I was watching a very popular national televison show this this morning and something a reporter said caught my attention. He said something like "tomorrow is Columbus Day a day of celebrating Italian American heritage." What ever happened to it being the day that we celebrate the "discovery" of our country? I was amused and [...]
Black is beautiful. That statement sounds a bit antiquated all these decades after the “black is beautiful†movement of the 60s, but it is one of those things that seems to have never really sunk in. Let me tell you why I say that… Several months ago I found myself kind of pissed of at [...]
I am so liberal that I am willing to read and cite conservative blogs in my posts. (Or does that make me moderate?) One such blog is La Shawn Barber's Corner, which caught my attention when I was looking for opinions on homeschooling. I have no preconceived notions about homeschooling and only started thinking about it when [...]
It's funny how being a dad sometimes gets in the way of being a "daddy blogger." Over the last two weeks I have been less than prolific in my writing. I wanted to re-post a couple of my old favorites, couldn't figure out how to do that, so I gave up. I wanted to talk [...]
I just got back from a nice little vacation in Myrtle Beach with my wife and three yeard old son. On the advice of my boss (oddly enough) we decided to stay at a hotel/condo on the beach. For $150 a night (through hotels.com) we got a bedroom, a full kitchen, balcony and a living room on [...]