I was born on May 17, 1979, in Newark, New Jersey.

I started bowling when I was 14, my freshman year in high school.

Soon after I was born, my parents moved to the South Florida area, and I've lived here ever since (with a few years of living in both Portugal and Brazil in my younger days).

Well, my hand never fell off, and within no time, I was bowling competitively in leagues and tournaments.

I vividly remember bowling 20 + games a day, 2 or 3 times a week.

I ain't going to bump no more with no big fat woman.

Currently, I bowl regional tournaments out of the PBA Southern Region.

This big fat woman bumped me on the floor, she was rarin' to go, she was rarin' to go. Then she did a dip, I almost broke my hip.

They had nothing in common but the English language, and tried by its help to express what neither of them understood.

It takes vision and courage to create- it takes faith and courage to prove.

American democracy has been hacked.

I don't get all this Speedo stuff actually, I mean, whatever happened to the feather boa?

An unimaginative person can neither be reverent nor kind.

I think it's important for people to know that it's okay to feel like you're not better as long as you keep trying.

Perhaps Harvard's greatest contribution to our nation is its requirement that its on-leave professors who want to keep their crimson seats must return from Washington after 24 months.

What most people don't seem to realize is that there is just as much money to be made out of the wreckage of a civilization as from the upbuilding of one.

I find myself for whatever reason unable to live in the apartment I renovate and have to sell.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.