(ThyBlackMan.com) In all honesty, Mitt Romney and the current cast of GOP caricatures remind me of a 1970s bad Kung Fu movie. Now we can outline all of Mitt Romney’s flaws and problems and even place in the open field for all to examine. But it will not make a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Years ago, when Mr. T was a household name, a young man asked him what his first name was. Mr. T’s response was classic: “My first name is MISTER. That period is my MIDDLE name. My LAST name is T.” In short, through his example, Mr. T was about ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) From Jackie Robinson to Jeremy Lin NY sports have always had its pulse on America’s potential. Love it or hate it, so has NY media. Combine them and you get something beautiful. Embarrass them and you come up with something ugly. My first example of the latter is a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s been a year and a day since Osama bin Laden’s corpse was rolled off a ship and left to rot at the bottom of the sea. Since that time al-Qaida’s continued to vow to avenge their fallen leader’s death. The war in Iraq has really, really ended. Syria ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’m 10 days out from my wedding. I’m trying to tie up all loose ends before I actually arrive in Chicago a week from today. In doing so I’m on the hunt for a cake topper. I called my local Hobby Lobby; no dice. I went into Michael’s last ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I listen to the radio. If you’re a music purist you may be saying this is my first mistake. But it’s not a mistake. I like the radio. I like to be entertained by more than music on my overnight morning commute and my afternoon drive home. But I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a parent I understand the worry and concern regarding the future of one’s child’s education. Statistics show that those with more training and a college education are normally in a higher income bracket. This sounds pretty simple to some. But we all know that college is not for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Irreversible tooth damage? From sports drinks? A recent study published in the May/June 2012 issue of General Dentistry found that an alarming increase in the consumption of sports and energy drinks, especially among adolescents, is causing irreversible damage to teeth. Specifically, the high acidity levels in the drinks erode ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Everybody looks toward Miami Heat’s “Mr. Everything” Lebron James for playoff answers in 2012. No surprise there. As history records it, King James was defeated in last years NBA finals by the Dallas Mavericks. The ‘King’ came in second. No cigar there. People started questioning basketball royalty. Here’s the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As long as the Nets are allowing Jay-Z to call their marketing shots — what a shock that he chose black and white as the new team colors to stress, as the Nets explained, their new “urban” home — why not have him apply the full Jay-Z treatment? Why ...