You’re a black male living in Detroit and you’ve lost your job. Try as you might, you haven’t been able to gain employment again. There’s just no market for your skillset. And now money’s wearing thin. As you wander through this town, trying to come up with a plan, you realize just how much it would resemble an abandoned city followed the world’s end – if not for fellow, desperate.. Read More
So, my brain just short circuited. It turned “too much internet for today O’ clock” – already, before 9 A.M. – the moment I made the mistake of clicking on this story about a dude with dual dongs. Or as he calls himself DDD (“double dick dude”). Then, I made the follow up mistake of clicking on the actual image. It’s not one of those awful things that makes my.. Read More
Ever notice how starting an avoided task – is the harder than doing the task itself? I realized something about that today. Something more concrete – and quantifiable. It dawned on me that whenever I’m prepping to do almost anything I don’t wanna do (from creating to cleaning), there’s a reason for that avoidance. It’s not just laziness. It’s the pain of exercising the muscle of change – almost like.. Read More
When I decided to switch from my liberal arts major to a biology one in college, I had my doubts. It felt so permanent – like such a final departure from what I was good at, that I thought mayhaps my artistic passions would wither away and die altogether. Would moving into my left brain, thinking logically, and problem-solving based on facts and numbers somehow stymie my creativity? It was.. Read More
“Said no person ever.” It’s a popular funny-’cause-it’s-true phrase. Everything from “I love Mondays” to “That was a really good Kardashian episode and I learned a lot” can fit above that four worded phrase we love to employ. However, being the narcissist that I am, I just had to whittle it down to pertain to me specifically recently. And, as I share six of my own with you, maybe I’ll.. Read More
Leave Aktarer Zaman alone! Do I need to get my red vlog curtains out again? Has it come to that? Okay: although sites like Skiplagged.com have been around for a bit, it’s all news to me. Thus, this law suit against the guy (Aktarer Zaman) who created it is too. And it’s ridiculous to the ridiculouseth power. The concept behind Hidden City (if you’ve been in the dark too) is.. Read More
I used to date a hot sauce addict. He loved the spicy shiz – he and his best buddy. And when we’d go out, they’d request the full on five-pepper scored fiery chimeras. Ya know – the kind you’ve gotta ask the waiter for, whereupon they go to that top shelf all the way in the back closet of the kitchen to get it. Then said server would return with.. Read More
I’m having trouble deciding how to share this Facebook facepalm worthy post without sounding cruel. While I deliberate, I’ll give you some context about this video that was shared: basically, some David Blaine style dude swaps the torsos and lower halves of a man and a woman. On a park bench. In the middle of a crowd. While people are watching and gasping and running in horror. Now, I don’t.. Read More
Greetings my sweet, sloshed lambs. On this eve of 2015, as you cure the disease of sobriety in the company of friends, I won’t be joining you. However, as a seasoned and canonized veteran of the tradition, I’ve much wisdom to bestow. Thus, I’ve magnanimously constructed the following easy-to-follow commandments for after last call, so that you may get home safely and wake up alive in the morning (wishing you.. Read More
Not to sound judgey… but… These Facebook quizzes are slowly turning me into Alice’s un-birthday party host. Actually – not the quizzes. I don’t hate the quizzes. I don’t hate the people posting them. I just want to know: why? I’m legit interested. If you’re reading this, I encourage you to look at the last quiz you took and tell me what drove you to take that particular test and.. Read More