WORDS TO LIVE BY
I just spoke to someone who is really going through it right now… and for a moment the man who is fairly good at stringing words together was speechless. I write from the top of the dome. Sometimes scathing socio-political commentary at the hypocrisy and injustices that permeate our society. Sometime I attempt humor, because […]
HOMEBOY HOOKUPS
I’m officially done with so called hookups from family, friends and acquaintances aka the “homeboy hookups”. All of these so called hookups always end up costing me more in the end, both financially and with time and favors owed, and I rarely get the quality of the product or services that I need whenever I […]
EVERY DAY
I learn something new every day. Whether it is about myself or just knowledge gained from a subject I knew little to nothing about. I am fascinated about life, both in all that I have learned as well as the marvel of how little I know. These feeling are never overwhelming, in fact the opposite […]
TIME
Time is a precious commodity. I could write an entire piece on time from clichés and expressions. Time is promised to know one. Life is short… The list goes on and on, they are all truisms to a certain degree. I am not even sure if I bring something totally new to the discussion related […]
GREATEST SHOW NO LONGER
The other day someone mentioned a newsfeed detailing the closure Ringling Bros. & Barnum Bailey Circus this upcoming May after over 146 years in existence. They were struck by my initial non-reaction, though I am unsure why because sentimentality is not usually my strong suit. However, upon further thought the notice of the closing of the […]
I HAVE A NIGHTMARE
Until recently I always looked at myself as somebody that embodied Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Dream” (Though many that know me would say Post-Nation Malcolm). I come from a segregated, poverty stricken Brooklyn Housing Project, to having the privilege of receiving a high school, college and graduate school education from some of our nation’s […]
SOME PEOPLE ARE ADDICTED TO TRAGEDY
Tragedy is seemingly around every corner. I do not necessarily believe that these are the worst times historically speaking, but with the advent of the Internet and multiple 24 hour news channels and gun laws that make access to military style weaponry as easy as buying a new television (within the United States at […]
DEJA VU
Some of you are so set in ways that clearly aren’t working: you feel like life is a series of moments of déjà vu. We do not have to be trapped in a perpetual “Groundhog day”. Yet if we keep voluntarily following the same path of wrong or questionable decisions, how can we expect anything […]
DATING
I think most people choose to stay in questionable relationships, because the option of dating these days is a far scarier prospect than staying with someone who cant stand you, but may cook or at least pay part of the rent. I am no dating expert that is for sure. I have never liked […]
FENCES
I highly recommend everyone go see the film adaptation of August Wilson’s play “FENCES”. Starring and directed by Denzel Washington, the film chronicles the complexities of an African American patriarch, frustrated by broken dreams and minimal opportunities in the backdrop of 1957 Pittsburgh. Wilson won both a Pulitzer Prize as well as a Tony award […]
