I knew the day would come. The Roots would release their latest album, undun, and the bar would not only be raised in the Hip Hop game, it would be raised in the Music game. Continue reading →
thankful heart, happy heart
So many people talk about being thankful, but sometimes truly being thankful is difficult. I’ve found that thinking on the simplest things that you have, but can’t imagine doing without, is a good way to start toward the path of thankfulness. Continue reading →
real men show up
November is also known to a few hundred thousand people as Movember. Mo is phonetically referring to mustache and “real men” all over the globe are growing them this month as a display of solidarity of educating the masses on men’s health.
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true
“There are 10 kinds of people – those who understand binary code and those who don’t.”
It’s 11-11-11 today. I’m not into numerology or anything like that, but I think it’s pretty cool all the same. As a developer, I write code in object-oriented syntax and as a boolean value, the number 1 is considered “true.” Continue reading →
be inspired.
44 is too young to die but God had other plans for Dwight Errington Myers, better known to us as Heavy D. He died on Tuesday in his Beverly Hills home, according to media reports, though it’s not clear what the cause of death was.
Heavy D is best known for hip hops hits such as “Mr. Big Stuff,” “The Overweight Lover’s in the House,” “Somebody for Me” and “We Got Our Own Thang” and more popularly, the theme song for popular TV show “In Living Color.”
What is most interesting to me is that within 24 hours of Heavy D’s untimely death, he tweeted,
“BE INSPIRED!” Continue reading →
restless
What we want isn’t always what our heart is aching for. As Jon Foreman of Switchfoot sings, “I am the raindrop falling down, always longing for the deeper ground.” Continue reading →
movember
During November each year, Movember – Mo being short for mustache – is responsible for the sprouting of mustaches on thousands of men’s faces, in the US and around the world. With their Mo’s, men like me raise vital funds and men’s health awareness, specifically prostate cancer, which develops in the male reproductive system and is the most common cancer among men. Continue reading →
that’s right, motherfathers!
I don’t watch TV so I miss out on the viral joy of hilarious commercials. Don’t feel sad for me. I eventually see them – a year and a half later. This one goes out to all the motherfathers out there… Continue reading →
one eleven
One injury, one affair, one arrest or one unforgivable misstep is all that it takes to go from being beloved by all to being the forgotten has-been. “There is no remembrance of former things, neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come by those that shall come after.” Continue reading →
birthright
“Right or wrong, tension makes us stronger by making us weak when we needed to be.”
Thought-provoking lyrics from an amazing song called “Birthright” by the amazing band, Sleeping at Last featuring Jon Foreman of Switchfoot. Give it a listen.
