For as long as I can remember I’ve had complete freedom when it comes with what I can do with my life. My parents have rarely, if ever, said I can’t do something or hang out with certain people. For as long as I can also remember, I’ve never met parents that are anywhere near… Continue reading The Parenting Extremes
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My Short Review of The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby by R. Scott Fitzgerald was a required book to have read in my high school sophomore year; I enjoyed the book so much I read it three times start to finish that year. Think of my excitement when I heard they were making The Great Gatsby movie. Luckily, I was able to… Continue reading My Short Review of The Great Gatsby
Between The Rock and A Hard Place
Call it “fake”, call it whatever you’d like; I use to love to watch wrestling and have known Dwayne Johnson before he hit the silver screen as one of the all time greats, “The Rock”. From the start of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1996 to the Attitude Era in the late 90’s and… Continue reading Between The Rock and A Hard Place
Nike “You Showed Us”
The day after Kobe Bryant went down with his torn Achilles Tendon, Nike launched an ad titled “You Showed Us” in a local LA newspaper “You Showed Us That An 18-Year-Old Could Play With The Best. You Showed Us That A ChampionShip, An Exhibition Game And A Charity Event Are All Must-Wins. You Showed Us… Continue reading Nike “You Showed Us”
The Fallen Superstar
Tracy McGrady during his tenure with the Houston Rockets Tracy McGrady, at one time he was probably the best player in the NBA and once the poster player on every kids wall. That’s saying something considering the league was full of superstars ranging from Allen Iverson, Vince Carter and Kobe Bryant during McGrady’s reign. T-Mac,… Continue reading The Fallen Superstar
A Few Days Late, But I Still Pay My Respects
Ladies and gentlemen, may I please ask for a moment of silence to remember a once great gaming publisher, Lucas Arts. Alas this once mighty game developer and publisher has been shuttered a few months after being acquired by The Walt Disney Company. While their more recent of games, I’m looking at your Kinect… Continue reading A Few Days Late, But I Still Pay My Respects
Poll Finds Almost 40% Don’t Believe Donald Was Born In The U.S. A
You can’t make this stuff up. A new USA Today/Gallop poll finds that almost 40% of Americans have doubts as to whether Donald Trump is a natural born citizen. The poll, which questioned 1,013 adults finds that “not everyone is convinced Trump was born in the USA either: 43% say he definitely was born here,… Continue reading Poll Finds Almost 40% Don’t Believe Donald Was Born In The U.S. A
Why Blacks Left The Republican Party
Simply put: Because the party that was once crucial in the emancipation of African Americans, has turned into one that promotes hate, lies, and intolerance. During the 1860’s, when Lincoln was President, the Republican party was considered the liberal party that was against slavery. Blacks mostly voted Republican after the Civil War and through the early… Continue reading Why Blacks Left The Republican Party
President Clinton – Birthers Shooting Themselves In The Foot
President Bill Clinton, one of the 43 previous men who carried the banner of President of the United States, who was never accused of being born anywhere else other than the US during his tenure, expressed his displeasure of criticism, by some, of the 44th man to carry the torch – President Barack Obama. One… Continue reading President Clinton – Birthers Shooting Themselves In The Foot