Although lost to history, one may imagine that the origin of the phrase 'to face the music' is that Scottish military formations placed their musicians in the rear. So soldiers had the choice of going forward into battle, or turning back and listening to the bagpipes. This accounts for their bravery.

|
Kingpin uses spy gadgets.

|
Kingpin has liaison with the police, the politicians and the local people.

|
Kingpin has strong ties with Intelligence Officials.

|
Poetry is like a road trip without a GPS - you never know which direction of thought and/or emotion your poem would take when read by others and, therefore, the poet's duty is to set a train of thought in motion and to stand back and not try to control how others might interpret his offerings.

|
Regarding the student: Your GPA is like drinking beer. It goes down easy, and comes back up really hard.

|