Diversity

“If you don’t stand for something you’ll fall for anything.” Unfortunately I can’t tell you who the quote is from because it’s pretty much in dispute, but it doesn’t matter because it’s a great quote anyway. I was prompted to think about this quote as I was having lunch with someone earlier today. As she […]

I’ve been writing this blog for almost 7 years now, and I noticed that I’ve never said “Merry Christmas” in any posts here, and only used it once in a title, that being last year when I posted a video of Josh Groban singing O Holy Night. I don’t think I’ve used the phrase in […]

I had an interesting experience yesterday that I’d like to share with you. I’m wondering if you’ll get the message here or if you’ll miss it; let’s find out. I went to pick my mother up to bring her to the town I live in for Thanksgiving. She’s going to be staying with a friend […]

At the beginning of last week we were treated to two Freudian slips, if you will, from a politician and a political pundit. Both were aimed at President Obama, which figures because he’s been the direct recipient of them since he took the presidency. On one end was a congressman who, in a conversation, referred […]

Last week I had lunch with a friend of mine. We were talking about each other’s businesses and our profile, so to speak, on Twitter. He said that in general he liked things I said, but wished I didn’t concentrate on race as much. I said a lot of things to him in explaining why […]