nightmares aren't such big deals, but in my case, it is usually so intense that I wake up choking. In there most terrible ones, I would be dreaming within a dream, so when I wake up in the first dream, something bad is happening in the next dream, and I probably get shot with a gun, and I struggle to wake up in real life, and I choke continuously... Really really terrible. 3) **Intense Fear** Now, when people have nightmares, they become afraid, but it's extremely heightened with schizophrenia. When you're on even a bicycle, you feel you could die because you're driving too fast. Everything looks terrible to you. You're afraid to use the shower because you could drown. You just want to lie in bed all day long and even then, you're still afraid the end of the world is here. 4) **Eiphoria** The world would look so beautiful, so white, and you think you've died and gone to heaven. The trees and the grasses would be so green, and fresh, you'd know it's all too good to be true. This just adds to the intense Fear. 5) **Paranoia** I was afraid someone was out to get me. I just believed I was going to die for some reason. Everything was related, and it felt unnatural, so I just thought someone was trying to kill me. 6 and 7) **incoherent speech and impaired thinking** This is stated from the point of view of those observing. They see that you just keep saying a lot of nonsense nonstop. But as someone who has experienced this, let me tell you what is like from my perspective. I was thinking so fast that my mouth couldn't keep up. I was in my own mind, connecting a lot of dots. My brain was extremely hyper active. Imagine trying to describe the road to your house and then there are so many descriptions coming to your mind and you're having so many epiphanies on the spot that you in the end fail to describe the road but start several small descriptions you never end. Now imagine that you do that all day!!! I kept jumping from topic to topic because I was simply "calculating" (for lack of a better word) too many things at once and saying was what I was thinking. 8) **High energy** You expend a lot of energy. You get so hyper, that the resulting end is extreme tiredness, and you'll not even be able to sleep. 9) **The thought that you're someone else** This is the one I find the most embarrassing, so much so that I'm not going to say much about it. But I'll mention that whatever character you think you are, it'll be someone that would be persecuted in the moment or the future. That would be all guys. Thanks for always being with me through my lists. Hopefully, you learn a thing or two, or at least enjoy the list... Much love from me to you...
My Favorite Fantasy Novels (2) Good morning guys. How are you doing? Hope you all slept well. Thanks for always being supportive. I really appreciate it. Today, I summarize a second novel that'll always be worthy of mention when it comes to fantasy... 2) **Harry Potter** Every year, I finish the seven books of Harry Potter. It has become something of a tradition to me. I know all the world in Harry Potter and what they do. I find it that interesting. In the beginning, they introduce the Dursleys -Harry's wicked Uncle and Aunt, and their son. Harry is shown to live in the basement. We learn that he is peaceful, but things happen whenever he gets angry. He is about ten years old at the moment but he has no clue that he's a potentially powerful wizard. Let me start at the very beginning though... There's a cat outside in this particular day and we find that is professor Mcgonagall. She has the ability to change form. There are people all over the place wearing strange clothes and Mr Dursley is too happy to notice them. But the wizards a happy because Voldemort is defeated thanks to Harry Potter and his parents. He lost his parents that night though. He was still a baby and Voldemort wanted to kill him. But his mother's love protected him, and instead he got a scar. Now back to him being ten. There was one time he went to the zoo and Dudley his cousin was being naughty. He pushed Harry Potter, and magically, Dudley ended up in a snake's cage, and we see Harry talking to the snake. I'm book one, Hagrid comes to pick up Harry despite his Uncle's refusal to let him go. Harry gets to the school of wizardry called Hogwarts, and it's wonderful there. He makes friends with Ron and Hermione. He discovers he's great at quidditch (wizard ball played with broomsticks on the air). He wins the game for his house (Gryffindor) in book one. There are four houses and they are known for different things. 1 Gryffindor: this is Harry's house, and they are brave and powerful. His friends - Ron and Hermione- are here too. 2 Slitherin: Malfoy's house. The antagonists are in this house. They are wicked and very powerful. 3) Ravenclaw: they are smart in this house. 4 Hufflepuff: they are not as powerful or smart, but they are loyal. In the book one, Harry solves a mystery involving the philosopher's stone. A stone that could make you immortal. He finds that Voldemort isn't dead and plans to come back through any possible means. In book two (the prisoner of Azkaban), Sirius black, Harry's godfather was framed for being on Voldemort's side in the first war, but Harry helps prove that he was innocent. Harry also gets a nimbus 2000. The fastest brin at the time. In book three (the chamber of secrets), Harry defeats the snake-like creature that could petrify and kill with just eye contact. In book four (the goblet of fire). Voldemort returns in the middle of an inter school competition. For the remaining part of things Harry and the wizard world try to defeat Voldemort and his minions. The remaining books are: The half blood prince (props to professor Snape). The order of phoenix (this is an organization created by Dumbledore. It consists of his most trusted wizards, and professor snape is there too.) The deathly hallows (Harry defeats Voldemort after a long struggle. A lot of people die, so I feel a little sad at the end, but it's a really happy ending. Harry marries Ginny Wesley and they have two children and they also want to be in Griffindor). I think I messed up the order of the books though. But I remember very clearly what happened in each of them. If I ever physically meet any of you guys, you can be sure I'll describe my favorite duel to you. That's the duel between Voldemort and Dumbledore himself. The movies didn't do it justice at all. Even if that's the only part you read, you'll see how badly movies do compared to books... I mean in the books, things were just happening on their own the moment Dumbledore entered the ministry. Harry was getting pummeled by Belatrix and a statue just came and picked up Harry, and one other statue held Belatrix. Voldemort cast a spell at Dumbledore who was just casually strolling to meet Voldemort, and a statue took the first one, Voldemort cast another spell and Dumbledore didn't even appear to know he was in a fight because he just kept strolling, and his phoenix took the second shot. Now, when Dumbledore would casually flick his wand, he have Voldemort beg for death. Very interesting duel. While I didn't mention him in this write up (I did in the list of my favorite fictional characters), he is too me, the god of the Harry Potter verse. Thanks for reading guys. I appreciate the comments and the upvotes and everything you do to show you care... I love you all....
