Everybody’s a “Hustler”. Everyday they are hustlin. Hustling is glorified in every other rap/trap song and if you have these guys tell it they all pushed more pies than Dominos and flipped more birds than Trump supporters saluting Mexican immigrants. “Hustling” is probably most associated with illegal, outlaw or black market activities. America, if not […]
Admittedly I am not the biggest shopper, but Black Friday and other similar sales are some of the biggest scams around. As much as I try to reign in my cynicism, it is increasingly difficult to defend how gullible the American public is. There is a famous line from a movie (I believe it is […]
By: Richard Ray To say that we live in interesting times would be an understatement. One of the most interesting issues is the idea of celebrity and its pervasive and increasing influence on our society. As Film, Television, the Internet and now Social Media have grown so has the concept of celebrity and fame. The […]
I have been spreading a lie for quite some time now. While I have always maintained that standards of beauty are extremely subjective, I have also been asserting that within all the subjectivity, there is some universal or objective form of what makes someone beautiful or attractive. It has taken me a while, but […]
Life is comprised of many things. Our systems are in perpetual overload. Work, responsibilities, bills, kids, family, personal relationships, US election results, are just a sampling of the daily buffet of options that not only permeate the headlines of our own existence, but overwhelm the senses. There is little more difficult in life than striking […]
Aside from my formal education and experiences growing up in New York City, nothing has shaped my development more than being able to see, feel and experience people and places that were outside my normal boundaries of New York City. NYC may be the greatest city in the world, but the residents there often […]
No one really likes thinking about death, especially their own, but the reality is it is an inevitability. Yet, though we know death is definitive, most of us do not know when death or incapacity (being physical or mental) will occur. However unspoken, I would dare to guess that most of us have a very […]
Many of my friends over the years have called me for help related to their issues with child support. The women and men I know called for a variety of reasons, but the overall theme was usually a breakdown in the relationship or at the very least the communication between the parents. I wasn’t called […]
For a fifteen-year period I had four legged family members. The Two black labs overlapped by 3 years with Ty as my first and Dutch coming along three years later. I never grew up with dogs, living in a NYC apartment that simply did not allow them. In eighth grade I was briefly part of […]
Many of us know that when someone starts off a sentence with “I don’t mean any disrespect”…the most disrespectful statement is sure to follow. Well I am unsure if it is the equivalent but, “I am in no way being judgmental, but… As a point of disclosure I must state that I have no tattoos […]
