Gun safety I When you have to carry a gun in your daily job - for example, if you are a law enforcement officer -, security becomes the first and most important concern for you. A firearms instructor once said that "there are no accidents with guns - just idiots with a gun". There is a list of rules in gun handling - simple and easy to follow rules in order to avoid dangerous situations. - Don't put your finger on the trigger unless you want to shot the gun. This is the most important rule of the list - if you break all the other rules, but respect this one, you're not going to shot the gun, therefore you will not provoque a tragedy. Keep the index finger extended in the same direction of the barrel of the gun is a good habit. - Don't point the gun at nothing you don't want to shot. This includes - not exclusively - people, animals and other stuff. It is also important not shot to hard surfaces, such as metalic objects, or the floor or walls, because the bullet could bounce back. - There is no such thing as "unloaded guns". Treat every gun as if it's loaded - because maybe it is actually loaded. - There is no such thing as "toy guns". Treat every object with a gun shape like a real gun - because maybe it is actually a gun. - Guns require maintenance. Keep your gun clean and oiled, especially after shooting with it. - You are the only responsible of your gun. Don't let another people manipulate your gun - especially if they are not used to handle firearms. Of course, don't let children touch your gun! And don't let your arm out of your sight. If your gun is out of your sight, it must imply that it is kept under lock and key. - Train with your gun. If your labour imply carrying a gun is because is expected that you will use it when needed - so you have to be accurate at shooting in different situations. - Alcohol and guns can't mix. Of course, the same applies to drugs and guns.

My favorite book My favorite book is "The Idiot", by Fiodor Dovstoievsky. Dovstoievsky is a russian writer from the 19th century, who focused his novels in human psyche. For example, in "Crime and Punishment" - another of his books - he describes the guilty and remorse of a killer. "The Idiot" is the story of Myshkin, a young man from the russian lower nobility class, afflicted with epilepsy. When he was a child, he was sent to Switzerland, in order to be treated for his illness by a doctor. The book begins when Myshkin returns to Russia from Switzerland, because he wants to meet his remaining family members. Soon, he is involved in different affairs among his relatives, and have to decide between two women: Nastasia and Aglaya. Nastasia is somekind of "femme-fatale", a beautiful but unstable and manipulative woman with a very bad reputation, and Aglaya is a gorgeous smart young girl, good-hearted but not innocent at all. What will Myshkin choose? What would you choose, if you were he?

How did I quit smoking. How did I quit smoking. Five years ago, I quit smoking. Before that, I used to smoke a pack of cigarettes every day, so I was in very bad shape - but one day, I decided to change that! I was in a pub, talking with a friend's girlfriend, she was smoking, and I was out of tobacco. Instead of asking her for a cigarette, I thought: "I don't need this, and I know that it isn't good for me, and it's also expensive, so... why do I smoke? It makes no sense!". So I made my decision, took breath, threw my lighter to the garbage, and prepared myself to be a non-smoker again. The first day was very easy. It was just like: "OK, just don't think about tobacco". But, after the third day, things became harder. I started to get bored, and anxious, and to don't know what to do with my hands. Fortunately, I had two allies: to drink water and to run. Drink water is very important if you are quit smoking. Water keeps you occupied - when you are an smoker, and you don't know what to do, the little junkie inside your brain tries to make you smoke. So, if you carry with you a bottle of water, when you don't have nothing to do, you can drink instead of light a cigarette. Water also helps to clean your body. Running works in the same way than water. It keeps you occupied for a time, and it cleans your lungs and your throat - this is more obvious when you cought and spit snot after running. The bad news is that running is harder when you are not used to do it - and rarely an habitual runner is also an smoker. After the first week, if you success to resist, then it gets more and more easy, and after a month, you seldom even think about tobacco. But, again, there are bad news - once a smoker, forever an smoker. If you quit smoking, you are like in Alcoholics Anonimous - you cannot smoke even a single cigarette, or you'll fall again in your addiction. Although quit smoking is not easy, I can swear that it's possible if you want. I did it, and five years later, I'm very happy with that decission.