My Favorite Fantasy Novels (1) Hello guys. Good morning. How was your night? Hope everything is going well with you? I'm okay, thanks. Today, I bring you a list of my favorite Fantasy novels. You know I love novels. And I love Fantasy, and comedy. I don't like sad stuff very much. Today I'll summarize the novels I think about when I think about fantasy novels. Enjoy. 1) **The rift war saga** This a novel by a great author called Raymond E Feist. The story contains different worlds. The main world is midkemia which is similar to our own earth. The kingdom of Isis is the main focus. In the beginning, another world invades midkemia. In midkemia, there are different races. We have the elves in elvandar, the dwarves, men, the goblins and the dark elves called the mordhel. So the other world is called tsuranaunni. They are more advanced in magic than midkemia. They capture one of the main characters in the beginning. The two characters are pug. Pug was just a kitchen boy learning to be a magician under kulgan, a court magician. Magicians on midkemia can't cast magic without magical objects. Somehow, pug has managed to on two occasions even though he didn't show much promise initially. He defeated two trolls the first time he did it unconsciously, and the second time, it was cast against a friend when he was attacked by him. Pug's friend called Tomas was learning to be a swords man. But the invasion congress, and pug is captured. On the other world, pug is taken as a slave, and it is discovered by the great ones (the higher magicians there that pug has potential to learn the magic of the greater path (as against the lesser path which is common on midkemia). They take him for rigorous training. I'm trying to cut the story short so I'll skip many many large details. So this is by no means even a summary. Then Tomas on the other hand, inherits the ancient powers of the valheru -the dragon lords who were gods before the gods. He in instrumental in every victory for the dwarves. At the end of book one (magician is the title), we discover that macros the black is responsible for Tomas's power, and with his help, the rift that enables the invasion is closed. Pug is back to his home world. Book two is called silverthorn. The nighthawks - a deadly guild of assassins - poison Anita -Arutha the prince's wife. So they all go on a quest to moraelin to look for a cure called silverthorn. The journey is adventurous as they encounter different dangers. Pug is not very active in this book as he's on stardock training magicians on this world now. Pug's other name from the other world is Milamber. The nighthawks have the ability to come back to life, so they have to cut it their hearts else, they'll not stay dead. In book three is (to me) where things get really really good. We know more about Macros the black, there's riding on dragons, we find out more about Ashen Sugar (the ancient valheru Tomas is merged with), we know more about the deeds of the ancient dragon lords. The dragon lords were the gods before the gods. They rode their dragons everywhere conquering different worlds. Tomas in the time of need summons a dragon called Ryath, daughter of Ruagh the first dragon that kept the armour that have him his powers. The dragons are extremely powerful as they are the only ones that can traverse worlds without rifts. Pug and Tomas reunite and go and save Macros from an interesting prison fashioned by the valheru. We discover Macros can see the future, and is immortal. Pug gains power almost equal to Macros's at the end, but can't see the future, so essentially, he's immortal. This is the roughest summary I've ever given, but I hope I was able to mention some of the things that would give you pointers as to why I love fantasy novels. Thanks for being awesome as usual. If you have any specific questions about any of the characters, feel free to ask. You're truly awesome, thanks for reading..
My Favorite Law Of Power Hello guys. Good morning. Hope you had a great night? I slept a bit better today, but I had a nightmare. I think it's just because of my leg though... Nothing serious. Today, I bring you something from a book called the 48 laws of power by Robert Greene. It's an amoral book that cares only about achieving absolute power in whatever field you are. I won't take them too seriously if you don't want people to tag you as "bad" or "power hungry" though. While I don't live too much by the rules, I definitely love some of the laws, maybe because of the stories. The author draws stories from history, and today, I'm going to tell stories from the book the way I tell them in real life when I'm having a conversation with a friend. Enjoy guys. **Court Attention At All Cost** This law simply makes you aware that attention is all that matters no matter how you get it. It says "there is no bad publicity". It tells stories I like so much of P.T. Barnum. It starts at first with when he was still working under someone (I'm not sure about the name, but I'll call him Aaron coz that's what I always use). Aaron was a circus manager, and Barnum was his assistant. So they had a show later in the evening in a small town. PT Barnum on Aaron's suggestion decided to take a stroll in his suit and shoes. After a while, he noticed that people were following him. They wanted to stone him to death as they thought he was a certain pastor that had committed a crime but had been set free by the court. After a lot of supplications from Barnum, they followed him to the circus to verify who he was. The manager confirmed his identity, but Barnum was still visibly shaken. He then told Barnum to pull himself together and revealed that he was in fact the one that started the rumor. Barnum asked why, but the manager simply responded that he would see. That night, the circus was overflowing with people. This singular event changed Barnum for life. He would take these lesson to the extreme. Barnum at some point decided to start a museum that was nothing but a collection of oddities. While the museum was young, he saw a beggar on the street that asked him for alms. He decided instead to employ the beggar. He gave the beggar about five bricks and had him arrange them from a certain point in the city to and fro for a while while also giving him a set of rules to make it dramatic (for example, always have two in your hand at all times etc). Anyways as Barnum expected, people were gathering to see what the man was up to, and at the designated time, people followed him into the museum when the arrangement got to the museum. After the third day of this, there was so much traffic in the area that the police had to stop the man. Barnum would put a sign at the back of the museum that says "free music for the masses", but would make sure to employ all the worst musicians in town. As soon as the loud music started, it would be so horrible that the crowd would have to run into the museum to escape the noise. lol... I love Barnum!!! There was a time he was scammed. The head of a Chinese fish and the body of a Russian monkey were pieced together in Japan (the countries are probably not accurate, but enjoy the story please (: ) , and sold to Barnum as a mermaid. Barnum found out that he was filled dupped but he found a way around the situation. He took pictures of disney mermaids and sent it to different media outlets and told them he had a mermaid. Now, at this point, Barnum was the trash of the town as different media always had something bad to say about him. So any potential hoax he was pulling off was going to spread like wild fire. The effect of the last act was that people would come from all over the world and may not even take a look at the "mermaid". They came for different related reasons. Professors may come for example just to hear archaeologists talk about the possibility of it. Most people hadn't even heard of mermaids before then! There are many more PT Barnum stories reach over just so hilarious. There's one involving a dwarf that even took him to the queen herself!! He was just great at getting attention, but as long as people kept coming to his museum, Mr Barnum was very fine. I think he was the one that said this "there's no bad publicity as every publicity gives you a quota of renown". Basically, he's saying even bad publicity makes you more popular so it makes up for it. There are other laws I love too like "Court the attention of all, but do not commit to any". For this law, he uses says "give hope to all, but satisfaction to none". He tells stories about the virgin queen of England and how she would court all the powerful king's sons around England, and would not marry any. Another law I love so much is "your reputation is your life, guard it". It's a simple law, but with impressive results. Thanks for reading guys. If you've read this book, please feel free to tell your favorite stories from it. You're the best guys...
