Archive for the 'Where I'm coming From' Category

Your New Year Resolution: Get a life!

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Another year is nearing its end and all around me people are lively and excited with their hopes and aspirations for the New Year to come.  Resolutions are bountiful as usual.  I hear one over weight friend vow to lose weight, another vow to quit smoking and a few fellow coworkers vow to get more [...]

Ban the Pixie Stix!

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Today is Halloween. Kids are dressed up everywhere, a feeling of mischievousness is in the air and candy is abundant. My little cousins, nieces and nephews are dressed up like princesses and ghouls, and a few are even Varsity workers! Others have their faces painted or are wearing funny wigs and masks, and at this [...]

Pregnancy is a Contagious Disease

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

I am proud to say that when I knocked my wife up, we knew no one else directly who was pregnant. We made the conscious and responsible decision on our own to have a child. We got our expenses in a row; made sure our jobs and health insurance were fairly secure and [...]

Fo Shizzle My Nizzle

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Fo shizzle my nizzle. Wow, it’s like a new urban version of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Fun words made up by the beloved American pop-culture icon, Snoop Dogg. Everybody loves saying fo shizzle my nizzle. Kids, adults, the elderly and the rich and poor alike all enjoy saying these now very famous words.
Try saying it, it’s quite enjoyable. [...]

Rev. Wright is White!

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

I want to briefly step up on the jackass soapbox and comment on the current controversy surrounding Barack Obabma’s association with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright.
Prior to the mass media attention given to the scandal, I had never really heard of the Reverend. So I figured I’d hit the net, do a little research and make [...]

A Challenge to the Second!

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

The Supreme Court will take up the case, The District of Columbia v. Heller very soon that will possibly change the legal meaning of the Second Amendment. For the very few of you who don’t know, this case was pushed up to the Supreme Court to settle the matter of whether or not the [...]

Robert Downey Jr. Goes Black

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

I was flipping through entertainment weekly recently and saw an article featuring an upcoming comedy co-starring Robert Downey Jr. as a black man.  My first thought was, this is a freaking awesome idea.  Seriously, could he look any blacker if he wanted? It really took me a few moments before figuring out it was him.
Being [...]

Larry’s frame of mind.

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

What’s important to you? Does your opinion on an issue matter? What should matter to everyone? If your opinion on a particular issue doesn’t really matter, why do you care?
I sincerely believe that one ought to reflect and make a great effort to answer all of these questions before they make the crucial mistake that [...]