Private ownership is where you are the King or Queen of your own destiny.

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If you have a portable generator, a strong sump pump and a truck, for example, you are a king in the communities near Long Beach, N.

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Unless you are Stephen King who writes about 2000 words a day every day of the year without any holidays, estimate 500-1, 000 words for about 3 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 52 weeks.

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If you are at all interested in taxes and have the slightest interest in literature, you need to get the Pale King.

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Thanks to the "network effects" of these sites -- you join because your friends are already there -- it'll becoming increasingly hard to compete with the new king, or perhaps queen, of social bookmarking.

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