THE BLACK [DAD] LIST: AN INSTITUTION THAT SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS
The other day an institution that shall remain nameless contacted me via form letter to notify me that my social security number was "accidentally" published on their public website along with thousands of others. They [...]
POLITICS
There was a long moment in my life when I was certain I was going to run for City Council in my district here in New York. I decided against it once I realized that [...]
STUPID MUSIC
My wife and I have been chilling out tonight listening to the radio, dancing and joking. Just relaxing. Friday nights on the radio are kind of entertaining because the high-paid DJs are spinning the current [...]
PINCH AN INCH (OR TWO)
So I'm walking around the house sans shirt yesterday after a midday shower. The Dev stops me in my tracks and starts staring at my belly. Without a word he commences to poking. and squeezing, [...]
KING
Forty years ago today the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior was murdered. At varying points throughout my life I have asked older people about that fateful day. All of the responses have been similar [...]
THE NEW SCHOOL TRANSITION CONTINUES
The Dev is about two weeks into his transition, and of course it's a transition for us all. We've already completed a "big" school project and are getting a new level of feedback on his [...]