Forgetful Minds
UNITED STATES—It happens to the best of us, but when was the last time you forgot something that almost put you in a massive tizzy. Well, I’ll tell you my younger sister is the worse when it comes to forgetting things. This past weekend, she gave me the scare of my life thinking she had lost her purse. She...
Racial Profiling Still Exists America
UNITED STATES—I have been racially profiled before in my life and as an African-American male I have come to expect it, however, in no shape, way or form does it make it acceptable. I ventured into an establishment that I wanted to visit for quite some time; I had a gift card that was given to me years ago,...
Compelling Television
UNITED STATES—I was glued to the TV screen last week, I mean virtually glued and I was not able to pull myself away from the TV. The moment I pulled myself away I was eagerly anxious to find out what was transpiring. I’m referring to the hearings on Capitol Hill involving Supreme Court Justice Nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his...
Entitled Brats
UNITED STATES—Let me ask you a question, how would you define a brat? Would you call it someone who is annoying? Someone who always gets his or her way? Someone who whines or complains until they get what they want? You can make the argument that each of those statements have some sort of valid claims, but what about...
Are All Millennials The Same?
UNITED STATES—We love to place people into groups. You have the Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials and now we have Generation Z. Of course, out of those various generations many fall into one of those regions. Well, right now the talk of the town seems to be millennials and for the oddest reason, millennials receive the brunt of the...
What Do You Want To Eat?
UNITED STATES—It is perhaps the question that everyone hears a lot, daily all the time. What do you want to eat or what’s for dinner? Ugh, I absolutely hate that question, and I mean I hate that question with an absolute passion. Why? Whenever the question is posed you NEVER GET THE ANSWER YOU WANT! It’s like you’re placed...
Autumn Kicks Off
UNITED STATES—It’s here! Summer is over and I could not be more ecstatic. There are a multitude of reasons which I have alluded to in the past. The biggest being the calmness of the weather. Look it has been a brutal summer for those of us living in the Midwest. I mean jeez, the month of May, June, July...
Late Night Sleep Tantrums
UNITED STATES—I have to have perhaps one of the worst sleep patterns in the world. Some days are great, others are terrible. I think the biggest issue being the fact that I work so much, and then when you factor in school the body becomes so overworked that when I try to sleep I cannot sleep. I’ll give you...
Find Your Passion
UNITED STATES—It is a question you hear all the time and I think people think it is easy to answer, but it really is not. What is your passion in life? When I say passion I’m referring to something that just stirs the body, your mind, and your emotions in a way that nothing else in life does. It’s...
Freshman Day Jitters
UNITED STATES—For so many people, the first day of school is fast-approaching and it can be nerve wrecking for so many. I want to particularly talk about the issues that so many freshman encounter rather its high school or college. I mean I could share with you all the tale of my first day of preschool, where I was...