You know Mac stay sucker free, so please don’t fuck with me. You don’t really want war, you don’t really want da heat from the four, you don’t wanna eat out a straw. Man, you niggas is broke. Ya’ll niggas aint got no cash. Man, you niggas aint got no stash. Were your wheel and […]
Read moreTopic #218: Imagine it’s August 2021 – What is your life like?
Topic #218: Imagine it’s August 2021 – what is your life like? August 2021 and my life has been a rollercoaster with the highs outweighing the lows. It is my tenth year as a best selling author and I have just finished the 4th movie based on my best selling series “The Family”. I am […]
Read moreTopic #211: What’s one “luxury” you refuse to live without?
Topic #211: What’s one “luxury” you refuse to live without? This topic suggested by Stef of the Smile kiddo blog. A week ago If i was asked this question I would have responded my laptop, but something happened over the last several days that makes me take pause with that answer. Now undoubtedly, the one […]
Read moreBeing a Dad
Being a single dad is the hardest job in the world. What makes it the hardest job, you might ask? Well for starters, we have to get over the negative stereotypes and misconceptions that pervade American society about dads in general. Secondly, is this issue surrounding the absence of “Black Fathers” in the traditional family […]
Read moreTopic #200: What would you like 200 more of?
Topic #200: In honor of reaching topic #200, what in your life would want to have 200 more of? Some people say they want to live longer, but would you really want to live for another 200 years? Others claim they want to be smarter, but how would you get along with your friends if […]
Read moreTopic #191: Write a short letter to yourself, to be read one year from now.
Topic #191: Write a short letter to yourself, to be read one year from now. You don’t have to post the entire letter, but you do have to a) write it b) post about what surprised you the most about what you wrote, or whether you found the experience interesting or not. And don’t forget […]
Read moreA Friend Of Mine
He was a friend of mine, and I never asked him to buy life insurance because I didn’t want him to think I was the kind of person who would use friendship for personal gain. He was a friend of mine and when he married I was glad. Because i knew his wife too, and […]
Read moreState of Marriage in America
As everyone knows by now New York State legalized gay marriage, thus signaling the end of the traditional marriage and traditional family. Marriage as an institution was already on the decline. Over the last 40 years, married couples declined from 67 percent of the population to a mere 23 percent. When an institution so central […]
Read moreDo Names Affect A Childs life?
I recently overheard a conversation on a Bronx-bound 2 train between an expecting couple. The topic of discussion was what they should name the baby. The father wanted the baby to be named after him, the mother wanted to create a combination name using both of their names. As a single father of a boy […]
Read moreThe Greatest Love Letter Ever Written
When was the last time you did something kind, caring or generous for someone else and expected nothing in return? For most of us, acts of selfless love aren’t an everyday occurrence. But they should be. These acts often go unnoticed because they typically involve quiet sacrifice. We don’t do them because we seek recognition […]
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August 20, 2011 