My Favorite Animals (Mythical) Hello guys. Good morning. Yesterday was hectic for me. I played from 10 till 6 o clock and I got paid 3000 naira (less than $6). I just got home and crashed. I didn't feel I'll ever want to get up again because I was really tired. And my leg still hurts, but I'm using some drugs now, and I think they are helping. Overall, I'm better this morning. Today, I bring you a list of my favorite fictional animals. If there's any animal you prefer to the ones I have here, feel free to let me know why... Thanks for being ever so supportive guys. I love you all... 1) **The Phoenix** These creatures are just my favorite. There are many myths about them. It was said in the Harry Potter verse that their tears could cure why injury. Normally, we know that when they die, they are reborn from their ashes. To me, they are noble creatures. In some myths, they can shape shift. They can completely burn anything with a single touch. They are invulnerable. Almost impossible to kill. They can control fire. They are immortal as they never fully die. And when they grow old, they build a nest for themselves, die in a fire of their own making, and rise again from the ashes. They, in some cases are near omnipotent. They are extremely durable. They can carry extremely heavy things. They could withstand shots to the chest without feeling it. In the very rare event that they get injured, they could simply regenerate the injured part. 2) **Dragons** They are truly majestic beasts. The only reason I put them as second to the phoenix is because they sometimes take the role of the antagonist which is rare for the phoenix. Dragons in different writings have had different shapes. Essentially, they are long snakes with scales and wings. They are extremely large. Depending on the writing, they could be as large as several buildings. They are known to shoot out fire from their mouths. One of my earlier memories of dragons was in a simbian game called ancient empires. It was about two brothers Valamer, and Galadorn. They ruled a kingdom together and they fought against seth... Good old days... It was a strategy game, and one of the armies you could have were dragons... They were easily the most powerful in the game. Dragons are extremely durable. Almost nothing can kill them. They could be immortal depending on the story. Add long as nothing kills them, they could easily live forever. I'm some stories like in the REF verse, they could shape shif also. They can cast magic like no man's business. They could also be nigh omnipotent. Needless to say they can fly too. They can traverse worlds it normally would be impossible to scale. They have perfect sense of direction too. They can't get lost. Just out of curiosity, if you asked me who would win in a fight between a phoenix and a dragon, then the answer I would give you is "what author's dragon, and what author's phoenix?". But based on everything we've come to attribute to them, here's my verdict Durability: both of them are equal. Super strength: I'll say equal to be fair, but I think it is usually more prominent with phoenixes Super speed: phoenixes are the fastest known creatures. But dragons wouldn't be much slower though Immortality: in the event that both of them are fatally injured, I think the phoenix has my vote here as a result of being able to be reborn from it's ashes. Overall, I think the phoenix defeats the dragon after an extremely long fight. In fact, the perfect end is that they both die at the end of the fight in a huge inferno, but the phoenix slowly gets reborn from it's ashes. If you have any contrary answers, please let me know. Honorable mentions: golems, sirens, minotaurs, gryphons, Arachne, gorgon's... Thanks for reading guys. If there's an interesting list you'll want me to make, please let me know... Much much love...
My Favorite Animals (Pets) Hello guys. How are you today? Hope you all slept well. I had a minor bike accident yesterday. I hope I'll stop limping soon. Walking is a bit painful for now... I had a cut from the blunt force of the car that hit me, but otherwise, I'm fine. Yesterday, a friend asked me to do a list of my favorite animals. And that's what I'll be doing today. I'll do real animals today, and maybe I'll do extinct and mythical animals tomorrow. If there's any list you'd like me to make again, please feel free to let me know. Enjoy. 1) **Cats** Cute, shy and clean summarizes cats. I love the attribute of cleanliness, that's why I'm putting them on top of the list. When I was young, I learnt that if they wanted to deficate, they would dig a hole in sand, and when they are done, they'll cover it back with sand. This explains why it is hard to see cat excrement just lying about littering everywhere. Also, they are extremely cute... Usually. They just make you want to rub their fur and caress them all day long. They are also good to have around to chase rats away. They feast on rats, so they serve as natural control. Sometimes they chase rats just for fun though. I once had a cat who wouldn't eat anything apart from fish, so he killed a rat once and just left it there... Yes, they can be bosses like that. Generally, cats are great pets to have around. There are superstitions surrounding them in these parts of the world, but as someone who has personally had them around, I can almost 120% guarantee you that they are harmless. One last thing about cats you may want to know. If you keep your cats inside and you don't like your pets going outside, you should get a big box full of sand. Keep it in the same spot everytime. The cat would go there, dig it and pass excrement, and cover it back. Change the sand as often as you need to. That way, you keep your cat inside, and your house remains neat. 2) **Dogs** This one is sort of obvious. The words are "loyal and useful". In the old days, dogs could be sent to the market with a bag on the back. As soon as the person selling recognized the dog, he would take the money in the bag, and put the goods inside it. You can train dogs to do almost anything. In fact, they are probably my personal favorite pets. I only put cats on top because dogs aren't as clean. Dogs are good as security and they are fun to be with. They could play fetch with you and make you happy. They are very loyal creatures. I had a dog once that never let it's good cool before wolfing it down. Or was a rottweiler... I miss that dog. They are also more intelligent than they seem. They could urinate at every junction just so they could sniff their way back home. They never get lost. They have perfect sense of smell, and this also makes them useful for hunting. Dogs are just awesome!!! 3) **Monkeys** These are intelligent creatures. They are not always cute, but they are guaranteed to always be fun. They can be cunning and full of tricks too. They almost always throw they're feces at you when they aren't pleased. But their high intelligence makes them good for circus acts. Monkeys have been seen juggling, kicking balls, and other fun stuff. They can stand and walk while the owner holds them. They also come in different colors too. Some are black, some are brown. They are really cool creatures. I have never really owned one, but I've had friends that have. I hear that they can also help with security too. If they don't know you, you should beware of their nails. They are really sharp. Thanks for reading guys. I know this was a bit less exciting than usual, but it's coz real life is a lot less exciting than comics and cartoons... Lol. I'll resume my fictional content soon... Much love from me to you. Thanks again.
Stalker... Hello guys. Hope you're all doing fine. I once mentioned my girlfriend, and how nice she is to me. Well, she's a writer, and she'd been offering to write an article for me here, but I always didn't want to bother her. So today I bring you an original she wrote. Hope you guys have a good read... He was tall, she could tell from the way his shadow seemed to catch up with her at night. Sometimes when he got close enough, she swore she could catch a hint of lavender musk. She called it the scent of anxiety because her heart would start racing whenever she perceived it. She had felt his presence everywhere and on several occasions, she caught a glimpse of his face. It was disappointing how good he looked. It had been a year since she made a formal complaint with nothing to show for it. For the first time, Oluchi managed to get to the restaurant before Buchi, her new boyfriend. She smiled to herself knowing that Buchi would be pleasantly surprised to see her there already. She took a seat in the corner, scrolling through her phone to pass the time when she noticed it; the faint scent of lavender musk. He had never followed her into an indoor space before. Beads of sweat dropped from her forehead and she felt a pit in her stomach. She clutched her phone tightly in her hands and slowly, she looked around. It wasn't long before she saw the tall man walking purposefully towards her. "Good evening Oluchi, my Olly." he started as he got to her seat. Oluchi looked at him with furrowed brows. As she made to speak, he continued, cutting her off. "Please, don't say anything till I'm done. I've rehearsed this speech for several hours and I want to say what's on my mind before I'm unable to," he said as he picked up her glass of water and drank it in one full gulp. "You see Olly, I'll keep this short. It's over between us. We can't keep doing this to ourselves." "What? What are you talking about?" Oluchi yelled as she pushed her chair away from him and held her phone tightly. "I know how we feel about each other but it's time to let go. I have found someone else and I know you've been seeing another man too." "Are you mad? What the hell is this?" Oluchi yelled as she stood up from her seat and backed away. "My ever feisty Olly," he said with a calm smile, trying to reach for her hand. "Don't touch me!" she smacked his hand and started dialling on her phone, "Who the hell are you?" With a smile, he apologised, "Forgive me my love, I forgot we never had a formal introduction. Although, if you truly cared about me, you should have known. My name is Kene. I like the new toothbrush you got us by the way, it's softer than the last one." That would be all guys. Thanks for reading. If you didn't get the story, then you should look at the title again. (: Also, the behaviors exhibited in the story is probably something along the lines of anti social personality disorder, but if I'm wrong, or you know the specific type, do let me know... If you still don't get the story, no biggie because I needed a few pointers myself before I got it... Feel free to ask any questions concerning what's confusing you... Tomorrow, I'll probably continue with my list. Maybe it's going to be a list of my top favorite extinct animals, who knows??? If you like the lists I make and you want me to do that predominantly, please let me know. If you want a mixture with that kind of content appearing just add much as others, please let me know too... If there's a specific list you'd have me write,,, also let me know... I love you guys... Thanks for always being awesome...
