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APRIL 2011 REWIND…

April 2011 was one of those months that I can look back on and smile. It was filled with love, vindication, and fun. The love part was when I had the opportunity to preside over the nuptials of one of my oldest friends. It was a chilly Sunday morning, Palm Sunday to be exact, when [...]

YOU CAN WIN

For some reason Charlie Sheen thinks he is winning. It’s one of his catch phrases after all. Sure he’s rich and famous but he’s also fired, and kind of a jerk. Sadly he’s in denial about his seriously deep issues. In my book he’s losing. He’s losing big. He’s a dad and he needs to [...]

I CAN DO MORE

As Black History Month comes to a close for the 35th time I am left reinvigorated. The family and I went to Washington DC last week for four days to see the sights. It’s one of those things that I always wanted to do but like so many things in my childhood it was just [...]

THE PAIN OF PERFECTION

It’s hard for me to be anyone but me. People have told me to tone it done in certain social situations and while my head agrees and knows that there are norms that should be generally followed it’s hard for me to do that. I feel this real compulsion to be me, and to be [...]