Not Your Average 50 Something
Before you cry racism, sexism, ageism, culturism or whatever other ism you can come up with, I invite you to ask yourself: Am I being a jerk? Am I scowling or looking generally unfriendly? Am I interrupting or being inconsiderate? Is it even about me? As humans, we all have good and bad days and … Continue reading Not Everything Is ____ ism: Some People Are Just Jerks
Do you ever notice how good it feels to see the sun shining and feel a gentle breeze? How about the uplifting feelings that springtime brings with the clouds floating carefree across the enormous blue sky? What about the cleansing feeling after a hard rainstorm, when the air smells clean and the rainbows tarry? Or … Continue reading Combat Daily Stress In Five Minute Increments
Parents, no more excuses. You must manage your child or teen’s smartphone and social media life. The fact that I have to include children under the age of 13 in this conversation is truly a mystery to me. For what reason would your birth-12 year old child need a phone, let alone a mini portal … Continue reading He only Has A Cell to Call Me in an Emergency … Yah, Right.
Do you think people would still listen to rap and hip hop music if the lyrics were set to songs like “The Sound of Music” or from the score of the opera Carmen? I mean, without altering the soundtrack of the songs at all - just adding rap lyrics? What about if we kept all … Continue reading Hip Hop, You Have Our Attention, But What Are You Saying?
Yes, I said it and I believe it. Even a superficial look at the history of the Civil Rights Movement would lead any thinking individual to say the same. Black people were oppressed, mistreated, deemed unteachable and inferior, abused, and horrifically murdered. These facts are indisputable. Yet, so were Jewish people. Japanese people endured horrific … Continue reading Another Call to Black People: Our Ancestors Would Be Ashamed!
I'm not sure if it's common knowledge yet, but for years the city of Chicago has maintained more deaths per year than those serving in our military. More than 3,500 people were shot in Chicago in 2017, Sun-Times data shows. Over the last 3 months, since 2018 began, over 450 Chicagoans have been shot, with 100 … Continue reading Chicago: Thousands of Shootings, Yet Still Ignored
If you told someone they couldn’t come in your house and they said “Screw You!” and came in while you were at work, would that be OK? What if 5 people did that? 10 people? Would you thank them for disregarding your wishes and simply decide they could stay after all? What if you had … Continue reading Illegal Immigration: 12 Million+ People Said “Screw You!”
"Do we have to read this whole page?" Pause for dramatic effect. "And there's two sides! Do we have to read BOTH sides?" I'm in a middle school Language Arts class. In case you didn't know, the name has been changed to English Language Arts or ELA. The number of students who are reading below … Continue reading Edumacation: Reading is Fundamental
So, me and the fam went out to eat lunch at a middle of the road restaurant - not fast food, but not Chez Fancy Fancy either. When the host seated us, we noticed a payment booklet laying along the edge of the table. A white slip of paper was almost all the way out … Continue reading No Tip, No Eat. Go Get Fast Food!
Stop! Before you go on an emotional bender, listen to what I have to say. Firstly, I didn't say YOU were foolish, dumb, blind and stubborn; although, you may be any one or combination of those things. What I'm saying is, DON'T BE. I'm asking you to consider this: I believe black people in America … Continue reading A Call to Black People: Don’t be Foolish, Dumb, Blind, and Stubborn!
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