Get It In Writing

I was upset to hear that Diddy/Sean Combs/P.Diddy/Puff allegedly stiffed a breast cancer awareness group from proceeds of a party Diddy/Sean Combs/P.Diddy/Puff was paid to host.   There is some confusion on whether the  fault lies with Diddy/Sean Combs/P.Diddy/Puff, the party promoter, or the club owner.  Regardless, this breast cancer awareness organization loses. According to BV Black Spin: Hip-hop [...]

Teaching Moment: What We Can Learn From Wikileaks

From the get, I support the statements by the Obama Administration and other congressional and foreign policy leaders condemning the online document dump of classified government documents by Wikileaks. Everybody cannot handle sensitive information.  People, everything ain’t for everybody. But I think there are several personal and professional lessons we can learn from this episode. [...]

Methadone in a Sippy Cup?

This article came across my RSS reader and my heart just sank, and then began hurting. This may not be a question of intent, but it is a question of judgment. Who the hell puts methadone in a sippy cup? And yes, she still needs to rot in jail, if only to make sure she [...]

Help Haiti Now

Please see the below message from the Pan American Development Foundation, an organization I support to get much needed help to Haiti: With Tropical Storm Tomas only hours from striking Haiti and its 1.3 million vulnerable displaced persons, the Pan American Development Foundation is urgently seeking cash donations for relief and recovery supplies. Your help is needed [...]

Of Miners, Mistresses, and Personal Failings

Like most, I was completely mesmerized by the rescue of the 33 Chilean miners after 70 days underground.  I barely survived a couple of days during Snowmageddon and I had all my creature comforts. But one of the surprising stories resulting from the ordeal was the love triangle between trapped miner Yonni Barrios, his wife [...]

Politics of Marijuana

Interestingly, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy just released a report warning parents to the heightened dangers of marijuana use that has risen sharply, with kids starting to use the drug at a younger age. According to recently released data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), released by [...]

Arrogance and Hubris: Eddie Long

For a scandal only about a week old it has been talked to death.  No need to rehash everything.  Bishop Eddie Long, who presides over several mega-churches in Atlanta and elsewhere, has been accused by four young men of sexual coercion.  Yes, this would be the married Bishop Long. Some people see this event as [...]

Rewarding Bad Behavior

One of the things that irked me during the JetBlue plane-ejecting flight attendant was the rallying around a guy who engaged in terribly bad judgment and bad behavior.  After the story spread, this guy became a Facebook sensation with people actually donating money for his defense fund! He quickly became the poster child for frustrated [...]

Dear Dove World, God Don’t Like Ugly

Someone needs to tell that to the idiotic and asinine preacher fronting like a man of God and encouraging people to burn the Koran on September 11th.  I’m usually resigned to let people be complete idiots because usually they’re not hurting anyone.  But this man may very well get someone killed and have blood on [...]

Attention to Detail on Indepednence Blvd

How many workers looked at this sign, knew it was misspelled, but probably said, “it’s not my job?”  Or worse, didn’t realize it was misspelled.  Major fail.  I wonder how much money and manpower it will take to fix it. According to the Charlotte Observer, there will be no cost to taxpayers. Somehow, I highly doubt [...]

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