My Favorite Greek Gods (Basedased On Rick Riordan's Works) Hello guys how are you this morning? Hope you all slept well. Thanks for reading my articles and commenting. Words cannot express what you all been to me. Today I bring you another list of my personal favorites. It's a list of the greek gods I fancy. It is largely based on the works of Rick Riordan which in turn is based largely on the actual greek myth. Owing to the fact that in the past, done petite haven't been able to follow up what I'm writing on, I have have decided to give a little back story this time... In the beginning, long long ago, when time was not and naught, Chaos -the primordial before the primordials- floated around the milky way. Parts of his essence touched the sky, creating the first primordial called Ouranos. It also spilled on the earth creating the mighty Gaia. So the two primordials did the natural thing and fell in love. Together, they procreated and birthed the titans. There was a while drama I'm not going to dive too much into because I have to get to my list, but I'll give the short story about the titans coz it's a bit important. They Earth and sky gave birth to (not in this order and just off the top of my head) Oceanus, krios, kois, hyperion, leto, Atlas, and of course, Kronos. He was brutal to his other children (the giants and the hundred handed ones, and the cyclops too...). Locked them down in tartarus mostly. The children grew close to their mum and ended up looking their dad. Kronos, the youngest and most power hungry led the entire affair, and personally delivered the killing blow with his scythe. They cut him into many pieces, but just as they were doing this, he cursed Kronos, and told him his children would kill him too. Fast forward a bit. Kronos married Rhea. They start having children (the gods) in this order Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. And guess what guys... He swallows them in that order. But there's a twist. When it's time for him to swallow Zeus, Rhea gives him a stone instead, she hides Zeus with Leto. With the powers of the earth on their side, and the help of some nymphs, they are savior to raise Zeus to be a fine man. He goes to the castle one day, when he's strong enough. He poses as an entertainer, and poisons Kronos's wine with something to make him barf up his children. So the last gods to go in were the first to come out. That's why I'm greek myth, Zeus is the oldest, followed by Poseidon and followed by Hades according to how they were barfed up. There was a long war, and in the end mount olympus overcame mount othrys... The gods won the war. Amnesty of sorts were given to the more peaceful titans like the infamous prometheus (the titan who loved humans and have them fire. He was punished heavily by Zeus for this though). Now, the era of the gods was cool. They taught humans to be good, and have good humane qualities. It was common place for Zeus to disguise as common man, and ask for alms, and if you proved you were good and kind, he rewarded you greatly. If otherwise then death would be the most merciful fate you'll get because he's most likely to come at you very heavily with all the might of olympus. Also, the gods were addicted womanizers, so occasionally, they would have demigod children. Anyways, I'm going to get to the list now. **Poseidon** This is to me the coolest god there is. He's the replacement for Oceanus the titan of sea. Poseidon was revered because he was a direct descendant of Kronos just like Zeus and Hades. The three of them were the most powerful of the gods, and they -mostly Zeus-birthed the other gods. Poseidon's might was feared and tales were told a lot by seamen and pirates. Anything that can scare a pirate must be really scary. His demigod children are why I chose him. They could control large bodies of water, create tornadoes, talk to water creatures, get perfect bearing in the ocean without a compass, survive at depths impossible for even submarines to reach, and they could even create bubbles in water enabling someone else to stay under water for as long as they wanted .... Based on demigod children Poseidon is definitely the coolest. I didn't even mention that sometimes they could shape shift and he was already that cool... **Hades** The god of the underworld had a hat made of pure terror. Everywhere he went people could did from pure horror... His children could raise the dead to fight for him, cause earthquakes and could basically do necromancy type stuff... You know... Talk to the dead, sense a death, and all the other cool death related stuff... Honorable mentions include Zeus (his children had lightning and flight), Apollo's and Artemis (the archer twins... Gods of the sun and moon respectively), Aphrodite (who's children could make you do what they wanted) Athena(who's currently were smart)... **Hephaestus** The ugliest of the gods was renowned for making the most powerful weapons of the gods... His children could withstand fire as a result of they father being the god of the forge. They were also excellent engineers... Could build anything at all. They were great technicians. That's my list guys. I didn't get to talk much about the personality of the gods. Maybe I'll do that sometimes soon. If you have any questions, feel free to ask... I love you all... You're awesome!!!
My Favorite Historical Characters Hello guys. How are you doing? How everything is well with you. Thanks for always reading my articles, and commenting, and riping, and upvoting, and everything else you do to show you care. You're the best guys!!! Today, I bring you more of the same except that these people are very real. Legends in their various fields. I would present what makes them my favorite and against what makes them special. My favorites must have interesting stories. As usual, I'll talk a lot about the first person. Here we go guys... **Albert Einstein** I'm sure you've all heard of this guy. As far as I can tell, he was Jewish. But I know he had something to do with Germany (maybe he could only speak out though), and USA... I'm not going to say too much about his works. I'm going to say more of what makes him interesting to me. First and foremost, in my mind, the guy is the most brilliant scientist ever!!! His works speak of such genius. Usually, physics is about physical quantities. So if you weigh 8kg, and your brother weighs 9kg, then both of you weigh 17 if you both stand on one scale. But this guy came up with a series of equations (differential equations) that don't follow that principle at all. I'm not expert, but I think it's something about the nature of the equations such that when I've value is plugged into one of his differentials, the next equation is affected, so that they don't add up in the end... There are sixteen of these equations... Lol... They sum up to the popular E=mc². I'm not going to dwell too much on these things because it gets crazy. For example, my man finds a way to tell you gravity isn't real. He finds a way to mathematically convince you that light doesn't travel in a straight line... He invents a word for the path light travels in and says it's a "geodesic"... Lots of crazy stuff implied by the math this genius comes up with... Maybe I'll write more about him sometime... Now, to the good stuff... They say to every genius, there's a touch of insanity. This man was borderline crazy. I'm surprised he was never diagnosed!!! I'm going to tell you the stories I heard about him in the way I often tell them. I tell them in the just interesting way possible... First story Einstein's wife used to ask him to dress properly. If you've ever seen a picture of Einstein, you know you won't love his hair and dress much. But he would always say "I'm going to my office, everyone knows me, my dressing didn't matter, I'm Einstein..." So he would not dress properly. One day, he had a talk somewhere far away, and he was again asked to dress well but this time he replied "where I'm going, no one knows me, so it really doesn't matter". My take from that is "either they know me, or they don't know me, my dressing well doesn't matter because I'm Einstein"... Just hilarious Second story (brilliancy is contagious) His driver had gone to many of his talks on relativity with him. So his driver approached Einstein and told him "I can deliver your talks better than you " Einstein chuckled and said nothing. But the driver got his chance the following week. Einstein took his word for it and asked his driver to go give the talk instead of him. Einstein decided to rest at the back. Truly, the driver did an a job, and gave the speech brilliantly and confidently. So, the end came where he was supposed to answer questions. Now giving a talk you've heard several times isn't much. But you'll see where the brilliancy was soon. He answered must of the first few questions which were easy. So a lady got up and asked a hard one, and the driver without skipping a beat said "this question is so simple, even my driver can answer it!". So he called Einstein, and Einstein answered it like a proper academic. The effect was that no hands can't up to ask any questions again. Imagine a driver understanding more than a bunch of professors!!!! No one simply wanted to face that embarrassment again. I think handling the situation in such a battery was the proof that Einstein's driver had truly gotten brilliant too. P.S: in those days, Einstein was known by name not by face. Story three... Einstein was on a train and after the train took off, they were asking for the tickets from the passengers. So, naturally they approached Einstein too. But by a stroke of luck, the person collecting the tickets recognized Einstein after a few seconds of Einstein struggling to find his ticket. So he went "aren't you Einstein??? Don't worry about the ticket I know who you are!!!" So he left. When he got back, he saw Einstein furiously searching now. So he told him "I told you I knew who you were, really, don't bother". Einstein retorted "yes, I know who I am too, but I don't know where I'm going!" There are lots of stories... It's crazy already, and I didn't tell you about when he forgot the way to his house, and when he said his most brilliant discovery was being able to boil egg and stew together... The read is lengthy already... I'll probably continue with two other characters tomorrow... Or I'll write something else. Let me know what you want... Thanks for reading guys. I love you all...
