"Oh, the poor baby has a fever!" I said to the Devil when I picked him up early from preschool. (I had received a call less than two hours earlier at my office from a very relaxed sounding school administrator.) "No I don't." He replied. "Yes you do. And you're going to need a little medicine too when [...]
Alert: I’m about to badmouth a famous dead guy. By now we all know James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, is dead. According to David Letterman this is significant because it means that now the hardest working man in show business is Regis Philbin. I’d argue Nick Cannon, but whatever. For black folk it’s significant [...]
Your three year old son tells his mother to "Shake, shake, shake [her] money maker!" His behavior is ludicrous. Ludicrous I tell you! Now I'm starting to understand why he gets so excited when we give him a dollar. Clearly preschool is more fun than he lets on.
In keeping with the spirit of the day I wanted to share with you a personal hero of mine.  No it's not Jamie Fox, or any other star of Dreamgirls. (As a practice I try not to hold celebrities in high regard.) Of course Martin Luther King Jr. is one of my heros, as is Brother Malcolm, and Barack Obama. [...]
From young we try to teach our children that hard work pays off. If you work hard you will learn your ABC's and 123's, and that will make mommy and daddy happy. If you work hard at keeping your bedroom clean you'll get a sticker, and that will make you happy because then you'll know [...]