HANDLE YOUR AFFAIRS
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 […]
TRIBUTE TO MOM
Funerals are somber occasions, but a rite of passage in which we show our respect and recount the virtues of family and loved ones. Death causes much retrospection, not only toward the life of the person who has passed, but often towards oneself. In recounting someone’s life upon their passing we (mostly) speak glowingly […]
THEM THEM WHY YOU GLAD SON
Most of us generally have no problems in voicing our gripes. Our loved ones, and even casual acquaintances are often the sounding boards, voluntarily or not to our diatribes. It is good to voice that displeasure. Internalized anger and frustration is bad on our mental and physical being. Pent up frustration and anger will eventually […]
EVOLVED ASSHOLE
Once upon a time… okay it wasn’t really that long ago… I was a certified asshole. I might have fell short of Jersey Shore alumnus status but I definitely had enough traits to make the list. Now, no one aside from my mother and a few ex-girlfriends, (under their breath and walking away), have […]
GOD HAS BLESSED AMERICA
America is an undeniably imperfect place. This political cycle has highlighted much of our country’s lowlights. A growing and significant uneven distribution of wealth leaves many Americans struggling for the most basic of necessities. Along with the socioeconomic divide is the racial chasm that has historically oppressed groups struggling to accept seemingly dehumanizing tactics […]
CHILD SUPPORT
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 […]
NO LOYALTY IN SPORTS
In 2010 LeBron James made “The Announcement” and the sports world lost their proverbial minds. Scenes from Cleveland showed them burning his jersey in effigy and the Cavs owner Dan Gilbert, wrote a scathing letter damn near accusing him of Bitchassness (though the actual language was “ selfishness and cowardly betrayal”) and claiming, among […]
MOVE B****
This is a (PSA) Public Service Announcement. Any outrage or anguish over my misogynistic title should be directed to my mother. She has taught me a wholehearted love and respect for women, but allows the use of all profanity in very special cases, particularly when not specifically referring to a class of people. Now back […]
LUCKY
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 […]
NO CONSUMERISM WITHOUT ACTIVISM
“Now the thing is, though all of us in here getting money, that alone isn’t going to stop this. All right? Now, dedicating our lives to getting money just to give it right back for someone’s brand on our body, and now we pray to get paid for brands on our bodies?” Jesse Williams […]