My Favorite Naruto Characters Hello guys. Hope you're all well? It's been crazy for me here. Today is seventh of December and I've not been paid for November. But I'll survive, don't worry about me. I have a great protector, and I'm his number one fan. Wink wink @Lucifer01 ... Today, I talk about my favorite characters in the naruto verse. Hope you enjoy the read. Here we go. 1) **Uzumaki Naruto** I really don't care that he's the main character so many people would think it's cliche. I don't care because the guy has worked too hard not to be anyone's favorite. What else could you want from a character that you won't find in Naruto? I want my characters funny, Naruto is extremely funny. I want them dumb a little, Naruto is extremely dumb. I want them very smart, while must people didn't notice, Naruto is extremely smart (did you watch his fight with pain?). I want my characters powerful (Naruto was over powered). For those that looks their characters being less powerful than done some others, so the film won't be boring to them, then, yes, there were people who could over power him. I love my characters having depth. Uzumaki Naruto is deep. I love my characters having a rich back story. He has an extremely rich backstory. I want to be able to have sentimental attachments to my characters, you only need the first few minutes in an episode to like Naruto of you'll be perfectly honest with yourself. Naruto's story is intriguing so I'll narrate a little of it. Sired by the great ninja Minato, Naruto has been orphaned for as long as he can remember. His Dad sacrificed his life to save his village -the land of fire-from the nine tailed fox demon. But the act came at a great cost. He died in the process, and he defeated the demon only by sealing it in his own son. This was going to change Naruto's life forever. Naruto grew up being avoided by his mates because their parents said to avoid him. This just went to show how ungrateful people could be. They didn't even get to know the kid and they just saw the demon in him. They had forgotten that the demon in him was a testament to what was probably the greatest act of heroism ever. He failed at ninja school for years. He was always pranking the village just to get attention. Poor kid. He was goofy and dumb on the surface. Couldn't create shadow clone which was basic to ninjas. He would goof at this task creating dead clones if any at all. But you could always see the potential in him if you liked closely. First, it takes a lot of smart to remain good and kind at heart despite unfair treatment from pretty much everybody. Naruto never hated his mates. He had a perfect understanding of what was right and wrong with respect to his verse. Now to pure smarts. He stole a forbidden scroll from the Kage's office. He also learnt a forbidden technique with relative ease. While he couldn't relate with Missy people on an intellectual level, he found some ways to accomplish goals. He looked at everything differently. He wasn't dull at all... He was just a different kind of smart. You remember the "rashengan"? He couldn't explain it later when he tried to teach it because some things came naturally to him and he viewed the process very differently. He would later try to explain it the way it came to him by saying stuff like (not these exact sound, but something like it) "gya, then pow!!". Then, in battle, he had a very unique approach. His name plans were never based on raw power alone. You would see throughout the movie Naruto using tricks... Entering the ground, using distraction tactics, or creating a sexy jutsu when one is expecting the power of millions of exploding sun. No... Naruto was extremely smart. Needless toSay he was extremely powerful. He worked extremely hard. He worked tirelessly to be the strongest... To be kage. He deserved that and much more in my opinion. Naruto is the obvious choice when you come to the Naruto verse. Some of his powers include: Rasengan: he uses the wind element to create a ball of attack. He would keep expanding on this technique throughout his development creating giant rasengans, rasenshurikens, planetary rasenshurikens,. Etc. He had earth powers too: he demonstrated the ability to use the element later in the series. Flight Shadow clones: if you like a good never give up story, then you'll find it in Naruto's shadow clones. He couldn't make one to save his life initially, but later he couldn't stop himself from creating an army of clones. Chakra control: he worked really hard on this one. Could walk on water, burst water balloons with chakra, and whatnot. Demon cloak: remember why they hated him??? Yeah... That demon became a source of strength, and he could harness the chakra of the demon to cloak himself as a defence. Tailed beast bomb: tailed beast bomb is an overly destructive power that lives up to it's name. Skinniest nothing could stand one without getting the impact. He had a bunch of other powers, but one that is highly respected and vaunted is THE ABILITY TO TALK SENSE INTO ANYONE... ANYBODY AT ALL: He never failed to talk sense into you once he had an opening. A lot of powerful characters would fall into the list of people he "fixed". Some are Obito, Nagato, and even Sasuke!!! Naruto is simply the best 2 **Jiraiya** I'm not going to say much about the road sage of mount Myoboku. He's to me, just the same Naruto kind of awesome. Powerful, smart, dumb... The whole package. Jiraiya is one of the three legendary sanin which is a big deal in the Naruto verse. They were famous. Thru were also very knowledgeable so much so that they could another immortality if they wanted. Jiraiya died a hero's death. His death is to a lot of people the must painful. Just as painful as Minato's. His powers included Chakra fueled hair: his hair was one of the most deadly weapons in the verse. He fueled the hair with chakra and they could be stronger than steel. He could kill by piercing with his hair. He could also sense what was going on around him which is useful for fighting against genjutsu. Rasengans: Minato came up with this technique, but Jiraiya was also comfortable pulling it off. Summoning jutsu: almost everyone could summon. But none could do it to the lengths Jiraiya did it. He could summon and bind like no man's business. **Honorable mentions:** Itachi, Lord third, Tsunade, Sakura, Hinata, Granny Chiyo, Gaara, Orochimaru, killer bee, Ay, Obito, Nagato...These are some fan favorites and deserved to be mentioned for one reason or another. Now to the last on my list.... **3 Minato** Imagine that I've talked about two characters, and both times I couldn't help mentioning minato. He's obviously supposed to make the list. People think his presence in the last war would have made a huge difference (he and Jiraiya both). He is a true hero, and definitely worthy to be called Naruto's dad. He was regarded as the yellow flash because of the ability to teleport. This was his unique power (this, and rasengan at the time). Minato is truly awesome. Hope you guys enjoyed this... Even if you never saw Naruto... You guys are awesome... Thanks for reading...
