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I've Spent "20 Years", And I Have No Suitor, To Date - I Am Sad!?
My first kiss - it was nothing, a piece of rock, that sorta looks like a FROG! My first encounter with, let's say, the "genitals" - it was like an episode of Star Trek, and "SPROCK", has no home, who had perhaps felt like some cockroaches, I don't know!
By 365poetry10 days ago in Poets
Losing Track of Expenses?Bookkeeping Services Explained. AI-Generated.
Receipts tucked into wallets, spreadsheets half-updated, and bank statements opened with a sigh, expense tracking slips through the cracks faster than most owners expect. The problem usually isn’t effort; it’s the lack of a clean system that works quietly in the background. When finances feel scattered, clarity becomes the most valuable asset a business can regain. That’s where bookkeeping services step in, not as a luxury, but as a stabilizing force that brings order, insight, and confidence back into financial decision-making.
By Lily Noblet10 days ago in Education
THE STORY OF LIGHT: A TRIBUTE TO DR. SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON AND THE AGE OF FIBER
Before the world could whisper through glass, before light itself carried our voices across continents, before fiber‑optic lines spread across the nation like glowing nerves of a digital body— there was a girl in Washington, D.C.
By TREYTON SCOTT10 days ago in Education
Kiss the Frog, John
Note: translated from original using AI translator. John tossed the note with its dubious contents onto the desk and pushed himself back from it.
By Batia10 days ago in Fiction
Why you should read Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
A book that will always have a special place in my heart is Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. It’s one of the books I already miss from the moment I finish reading the last page, and it is way better than the TV series Netflix inspired by it.
By Benny10 days ago in BookClub
How I learnt five languages
I’ve always had this curiosity pushing me towards what I didn’t know. Ever since I was little, I wanted to learn everything, most of all languages. I was fascinated by the fact that people could communicate in a way others couldn’t understand, and that words carry the power of bonding people, the spirit of a culture, the past and present of a group of individuals with something in common. Then I had to accept the fact that learning every language in the world was nearly impossible. But still, in some ways, I tried to quench my thirst for knowledge.
By Benny10 days ago in Education
The Storm
There was a storm last night. With a wind that blew leaves away from the trees with blaring whispers. The rain that knocked on the glass of the windows
By Benny10 days ago in Poets
My worst accommodation experience
After more than ten years of traveling—first alongside my aunt, and for the past year on my own—I thought I had enough experience to avoid complicated situations. I book carefully, read reviews, look at photos, compare neighborhoods. Still, this year, traveling alone to Paris to celebrate my 25th birthday, I had one of the worst accommodation experiences of my life.
By Camila10 days ago in Journal
What happens to your brain without any social contract?
Everyone needs time to themselves, and peaceful solitude has stress-relieving benefits. But being alone takes on an entirely different dimension when it creeps up or is forced upon you. When that's the case, the effects can be surprisingly extensive. And though different people experience distinct effects at different times, symptoms tend to become more severe and persistent the longer one's isolated. When someone is involuntarily confined to one space indefinitely— for days, weeks, months, or even years—
By Munesh Yadav 10 days ago in Education
Guiding Intelligent Systems Forward: Michalene Melges and Modern Robotics Leadership. AI-Generated.
The global robotics landscape is advancing at an extraordinary rate. From autonomous logistics and intelligent manufacturing to medical robotics and adaptive AI systems, innovation now depends on the seamless integration of software intelligence and physical machines. At the center of this transformation are leaders who can translate complexity into clarity. Michalene Melges stands among those leaders, guiding sophisticated robotics initiatives from early concept through real world deployment.
By Michalene Melges10 days ago in Journal
Diamond Hands (CAN) Beat Volatility Decay
Abstract Conventional financial wisdom states that leveraged ETFs like TQQQ are not suitable for long-term holding due to volatility decay.
By Destiny S. Harris10 days ago in Trader
Somers Swim Stays Together Despite 49-39 loss to New Rochelle Bronx
For photos of meet, please scroll to the end of the article and click the image. On Tuesday January 13 Yorktown Somers hosted New Rochelle Bronx at The Mildred E. Strang Middle School in Yorktown heights and fell by a close score of 49-39. Not a powerhouse team, the numbers don’t tell the whole story, according to Jimmy Gallivan of Yorktown High School.
By Rich Monetti10 days ago in Unbalanced