Tiger's Favorite Christmas Carols

1. I saw Tiger shagging Skanky Whores
2. Frosty, The Ex-Wife
3. Oh Holly Night!
4. Silent Wife
5. Oh Cum all Ye Skeezers!
6. Mele KALIKA-maka!
7. Feliz Grabdatass
8. Ho Christmas Tree

yum

this looked good!

Bagels

Sonny's Bagels. Memories of South Orange. Sonny's is one of the few places in the village that still hold any memories for me. We went to visit my parents this past weekend prior to my mom's biopsy. It was a decent visit. In a way, it was the way I envisioned visits other families had with their parents. No yelling, screaming, guilt...well OK there was some of that but it was from my sister and directed at my nephew.

My mom was on her best behavior. I actually got to see two of my three surviving siblings and got along well with them. I finally see the merits of denial. Just let those things that typically irritate one percolate under the surface, and in a matter of hours, the family member to whom it concerns will just go away.

Now the thing with the nephew was funny. I cannot find anyone who actually saw the event, however the sound carried throughout the house. After we went to bed and were settling in for the night, a disturbance arose from the other side of the door. We distinctly heard my sister screaming to someone about "Having sex in my house!" followed by the sound of hands wailing upon someone. She yelled get up those stairs! We had to assume the recipient of the wailing was my eldest nephew because the voice was deeper then any of the other nephews could manage.

In my mind's eye, my sis was wailing motorboat style. Not exactly the preferred technique of the Shao-Lin temple but in some instances, effective. However against a 17 year old boy, useless. The only defense against the motorboat attack in this case would have been Rope-A-Dope.

I wish I could have given some guidance but in these situations, the best thing to do is to let them play out and laugh about it in a few years with all involved. I can't wait because that shit was funny.

DC Protest Warrior: Its Time Someone Said It

DC Protest Warrior: Its Time Someone Said It

The Year of the Brutha

Wow.

1. Barack Obama
2. Michael Steele
3. Mike Tomlin
4. Santonio Holmes
5. Eric Holder
6. _________________

Who is next? I am seriously impressed with the list as it stands.  To think, for decades race pimps like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have been running around trying to take over the reins of society by begging for scraps and appearing at every photo op imaginable.

Yet, who is it on that list? Simply put, individuals who grabbed the Golden Fleece. Those who were successful and put their energies into becoming the first Black Editor of the Harvard Review or perhaps into fine tuning their body to pirouette into the end zone to make an incredible once in a lifetime catch.

Sharpton and Jackson would rather make excuses for why black men cannot become successful. Without their careful guiding through the minefields of Corporate America, black men are imperiled. The list of men above prove the converse is true. These men did not reach for a hand out, they succeeded on their own merit.

My hope would be that the popular media will showcase these individuals over the next few years. I fear that the race pimps would prefer to only highlight the rappers and the others who make their living off the suffering and degradation of others. If word gets out that we can succeed on our own, who is going to buy into the myth of oppression?

I am not naive enough to say that there is no oppression in today's society however I am not going to say that we all are doomed to second class status. I will also not mock the efforts of those who have gone before to pave the road for those who follow. Those who led then let their actions speak for them truly have my respect. Those who lead then keep their followers behind them can not.