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My Favorite Superheroes (Marvel) Hello guys. Hope you're doing very great? I think I'm doing very fine despite not sleeping for more than two hours tonight. I used my drugs though (just in case you were wondering), so I won't be relapsing any time soon (I hope). Today's post is a list of my top favorite Superheroes in the marvel universe. Enjoy my friends. **Thor:** A son of the all father Odin, and the earth mother Gaea, Thor is undoubtedly the choice when you come to marvel. In crossovers, he's one that goes toe to toe with superman. He wields one of marvel's most powerful weapons -a hammer called - mjolnir. Thor is based on norse mythology. In the original myth, thor was just stronger than the other gods, and was one of the few that were able to lift the hammer. But in the comics, the all father and no less put an enchantment on the hammer and the exact words are "whosoever holds this hammer, if they be worthy shall posses the power of Thor". Basically, not just anyone can lift the hammer. But over the years, some people have proven they are worthy. A few examples would be superman (they aren't in the same universe, but occasionally, there are crossovers), wonder woman, captain America, etc. Once in a while, when there's great need, the all father lifts the curse temporarily for some people to wield it. Thor is ancient and wise. He has experience in combats. He, like superman is extremely noble. He is the greatest protector of the nine realms. Some of his powers include: **Flight**: Thor uses his hammer to fly mostly, but at some point, Dr Strange helped merge his hammer's life force with his so that he would be able to use the powers as long (as a reasonable fragment of it was left) without necessarily holding it. He can fly multiple times faster than light. But on earth, he limits his speed to somewhere around the speed of sound to minimize damage. **Thunder**: This is perhaps his most known power. He is usually referred to as "Thor, God of thunder", and for a very good reason. At the peak of his powers, he gets the Thorforce (basically the Thor version of the odinforce). His bolts can take down powerful beings and is on the same level as even blasts from celestials. His lightning attacks may be the difference between winning and losing a war as he has shown the ability to strike down multiple opponents at once. When he is in rage, his eyes sparkle with lightning. He can be a really scary one. **Portals :** At the peak of his powers, he is basically Odin. He has rune knowledge and everything. Opening portals is not a big deal for him. **Time Travel:** He has shown the ability to travel through time multiple times in the comics. He's a god afterall. **Telepathic relationship with his hammer:** His hammer responds to his summons. He summons his hammer from places as far as the sun. He's in perfect sync with his weapon once his father -the all father- isn't punishing him for something. Other powers would include rune knowledge which enables him to place enchantments, super strength, ability to sense people and things far away, etc. Once he accepted his heritage on the maternal side, he was able to control earth too, and maybe larva, and even fly without the hammer. A while new set of cool powers. Thor, in marvel is no doubt my favorite hero... **Dr Strange**: I'm not going to say much about the sorcerer supreme because at his level, almost anything is possible. Just imagine the level of magic you need to have to tinker with the all father's enchantment!!! I told you earlier that this dude merged Thor with his hammer and stated the advantage. But if the hammer t destroyed totally, the problem is that you've simply killed Thor. But that's almost impossible though. Only beings like Dr Strange could probably pull that off. Dr Strange in the comics is who you go to for the impossible. The socerrer supreme is almost omnipotent. Honorable mentions are Captain america, spiderman, the hulk, scarlet with, quick silver, Magneto, Deadpool, Wolverine, Ben Grim and iron man. Professor X: The leader of the X-Men can't win a fist fight, he's even in a wheelchair. But he, like Dr Strange never has to. He has the greatest mine on the planet. He is able to control the mind of just about anybody. He gets in this list just for pure telepathy. Hope you guys enjoyed the read. Thanks for being there.
My Favorite Super Heroes (DC Universe) Superman. Honestly, this guy to me is the first!!! He is the embodiment of heroism. He stands for a very high standard of morals, and he has enough power to uphold the justice he stands for. He's good, kind and pure in heart. I remember a comic I once saw where he lived for millennia, and in the distant future he still kept coming to visit the graves of Jonathan and Martha Kent. This just goes to show that he is really humane despite not being human. His powers include: 1 heat vision: some refer to this as lasers, or laser beams. It is his most powerful attack. Throughout comic history, it can expand from just two tiny beams to beams large enough to cover a planet at once. It is a direct conversion of the sun's radiation that powers him to heat. This power has gone toe to toe with lots of powerful attacks including Darkseid's omega beam. 2 flight: this is a really cool power for super heroes to have!! There's not much to explain about flight. (: 3 Super Strength: he is -simply and commonly put- as strong as he needs to be. He can dish out and also tank a lot of damage. He can knock out almost anyone with a well delivered blow. 4 super speed: he is multiple times faster than the speed of light. This leads to the next power. 5 Time Travel: he is fast enough to literally "run into the past". That's the way I like to look at it. 6 immortality: so far superman has proven to be immortal. Other things I feel you should know about him are 1 He is a cosmic entity for hope. That's why he appears to always come out on top of every situation 2 his most powerful form is really crazy. It is called superman prime one million (golden so suit superman).. Some cool powers that he doesn't have normally are... Invulnerability to kryptonite and magic Has a green lantern ring Can bring the dead back to life and give them powers Has the powers of a fifth dimensional imp Can create his universe from pure will Near omnipotence I think superman is by far the coolest of all time. Lucifer Morningstar: Brother of Michael Demiurgos, and son of yahweh, the king of hell in the sandman comics was instrumental in creating the dc universe... Apart from being very powerful, he is extremely cunning and without his powers a lot of times, is still a formidable opponent. His powers include Near omnipotence Near omniscience Immortality Invulnerability Light bringer Multiversal level reality manipulation One thing to note is that DC has two versions of lucifer. This is the better and my more preferred version. Batman: Born in Gotham city and forced to watch his parents killed as a child, this man has gone through a lot to become the hero he is now. He has several powers that border on inhumane. His powers are: Genius level intellect: he can outsmart almost anyone. Best in hand to hand combat: he had mastered a lot of natural arts over the years making him a formidable opponent. An insane amount of money: I agree with you... Money is not a power... Except you have it like Bruce Wayne!!!!! I mean... He built a watch tower on the moon,,, has different satellites and super computers and stuff that really help those with actual powers. His money definitely counts. Ability to ignore pain: he once saw a very powerful lady walk on vitals 3, and he learnt from her. Strong will: his will is probably stong enough to match supes' Batman has indeed gone through a lot to become the house hold name he is now. I'm more a superman fan than a Batman fan, but I accept that batman is totally awesome too. Over the years, he has gone toe to toe with insane petite such as the joker, Bane, Grundy, the riddler, etc... Petite that would make other heroes insane. That's my list guys... Who is your favorite??? And why??? Feel free to leave a comment... (: I love you all... Happy Sunday... Stay frosty...
