February 2011

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I asked a group of men and woman how they liked spending time with their significant others. I tried to enlist the Pew Research Center to conduct the survey, but they were too busy covering things such as the Protests in Egypt, How American’s See China, The Decline of [...]

After a 15 hour flight from Los Angeles, I arrive in Australia’s largest city, Sydney (which located in the state of New South Wales) at 9:00 am in pretty good shape. I breeze through customs and meet my driver who is waiting to take me to the Menzies Hotel. The driver is a friendly chap [...]

I had my share of school yard scuffles, but none of these prepared me for The Fight. One night, while hanging out with my friends Andy, Jay, Wayne, and Von, we decided to go to a nightclub after shooting a few games of pool. Andy recommended some hole-in-the-wall that I quickly vetoed. However, I was [...]

In college, I was somewhat of a party animal. Every weekend, I sought the coolest parties and places to hang out with my friends Andy and Lyle. Andy’s dad owned a liquor store so we had access to all types of alcoholic beverages. On this particular night, we decided to take shots of Johnny Walker [...]

I remember the first time I listened to a Prince album. It was the summer of 1982 and the album was Controversy. My 12 year old mind could barely understand all the things I was hearing, but I knew two things for sure: This guy rocked I could not let my mother catch me listening [...]

I have many interests and the internet has allowed me to explore all of these with the click of a mouse. Although this list of favorite websites is not comprehensive, it does represent many of the sites that I visit at least weekly. News The New York Times NPR BBC The Houston Chronicle The Root [...]

I recently attended a conference where I was being tortured by awful PowerPoint presentations. I was half asleep until one speaker took the podium. He told the audience the story of how his 19-year-old son died in a work-related accident. His son’s death affected him so much that he started a non-profit organization to help [...]