Logical Calisthenics
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Change Take to Give
I'm constantly reminded of givers and takers; at work, at home, in these social and real streets. I've written about it previously, Givers Vs Takers.
Go read it, I'll wait.
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Few Antipathies
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An Intro About Nothing
I write a lot in physical journals, also digital journals like Day One, Evernote & the Apple Notes App, most don't make it to this space unless I feel like fleshing it out. I don't write for circumstances, but solace from them. However, I am paying $8/month, so I'm going to start using it more ;)
Read MoreA Beautiful Future
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Thoughts On One Year of Marriage
I’ve shared the back story on Michelle and I, summarized here Falling In Love With Love
I imagine most of the opportunities couples face when reuniting after a break present themselves as problems or issues they’ve had in the past. It is fair to say that emotionally intelligent people are quick to forgive, but that doesn’t mean they forget, a (subconscious) trigger to protect them from future pain.
Forgiveness does require letting go so that you can move on.
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5 Ways Sugar is Like Sex
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Five
They both show up when you least expect it. I have a young child at home so I try to be really careful about what we watch on television. Youtube has been my prefered source for watching videos because I can have better control over what he sees. Or so I thought. One evening, I entered asearch for one of our favorites,“Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear.” Several really cute and appropriate versions popped up. As my son and I were scrolling for THE ONE, there, mixed in for no apparent reason, were videos of women holding teddy bears, dressed in teddies, or AS teddies, and clearly not what a child should see.
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When White People Go to Mars
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When white people go to Mars, I’m gonna be dancing in the street!
When white people go to Mars, we will finally be free!
When white people go to Mars, another pale face I will not see!
When white people go to Mars, don’t let them come back for free!
Of Being My Dad
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Although he is not my biological dad, he is the only father I’ve known since the age of five. He stepped-in, so I took the step out ...
Of Being My Dad
Read MoreStyle and Substance
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2015 Year End Reflection
Improve relationships, healthy living, write more, read more (less television), increase income, increase savings, find ways to stay in love, practice humility (intellectually, socially and emotionally), get organized (in general, but also finances, insurance & other important records), smile & laugh more, grow spiritually and meditate.
My “better thinking” goals are just aspects, some of the parts that make up the whole of 2015. Growth and life’s lessons are (were) a consistent theme.
Read MoreLife & Music. And See That's The Thing
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I’ve expressed my love for music & ya’ll know I’m a bit kooky. I often relate things happening in my life to the music I am listening to. While it is not specific to the song’s lyrics or meaning; a phrase, a verse or the hook may spark a thought.
Life set to And See That’s The Thing, Deja Trimble (DeJ Loaf)
Read MoreThe New Black
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We all love things that we have no personal interest in doing, but enjoy seeing (in this case hearing) others engage in and succeed at.
Fan.
Read MoreFYIWW (For You I Will Wait)
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“Music can pierce the heart directly; it needs no mediation.”
Read MoreTrisomy 21
/This past Saturday I participated in the 2015 DSAGC Buddy Walk at Jerry Richardson Stadium at UNC Charlotte under Carolina blue skies. The event raised $195k, in all regards a huge success, however short of the $220k goal.
Read MoreTuesday Afternoon Sensory Inputs
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I see you, beautiful black woman with your eyes diverted as to avoid contact.
“Beauty is always strange.”
I hear you, validation hunter.
“I will protect myself from imaginary enemies by repeating saccharine statements that misrepresent reality.”
Read More♫ Titans
/We were titans
Eternally made
We were lovers
Born against the grain
Why would you wanna die
If you can live with me
But I can't make you stay
We were titans (x4)
I cannot make you stay
I cannot even if you asked
I cannot make you stay
No Country For Old Men
/How awesome is this narcissism; sitting on the couch with my iPhone, iPad Air and MacBook Pro everything in sync. Michelle, who is sitting on the couch with me, seemingly annoyed with the simultaneous notifications. & then my Apple life flashed in front of me, my photos are not syncing to my iPhone...
Read MoreIdeas. Thoughts. Experiences.
/Becoming mindful of your thoughts, will make you alert to new perspectives.
Your life, by extension of writing, will define, shape and help you articulate your world view more effectively.
Read MoreGo the Extra Mile
/A few weeks ago I was inspired by a former co-worker. I had begun to see her in the gym; I noticed she had dropped a few pounds from when we worked together, from my point of view I never thought she was in bad shape. Perhaps I Am biased, because I like grown woman weight. Read: Curves.
Read MoreCyntember
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The first chilly morning of the Autumn season makes me reflect on all those summer days cruising (on foot) through the park to see who was playing ball. Remember the old folks used a term… “courting”? That term came from the days when one would sit in the courtyard of a southern home with an intended “sweetie”. Well, I guess the basketball court was a version of that.
Read MoreUmkhungo (The Gift)
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"Set in the slums of Hillbrow, an overpopulated urban area of inner city Johannesburg, Umkhungo tells the story of Themba, a young boy shrouded since birth by paranormal events; most say haunted by the ancestors. When his mother is murdered, and his father dies in mysterious and unexplained circumstances; Themba is rescued by a disillusioned street thug, Mthunzi."
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