Barack Obama just gave his “A More Perfect Union” speech, and today is one of those days when I know I am witnessing a very powerful, very historic moment in the United States. It’s hard for me to say it is on-par with King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, simply because King’s speech speaks to […]
Well the bags are packed, the sadness has set it, and the temperature is declining; we are on our way home from Atlanta. Here is the rundown of Atlanta:
Sheraton Buckhead: I like the room. It was decent, close to Lenox Square Mall (directly across the street close), and had the basic necessities (comfortable […]
Now that Spring is approaching, I figured it would be a good time for me to yank the good ‘ol bicycle off the rack and put those good ‘ol fashioned pedal powered wheels in motion. The destination? My local gym. My thinking was that I would save myself some miles on my […]
It is Black History Month, and with that it is inevitable that some conversations pertaining to black people and black culture are going to take place. In the past I have seen, and participated in, my fair share of those conversations. And through them all I have noticed that they all seem to […]
Now that 2006 is officially over, it is time for me to look back and see how accurate my predictions were. Let us get started.
-: Music :- Not sure about this one. 50 Cent actually had a record year with The Massacre selling over one million units. However, as predicted, ever since his album […]
For Halloween this it looks like Google Book Search is making a some classic scary stories available for free. Some of them can even be downloaded in PDF format for printing and perusing at your leisure. Personally I prefer to get my digital books through Project Gutenberg, but people love Google so I […]
If you are one of those folks sitting on the fence about whether or not lawsuits have gotten out of control, then perhaps a little story about a school banning “touch” or “chase” games for fear of being sued will convince you. From the article:
Officials at an elementary school south of Boston have banned […]
According to a Seattle Times article, 13% of the people living in the Seattle area do not have landlines in their home. When I read that, I was a bit shocked. I know a lot of people still have their landlines, but I figured the number would be much higher as most people […]
Today in my inbox I found a link to an interesting opinion and response article on Forbes. Here is an excerpt:
Guys: a word of advice. Marry pretty women or ugly ones. Short ones or tall ones. Blondes or brunettes. Just, whatever you do, don’t marry a woman with a career.
So what is my take […]
When I first started reading this little tidbit about your email inbox reflecting your life habits, I thought it was absolutely foolish. However, then I started looking around my house and realized my life is similar to my inbox. My inbox currently has roughly 1600 emails in it, and I cannot remember the […]