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Fictional Stories I Told Kids I Was Teaching (Based On A Fantasy Novels I Read Long Ago) Hello guys how are you doing? Hope your Saturday is going well. I'm grateful for the reads, the comments, and the warmths I receive from you all. Know that you mean a lot to me, and I love you all so much. I'd like to tell you guys some hilarious stories I told done kids I was teaching lessons. They paid me less than $30 a month to come 2 hours a day 5 days a week... While objectively, that is small, around here, it's one of the best deals you can get. At the time in fact, it was the best deal I could get. My students were two girls. They were 10 years old and 6 years old or so. They were really young. But they were intelligent, and I love intelligent kids. They often liked me to play guitar for them and tell them stories. They were kind of naughty too, so I needed to use a story to control them. I decided to tell them a long story without ever telling them the end so that I could tell them if they behaved themselves, they would get more of the story. I don't really remember how it happened, but I came up with rats. I told them I had an army of rats. I told them my rats were more intelligent than the average man. I told them my rats lived underground and moved with me whenever I was going to a new location, but they moved underground. They once asked who have me the necklace I was wearing, and I told them my rats did. Everytime, they would want me to tell them more about my rats. They would always want to ask more questions, and I would tell them a condition to fulfill of I were going to talk about the rats. Lol. Letter, I remember I built in the story so much, that we got to the part where my rats had lived for millenia, and had toppled governments, raised kings, and saved lives. I told them that a very long time ago, I was chosen to let the rats because I had a pure heart. Lol. I told the the rats had and revered a socerrer rat named Racros the black (remember Macros the black from my yesterday's post about my favorite Fictional characters? ) and that he was extremely powerful. He rarely showed up unless he was needed, and that even I had only seen him 4 times. He was the one that chose me... I had friends I related with everyday. One was a rat named Rataziah. He was the one that relayed my wish to the rats, and he was the leader after me. He had a wife named Ratatalia and together, they helped me with my house chores and running my affairs with the rats. I told them not to tell anyone about my rats because the Russian government was looking for me. I threatened that if they told their friends in school, I'd wipe their memories and when they asked how, I brought in another rat. Ralamber. Ralamber learnt magic from Racros and he was in charge of everyday shape shifting of the rats. Yes, my rats could shape shift. There were many times they doubted if it was I, or my rats disguised as me. I always replied to they their doubts that I wasn't allowed to tell them the answer...lol... They had been disturbing me that they wanted to talk about Ratatalia. I made Ratatalia a wonderful person/rat. She was nice, and personally presented to be my necklace, etc. So they loved her. Every u day when I was leaving, they would send regards to her. Lol. So I had a friend pose as Ratatalia once and call me and they spoke to her. And they could have sworn they were taking to someone abroad. They were so excited, so shocked, so filled with emotions, that even I was happy. It was fun teaching them. I even had an explanation for the stars based on the plot of Raymond E Feist's works. I told them the stars represented the many enemies Racros the black fought and kicked away in another dimension... Lol... It's really nice teaching smart kids... If you love fantasy, and you want me to keep posting about fantasy and music related write ups, please let me know in the comments. Thanks guys. You're awesome!!!
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My Favorite Fictional Characters (Fantasy Novels) Those that know me know I love me my fantasy novels. I almost read exclusively fantasy. Today, I'll be going through a list of fictional characters I love so much in no particular order. This means I don't like number one any more than number two. Here goes... 1 Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore: This is probably the greatest character in the whole Harry Potter verse. He definitely was the greatest when it came to dueling. He defeated and became the owner of what is called the elder wand. Till his death, he was undefeated. People wander why he didn't kill Voldemort if he was so great, but we later found out about Voldemort's hocruxes -magical objects his soul was tied to that made him unkillable... Dumbledore was intelligent, wise, noble, powerful and funny. He has everything I want my characters to have. I find myself just saying his full name or loud whenever I remember him. I have nothing but deep love and respect for Dumbledore. 2 Macros The Black This is someone I always refer to as a god. He could do anything. He was undoubtedly the greatest magician in the REF world for a long time until Pug cage along, and even then Pug wasn't anymore powerful. Macros had an island called sorcerer's isle. He defeated every enemy that came single handedly. Human armies no matter how large couldn't get Macros's attention because he was just too powerful. He was also wise. He allowed dark rumors about himself to spread so that he won't have to deal with people coming to disturb him. When we first encountered him he subdued the minds of the mere mortals that came to his island. When you're with Macros, his magic is so tight that you ask only what he wants you to ask. He appears even then to be able to read your mind. Lying to him isn't even something you think of doing. He encounters you, you know you're now funny at his mercy. But macros was kind too. Another thing peculiar to him was his ability to see the future. This was the one thing no other mortal in the book had. Macros was also nearly immortal. He could stand a host of valheru (dragon riders who were the gods before the gods). Macros is simply who I'd choose to be if I could choose to be any single character. He was too me, omnipotent and omniscient!!! 3 Tomas Also from the same world as macros. Tomas was once just a boy who's entire life was influenced by Macros the black. He grew up in a castle as a low born and from the very first time he set his eyes on the elf queen -Aglaranna-, he fell in love with her. Macros endowed Tomas with the powers of the ancient valheru. But just to emphasize Macros's powers, I'll describe a scene to you. Tomas had been fighting wars and almost single handedly winning for the elves and dwarves. They were all scared of him. There was once Tomas was talking to Macros and in his stupidity, managed to make Macros angry. Macros went on to speak to Tomas out of anger, and Tomas was shaken. He felt again like the boy he truly was in the presence of Macros the black. Instantaneously, be knew if macros wanted him destroyed, it wouldn't cost him any real effort. And Macros finished speaking, and every memory of his anger was gone with the passing of the anger too. The valheru were just as powerful as the gods. You can see that here, Macros's aura was always working god level magic. In this case to be fair though, Tomas hasn't unlocked the full potential of his powers yet. Still, to even be able to influence magic that strong, macros is an absolute god!!! Tomas was powerful, brave and loving. Good qualities for any protagonist in a novel. 4 Percy Jackson He's funny, and courageous. Being the sun of poseidon, he's also very powerful. He can control water. Create tornadoes and stuff like that. He can breathe under water and get to depths that'll normally crush humans. He can see things others can't see too. But the things that bring him to this list are majorly his great sense of humor and sarcasm. His girlfriend is Annabeth Chase a daughter of Athena. Together, they have saved olympus countless times. They have defeated in their journeys, gods, titans, cyclops and giants. They have been through a lot to make it to this list. 5 Lucifer Morningstar Why not? Who can be more cool than the devil who is just the father of awesomeness? His Dad (the presence) and his brother Michael Demiurgos are the only ones that rival him. Michael can create something out of nothing, whine lucifer has the power to shake whatever Michael creates. Lucifer's most powerful attack is called light bringer. It's a fatal ultimate attack. I love me my devil. And rumor has it that he, for some reason has a read.cash account just because people here are awesome. (; Thanks for reading guys. If you want to see me do more of this, then please feel free to say so in the comments. I love you all, as I said, you're awesome...!!!
