FAMILY
Family: Can’t live with them… Can’t change your name, move and act like you don’t know them anymore… wait you can do that. I was speaking with a client recently and he was lamenting the state of dysfunction within his family. My oversimplified answer was love them and/or leave them, but do not let them make you […]
ANOTHER MURDER ON FACEBOOK LIVE
An 11 month old girl was murdered by her father in Thailand. The crime is heinous on its own, but unfortunately the cowardly father who hung his daughter, before committing suicide himself, recorded the horrific deed and placed it on Facebook. After allegedly attacking his wife, 20 year old Wuttisan Wongtalay, left the marital home and […]
50 SHADES OF MEL B
There are actual cottage industries built on the insatiable thirst for insights into the lives of celebrities. From tabloid journalism which includes the likes of gossip magazines, to entertainment centric television and the likes of TMZ, the public are perpetual voyeurs into the lives of celebrities. Reality shows like Keeping Up With The Kardashians give […]
JUST BECAUSE ITS YOUR HISTORY DOESNT MEAN IT NEEDS TO BE HONORED
After years of legal wrangling, New Orleans began the process of removing four Confederate era monuments. The first to go was the Liberty Place Monument. The monument was erected in 1891 to commemorate the failed uprising by the Crescent City White Leaguers. The post Civil War era battle was marked by the death of 13 […]
MENTORING
I owe nearly everything I have become as a man (at least the good parts) to two people: my mother and a man named John Hoffman. My mother did the best in raising me to be a good and productive person, but let’s be real… she kind of had to… John was no kin. In […]
POSITIVITY-STAY THE COURSE
So Mr. Positivity still gets tested on occasion. I am a steady, if not exhausting espouser of maintaining a positive state of mind under nearly all circumstances. Nearly suggests that there are of course exceptions, but short of those, positivity must be maintained. It is often suggested, “that is easy for you (me) to say […]
FACEBOOK LIVE
*UPDATE* After being spotted outside of a McDonald’s in Erie, Pa, accused Facebook Shooter Steve Stephens ended his own life. He was approached by officers outside the McDonald’s after someone called in seeing his Ford Fusion. As officers approached his vehicle, a brief chase ensued. Stephens then stopped his vehicle and shot himself, ending the […]
EASTER-AT LEAST PEOPLE ARE NICE
I am not religious and I do not have kids, so Easter has little real significance in my house. Whether I subscribe or not, I respect the religious significance of the holiday as well as Passover which slightly proceeds it and ends after. For many it is an extremely spiritual time of the year… Of […]
MURDER IN CALI-RELEASED ON BAIL
After nearly 11 months in jail, on April 6, 2017 Tiffany Li was released on $35 Million Dollar bail. $4 million cash was used as well as real estate assets of $62 million dollars (Double the remaining $31 Million in equity required when cash not used) for the balance. The full financial background of her […]
YOUR ENERGY
I am not Deepak Chopra, but over the years I have learned a few things about human nature, particularly as it relates to the cause and effect that is derived from both the positive and negative energy we emit. All too often people live in a perpetual state of “why” related to the negative in […]
