Tonight the soon to be defunct UPN premiered two episodes of the black family comedy “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne.â€Â The show was created by, of course, Tyler Perry (aka “Madeaâ€).  He’s a guy I usually like (my wife on the other hand LOVES him), and it was very clear by the time the credits rolled that it [...]
When I was young my parents purchased me a pair of knee pads for skateboarding. I didn’t wear them. I thought bloody knees were much cooler than plastic-sheathed ones. Now, however, that I am the dad, and my kid is too young to know what is and isn’t cool, I insist on pads and a helmet just [...]
Recently I was working on a program proposal and began searching the internet for some background information on my topic. I typed a term cross-referencing "black" with "dads" and another word (I won't mention the exact phrase) into a popular search engine, and I came up with porn. At that moment, I realized that [...]