Money and Friends – Part 1

Money is the root to all evil. Money makes the world go round. Cash rules everything around me. But does money have to come between our friendship? I received a phone call three weeks ago. My friend was in need of some cash. I can understand it. We’ve all been there. You don’t budget correctly [...]

Free Writing: Haters All Around

Here I have my second attempt at ‘Free Writing.’ Still trying to break the habit of making corrections. I caught myself backspacing twice (still can’t get past the punctuation part though – so it isn’t exactly free). But this is how it works as mentioned on Greg’s Writing Blog: The rule is simple (see details): Get a timer [...]

Standing Still:Still Standing

For the past couple of months, I’ve been somewhat at a standstill. Many things were consuming my mind and taking a major toll on me. I was so out of the loop and I didn’t feel like myself. No ambition, no determination, no will and drive to work, eat or do the things I’ve grown [...]

Geek Train – All Aboard!

 Wow! The Geek Train… I normally ride the MTA but this should be an intersting ride. I’ve been tagged by Gregg Hawkins.  —— START COPYING HERE —— Geek Train – All Aboard! Write a short paragraph at the beginning of your post and linkback to the blog(s) that put you on the list in the [...]

I Dream Of Blogging

They say that you have at least seven dreams for every eight hours of sleep that you actually get. I haven’t had eight hours of sleep in some time. They also say that you dream in black and white. I don’t know who has said all this but I dream in color. As for the [...]

One Dollar, One Dollar: How to ‘Pimp Your Kids’

Maybe I’m showing my age, but I remember the days when there were little old men and women selling chocolate bars and gum out of little carry -on cases as they moved from subway car to subway car. Ah, those were the days, if you got lucky, you could get your sugar fix, buy batteries [...]

Mayor Bloomberg Pays Parents To Care for Their Kids

It isn’t enough to have children and want to see them make a difference in the world, keep your family name going or push them to do better than you’ve done in life, out of love of self and love for your child. No, it isn’t that simple anymore (was it ever?). Mayor Bloomberg has [...]

Mayor to Pay Poor Parents And Children to Get Out of Poverty

March 30, 2007 Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled a novel $50-million initiative yesterday that will pay poor New York families cash for taking steps to lift themselves out of poverty by keeping their children in school, staying healthy and earning more. Under the two-year pilot program, 2,500 families will earn rewards ranging from $50 to $300 [...]

Swimming in The Inner City

BY RAMONA SHELBURNE For 15-year-old Kristian Keith and her mother, it’s all about pride. And like teenagers in the movie “Pride,” starring Terrence Howard and Bernie Mac, Kristian is in the vanguard of young black swimmers dispelling another racial stereotype. The movie, which opens today, follows swim coach Jim Ellis and his predominantly African-American swim [...]

Michael Jackson throws diva tantrums in London

NEW YORK: Pop star Michael Jackson has created a fuss at a posh London hotel since he checked in there incognito by registering as a woman. Newsweek.com quoted London Evening Standard as saying: “Jackson would certainly give J Lo (Jennifer Lopez) a good run for her money on the diva stakes by bringing a team [...]

Urban Observation #6: Money and Black People

Is it just me or people in the Urban community not educated enough to invest their money wisely? It may be a sad fact that we get a little bit of money and we don’t know how to act. Someone I know recently received a settlement check for $120,000. Now that is a descent amount [...]

Daylight Savings Time: Earlier Than Usual and Just as Annoying

Why is the IT Department frantically updating all the PC’s in the office? Why is my supervisor worried about his meetings on his calendar? Why are banks acting funny with my money (oh… that’s personal and will not be answered here)?  Why is everyone acting like Y2K is happening all over again? An idea struck me like [...]

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