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Have I ever mentioned……how much my boys like to play in, with & around boxes? …hours of entertainment… …also… …sleep! Last week, Dave indulged… …Ransom’s request to take a nap in his favorite… …box! You may wonder: “Can Ransom sleep ANYWHERE”? Well, if a laundry basket… …and a shopping cart… …and a carseat count…than, YES! […]

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A few weeks ago, I ran into an old boyfriend while going through the security line. When I noticed him I bent down to pretend to tie my shoes while I mouthed silently, “oh my good Lord. What? Why? Ugh.” The line was slinking back & forth which made avoiding him downright impossible. I girded […]

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A few weeks ago Dave & I listened to Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer & the Unlikely Woman who Brought Them Together. (As an aside, we have been loving Audible. For $22.95/month I get two credits. That means I can get two books a month to listen […]

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I’ve had quite a few folks ask me lately how much scrilla I bring in blogging.  Or if blogging is all it’s cracked up to be financially.  With the likes of John Chow -who boasts a $150k/yr. blogging income- it can be easy to take up blogging as a get rich quick asinine plan.  I […]

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Last week, my Mom turned 70 years old!  (Holy Canoles, right?!) I thought about it a few months ago.  Then last week I kept thinking about it.  Then on her birthday I tried to call her no less than 5 times but her phone wasn’t working, but I thought about it.  Last night, the family […]

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In the mood for a scintillating story? So, this weekend…I reunited with my baby boys after a 3 day work trip at the University of Pittsburgh…said goodbye to my hubby as he spent the weekend at his own work trip…bought Ransom How to Train your Dragon and proceeded to watch it with him about 4.5 […]

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You know, I’m just a quiet Black man trying to make it in this world. I’m especially trying to make it in this Obama-the-POTUS, post-racist country—or so some of the White people around me tell me. I have been told that I should be happy that America finally has a Black president and that I […]

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I got some new tat’s. (Yay)! I all ready had the star on the back of my neck but I decided to add to it. The star symbolized my SIMA (a test for determining your motivated abilities). Apparently, I’m a STAR!  Or at least I’m motivated to be one. =) When my supervisor & I […]

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