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The Dark Thoughts Of A Schizophrenic In The Dark Night It's midnight as at the time of writing. I can't really sleep. Insomnia and Schizophrenia are often associated with each other. There's just the associative function. There's never been any real proof of casual function. Although I'm back to my drugs, it's still pretty hard to fall asleep under the conditions I find myself. The weather is insanely hot. Then there are the roaches that keep disturbing me. The roaches are probably here because of the crevices in the house I'm staying. I've always been a troubled kid if you like. Not troubled as in stubborn. In fact, on the contrary, I was always the gentle one. But everyone has his demons. I've always been the one aloof. Always finding a reason to be alone. Always seeing things differently than most people. Long before my first episode, I picked up my pen and wrote down the following lines for no reason -or at least reasons unclear to me now. "I have walked all the known paths of pain I bask in the glow of shame and hatred I have born the mark of cain And visited places even fools consider sacred" As far as I can remember, that would be my first attempt at just random writing. I would remember these lines forever. Getting schizophrenic just gave the whole write up more meaning. It just then started making sense that I would claim I had been through a lot. But I'm actual fact, the illness was as a result off having been through a lot in the first place. Very ordinary things happened to me, but the way I interpreted them and reacted to them was probably unhealthy. I really had no one to talk to growing up, and I was mostly my own best friend. I started reading since I was very young. I read anything that interested me, which was indeed almost anything. I finished most of Shakespeare's popular works at 12. I enjoyed ancient English at the time. I enjoyed learning ancient words. I enjoyed the stories. I've always loved good stories. The books I read were my companion. The books mostly talked about being logical, and it registered in my subconscious since I was young that emotion was the enemy of logic. So I learned very early on not to get angry, or get sad, or do things that would be considered illogical. As soon as I started feeling any of those things, I had a bunch of things that automatically came to mind to alleviate such feelings. I was always a strong willed choleric. With the will of a choleric and the smart of a melancholy, mastering my emotions was no big deal. At the time, I was young and while I was intelligent, I had the limitations of a child. I didn't know emotions were there for a reason. I trusted myself never to crack. I interpreted "cracking"then in a different way. If for example, someone had been holding his anger in for long, and he had a sudden outburst where he overdid something, then I would have said he cracked. This was my only meaning. This never happened to me. Once I was being wronged, I did the logical thing and withdrew from those doing me wrong. To my mates then, I was -as they would say- "keeping malice". I simply didn't care. I was in my own world and all that mattered was me. I didn't have enough then but since I never asked for help, I was looked at as stingy because they thought I had and wasn't sharing. I never offered anyone explanations coz they simply didn't matter. I didn't need them for anything. I grew up being the aloof one. Somewhere down the line, as a result of the materials I consumed, I learned to have high moral standards. The things that stood out to me the most in the novels were the various ways the major powerful characters I liked in the novels were very humane. I remember macros in Raymond E. Feist's a darkness at sethanon. I referred to him as a god!!! He was so powerful and he was immortal. When someone else got almost his level of power, he asked the person to be nice to those around them, to teach them and make them powerful, and also teach them kindness. I remember Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter books. He was always humane and down to earth even though he was the god of that universe. He would stoop so low and apologize to insignificant Harry. He probably taught me what I know about having faith -absolute faith-in a person. I learnt from him that you don't have faith in those who have proven themselves if not it won't really be faith. It'll probably be knowledge or something else. But when you put total trust in someone who appears to be nothing, only then can you truly say you have faith. His faith in Snape and Harry to me was just insane and -especially because it was-unfounded. And then the fact that Snape turned out to be a major and powerful hero in the end Just made it more appealing to me... I didn't see my heroes as petite who would cry or do something rash out of anger. So I always tried to be like them. This is a possible reason I turned out schizophrenic according to experts. They believe holding everything in would have adverse effects in done was or another. They believe there should always be a release. I remember when I was young. My parents were always say logger heads with me. I didn't -and still don't-like house chores. And my mum was an insatiable perfectionist. Looking for the most minute flaws in your work. It was hard living with her. I never really talked back, but I would get to my room and the only thing I would say was "when I finally leave this house, I'll never come back". I only started talking back when I grew up. Mostly after my diagnosis... It was too late. I noted earlier that normal things happened, and I interpreted differently. Well, this is one such instance. Everyone has problems like this with parents. But I knew I must do the good thing and lay low. Not talk back. So, despite what I was feeling, I'd do the logical thing and keep quiet even when I was really hurt. Today, it's been about a year since I've gone home. And I can confidently say that in the past I've taken the option of hunger, sickness, and loneliness over going home. Everytime I've met myself home, it was because I had no option. In fact I had a better job offer waiting at home, but nothing in me wanted to every see home again, so I stayed here. Despite the support I gain from my parents, I still eat once a day a lot. Almost every time I get broke and I never even think of going home. I stay awake at night thinking of how to make my life better or just playing cod, of clash royale done I can no longer prescribe at night because the neighbors are complaining. I'm happy to have you guys on my side. I know with your help, I would be fine in time. Take care of yourselves and watch your mental health. (:
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My First Day Here??? I don't really know what to say now. But I guess I should reintroduce myself. I am a diehard guitar lover. I read novels and watch movies, but I prefer novels to movies generally because they are more detailed. I am short sighted, so I can't really see very far objects. People around me in real life tell me I'm blind because compared to them, I almost never see anything. Lol. I love jokes, smart people like you and beautiful people (also like you), and nice people like -guess who- you!!!!!!! I seek to gain the acceptance I once had with you again. I promise that as usual, I'll put on my best behavior, and be myself as I've always been. @Lucifer01 , I'm your die hard fan, and bubbly request that you support and watch over me as you did in another life. I guess it was necessary to be reborn so that I can preach your one true gospel. Lol. @BCH_LOVER , you were one of my major inspirations to continue with the whole business because you were so supportive. Please continue your support for me as I am greatly in need of it. I'm always grateful to you. @Pantera you were so nice to me even though you didn't know anything about me. I'm very grateful. Please keep writing about cryptos and about the potentials of Bch... They really keep the faith burning. @Kristofferquincy thanks for everything. I hope things work out here. I am just grateful to you. Please more support is needed. @bmjc98 I'm sorry for confusing you for a boy... Lol... I still think you're one of the coolest. Please show me support on this account as you did before before. @Greatwolfman thanks for being a really huge support to me then. I ask that you abandon your support of bmac and continue here please. I owe you much As I noted at some point in the past, you all are awesome here. I am so sad today, but I know it's all for the best. I was supposed to go for a gig today... I had rented the piano and gotten halfway, just for me to call the person who I was going to play for not to respond. I lost money. It's really painful. But I know with your support, I would come out of this time better. @Gemstone you were the last friend I discovered, and I would still like to know what you thought of the story. I hope we'll be better friends. I would like to know what genre of novels you're into. I like fantasy. I love Raymond E Feist. I love comedy. I like reading mostly happy stuff. But I hate romance and I hate tragedy. I think you write pretty well, and I'll like to see more of your stories -real or otherwise. I think we have similar experiences based on the post I read and commented on. I promised to add you once I got another account. @gertu13 you also we're very nice to me as b mac. Thanks a lot. I can't overemphasize how nice you are. If I make any mistakes at all, please tell me what you think it is so that I'll improve on it. As I noted before, I don't like stepping on people's toes -even in real life. My aim is always to live peaceably with everyone. My sincerest apologies if I offend you. Please know it's not my intention and call me out on it. If I didn't mention you, please know that it's not because you're not important but because of my bag memory cooked with my extremely unpleasant day. Please reach out to me. Please if you see this post and knew my b mac account, feel free to comment and I'll subscribe to you again if I haven't already done that. I have subscribed to everyone I who's posts I liked before. I love you all... You're great you're awesome you're fabulous and fantastic. Muah...