THE FLASHER AND THE FLASHBACK
This past weekend I had my older brothers over to the apartment to discuss family issues and shoot the breeze. Devin was excited at the prospect of having two of his uncles in his bedroom [...]
A GOOD START TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH
I keep a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. shaking hands hanging above my bed. It's my favorite thing to look at when I'm feeling like I can't face the next day, or [...]
MY KID IS SMARTER THAN YOURS
OK, that may not be true, but don't we like to think that about our offspring anyway? It's kind of like having a kid that's not all that cute and thinking he or she is the [...]
LET’S BE CLEAR…
I post the "funny" parts of mine and my wife's conversations with my boy. These are the interactions in a day that I can look back on and discover the humor. I don't mention the other [...]
ISAIAH WASHINGTON IS A JERK
This guy Washington has personally offended me. Not because he called his colleague the "F" word (although I think that him saying that word is deplorable), but because he sought counseling for using it. Being [...]
MOMMY AND MY DEVIL
This is an actual conversation I overheard between my wife and my little boy today. "Mommy look - ah, ah, achoo!" "Was that a fake sneeze?" She asked smiling. "Don't say that dirty word!" "That's not a dirty [...]