What Should We Do With The Black Guys?
I received a call from the casting agency that I’ve done a lot of work for regarding a role as an extra in an upcoming television series called, ‘The Pinkertons’. The show was centered around life in...
View ArticleBlurred Lines
#181755295 / gettyimages.com Pop singer Robin Thicke hates blurred lines, or so he says in his song Blurred Lines. I know you want it You’re a good girl Can’t let it get past me You’re far from...
View ArticleDon’t Apologize For Your Kids Being Kids, We Were Kids Too.
The above picture is of a goodie back that was handed to airline passengers by a mom who was pre-apologizing for her child in-flight baby noises. Just in case. My wife who was flying on the plane was...
View ArticleI Am Not A Racist But Those Indians…
As a person of color, a black man, I have heard it all. The veiled racist comments, the not-so-veiled ones, the ill-timed apologies for saying something that had racial undertones for fear it would...
View ArticleIt’s All About Attitude Of Gratitude
#151387255 / gettyimages.com An old co-worker always used the term, “It’s all about attitude of gratitude” and I never really grasped the full meaning of it until later. I grew up in the Caribbean and...
View ArticleWhat A Little Prayer Can Do
To the cynic or atheist and even some Christians, the above topic would be met with skepticism. “Oh not one of those again” but I am not one of ‘those’. I only say it if I think it is so. Read on. I...
View ArticleI Am Not African-American But I Am Black Though
#95746149 / gettyimages.com Remember Raven-Symone? She played Olivia on The Cosby Show. Apparently Raven does not like to be labelled an African-American or Gay for that matter. (She is in a gay...
View ArticleVictim Of Sexual Abuse? Please Step Forward
#493951013 / gettyimages.com In light of what is going on with Jian Ghomeshi and the skeletons that keep falling out of his closet, I want to urge victims of sexual or physical abuse to step forward...
View ArticleThose Halloween Sickos Make Me Sick!
There are some people who use Halloween as a time to engage in their sick games. Games that could be deadly to victims. Victims who are kids. Today, my 6 year-old brought home a letter from his...
View ArticleOur Soldiers Are The Real Heroes
There’s just something about a war veteran that enthralls me. To me they are like deep vessels containing so much experience. Experiences that would cause many of us to faint. Acts of bravery, seeing...
View ArticleHow I Shot Bin Laden…And Also JR.
#51406699 / gettyimages.com You know that Osama Bin Laden was killed, right? When you heard he was, did you immediately ask who fired the fatal shot? Did you even care? Do you care to know the...
View ArticleWild Bill’s Bitter Pill
Unless you are hibernating for the winter, otherwise known as living under a rock, you would have heard about Bill ‘yes that bill’ Cosby finding himself going up something that looks eerily similar to...
View ArticleTuesday’s Teaching: Money Is Not The Root Of All Evil
We have all heard the saying, “Money is the root of all evil”. Well do you know that it is not? This saying is actually of biblical origin and in its entirety reads, “The love of money is a root of...
View ArticleBest Customer Service Experience
Last Christmas my wife got me a Fitbit. In case you don’t know what that is, it’s one of those electronic wristbands that tracks your sleep and your steps. She was tired of listening to me complain...
View ArticleSo You Want To Free Your Nipples?
I understand that we are remaking and rebranding our society. I understand that to do this, we need to make some drastic, questionable and sometimes ridiculous changes to what we once held sacred. We...
View ArticleChristmas Loving
There’s a popular Christmas song called, ‘Give Love On Christmas Day’. It has been around for a while yet no one thinks anything of it. Yeah, let’s show love on Christmas day, what’s wrong with that?...
View ArticleNever Judge A Book By Its Cover, A Classic Example Why.
I believe in the saying ‘Never judge a book by its cover’ but sometimes, I can’t help being human and I make the mistake of judging someone based on their outward appearance. I know, I shouldn’t and...
View ArticleDon’t worry about the past, let the present shape your future
As the new year starts, don’t look back on what is gone. We can’t do much about the past but the present is in our hands. We can use it to shape our future and make it whatever we want. Happy New Year...
View ArticleWhat About The Children?
Let me start by asking, who defends these sick perverts? Who in their right minds would even think of asking for any form of leniency for someone who sexually abused their 5 kids and post photos...
View ArticleMagazine Ranks My City As Most Racist In Canada And I’m Not Surprised
Last week Winnipeggers were shocked, dismayed and maybe a little embarrassed, to learn that Maclean’s magazine had singled them for an unenviable distinction. That of being the most racist city in...
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