I sat in coach on my return from Chicago to Oakland. It was a very crowded flight, and even arriving as early as I did, I was unable to secure an exit row seat. But I did get the bulkhead, bulkhead window to be exact. I used to go along with the […]
HUMOR/TRAVEL
In 1970, Edwin Starr asked us all about that thing called war – what, exactly, is it good for. While I’d agree that our country’s current set of wars are good for absolutely nothing, some battles must be fought in the names of integrity, honor, and freedom. I happen to be a solider […]
…And we’re back. If you’re just tuning in, I’m teaching ya’ll how to tame you a man! And for those who haven’t quite figured it out, this is really a not-so-cleverly disguised call to women to control the only thing you can control – YOU, so that you can be the beautiful child […]
7:02pm: I parked the Murano in the parking lot at the elementary school, adjacent to my daughter’s middle school where she would be attending and I would be chaperoning the first dance. Although I like to think that my not nearly healed knee made me lag further and further behind as I struggled up […]
I live in Atlanta, GA, a city that is predominantly, blissfully black. One of the hottest new catchphrases where I live that follows shortly after a “Shawty what yo’ name is?” or an “Eh, my man!” is “Have you voted???”
According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, thirty-five percent of eligible voters in the state […]
I had a dream last night and you know how dreams are. They stretch logic, they’re largely incoherent, but they usually have some sort of story line no matter how twisted. This one was no different, as it moved through the recesses of the far-fetched, in and out of REM-induced introspection, shaken with […]
While making my weekly rounds to pick up time cards from everyone in the building, it’s not uncommon for me to notice any changes around the office.
Like Jessica in accounting, who manages to decorate her cubicle for every holiday on the calendar. Even the Canadian ones. Having worked at this place […]
While reading this month’s Esquire Magazine, the one with Halle Berry on the cover (buy it so they’ll put more black women on the cover), I came across their “10 Things You Don’t Know About Women” feature. Every month a famous actress/model reveals little known secrets about the female species. Well, I’m not […]
Just last week, we were chatting in a one-sided way about the three categories of Man Tamer communication, which were roughly: suck it up, address it immediately and be done with it, and give it some thought and figure out the very best way to address it.
And what I hope to have stressed thus far, […]
Alright ladies, it seems the fellas have a few first date pet peeves about us they’d like to get off their very hairy chests and because some of you take these blogs waaaay too seriously, let me just state, since I don’t date women, this is all hearsay. I questioned a bunch of dudes […]