Whether you had any real knowledge of either person beforehand, by now almost everyone in America knows about the beating the singer Rihanna took at the hands of her then-boyfriend Chris Brown. You also know about the subsequent fallout; the almost collapse of his career, her going into hiding for awhile, his pleading guilty to […]

A couple of days ago, my wife and I happened to be in the kitchen at the same time. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve started making my week’s meals on Sundays so that all I have to do during the week is get my container, heat up my food, and go about my […]

As many people know by now, 3 people passed away due to their participation in something called a sweatlodge ceremony. In essence, this is a Native American ceremony where people go into a little handmade hut of coverings with some very hot rocks. Then someone pours water over them, creating a lot of steam, and […]

I came upon an epiphany this morning that almost lifted me from my seat. This isn’t a political post, although I begin with a political premise to help me explain things. I was thinking about a post on leadership, and how President Obama has some very tough decisions to make over the next couple of […]

Back in February, I wrote here about receiving my first ever bit of “schwag”, though I’d also seen it spelled as “swag”; no matter. Anyway, it was a free book and a free flying pig in a box, which was appropriate to the title, Wisdom Of The Flying Pig, by Jack Hayhow. I said I’d […]