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*Miraculously, and by the grace of God if you’re reading this, we’ve made it to yet another year. Despite the fact that to many, 2012 brought illness, death, heart break, heart ache, loneliness, insecurities, disappointments of unfilled dreams and/or expectations; and the realization of the little known fact that some individuals really do come into [...]
*I’m glad Zoey, the 3-month old daughter of Kasandra Perkins and Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher will get the financial support she needs from the NFL. That’s one less thing her caretakers have to worry about. But judging from the way her parents died there’s no telling what she already has been exposed to [...]
*Once when I was in high school a friend and I cut class together. We were smart enough to create a fake doctor’s note for the teacher, but we walked around the neighborhood where everybody knew us, knew we should have been in school and – unfortunately for me – knew my mother’s phone number. [...]
*Actor Clint Eastwood took the Invisible Man reference to another level last week at the Republican National Convention. Although his presence confirmed his support for the RNC his speech did more to confuse rather than to convince me of that party’s political stance. And I thought his portrayal of a cantankerous old timer in the [...]
*In show business it’s best to never say ‘never.’ Oprah Winfrey learned the hard way. Long ago she vowed never to interview rappers on her TV show because – if memory serves me correctly – she disapproved of the “n” word, the “b” word and other degradation that served as poor excuses for rap lyrics. [...]
*Magic Johnson might not be the best public speaker, but arguably he is one of the best when it comes to making a dollar out of fifteen cents. Last month Magic lead a group of investors in the purchase of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The $2 billion price tag is the largest amount ever paid [...]
Last week I stood on a stage in front a room full of strangers and performed a ten-minute stand-up comedy routine. It was Open Mic Night at a local comedy club, but you might’ve thought I was headlining the show for all the preparation I put into it. I googled the subject for tips on [...]
*If you want to know how some people really feel, just read the comments at the bottom of the internet news sites. Whether it’s CNN, Yahoo! Or EURweb there’s always somebody with fingers perched over the keyboard waiting to add their not so flattering perspective. Just as American Idol auditions of people who cannot sing [...]
*The residents of the District of Columbia’s Ward 8 are insane. Why else would they continue to vote for Marion Barry, Jr. who over-promises and under-delivers? Since 1975 when he began his political tenure in the nation’s capital as an at-large council-member then weaving his way in and out of the mayor’s seat for more [...]
Recently somebody asked me if I would marry for convenience. I told him I wouldn’t, because what’s convenient for me today might not be convenient for me tomorrow, and marriage is too important of a commitment to be entered into without careful consideration. So if two people get married and 72 days later they announce [...]
After spending more than nine years in a federal prison my cousin is back home. It’s been less than a month since he got out. Relatives tell me he’s in good spirits – for someone in his predicament. He’s going to need that good attitude when he starts to apply for jobs and realizes there [...]
*She lives down the street from a clinic that offers free HIV tests. So she stopped in last week to get her blood drawn and thirty minutes later she had her results. Judging from the pre-test questionaire it was likely the results would be negative: No intravenous drug use, no intimate involvement with multiple partners [...]
*Have you ever noticed that whenever a new McDonald’s restaurant opens other businesses open around it? Even if Mickey Ds isn’t the most popular fast food restaurant, its marketing philosophy has kept it among the most successful in its industry. Just like the old 80-20 rule, twenty percent of McDonald’s customers account for eighty percent [...]
*Most people eat greens and black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day to symbolize the abundance of dollar bills and coins they want to come their way in the New Year. It’s a superstition that I too have followed for many years. So I can attest that eating greens and black-eyed peas has its own, shall [...]
*A friend told me her employer is making flu shots mandatory for its entire workforce of nearly two hundred people. Anyone who refuses the annual vaccine and later calls out sick during the fall or winter won’t receive sick pay. The debate over whether companies have a legal right to force employees into preventative healthcare [...]
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