Read this article on Substack! Music is hecka mid this year. To me even the good stuff isn’t. There are a few bright spots Like Muni Long’s “Revenge” and that’s kinda it. There is plenty of music out there that other people like right now but aside from a single here or there, a hater…
Read this article on Substack! I have a book coming out that I am self-publishing. I couldn’t get a publisher to pick the book up. One of my distributors didn’t want to distribute my book presumably because they didn’t want to print a book with a black man on the cover (I’m still hoping they…
The Highs and Lows of a Trust Business Model While iPhone 16 users primarily, iPhone15 users retroactively, and people with Apple silicon “M” chip devices generally, await the upcoming Apple Intelligence operating system software release later this month, we are in an anticipation period. Apple, at their September 2024 event hyped Apple Intelligence as the…
It’s said that if you love someone or something you must be able to let it go. Letting go of something you love is how you can ignite change in that thing. Love can be binding. It requires commitment. Sometimes not everyone or everything is cut out for long-term commitment, at least within certain aspects.…
Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3 in the United States Constitution is known as the three fifths compromise. The three fifths compromise says that African slaves and descendants for the purpose of representation and taxation for any given state, will be counted as one free person within the context of three individuals within a group…
Photo by Mohammad Ali Mohtashami on Unsplash As I consider the structural and organizational future of business in America and around the world there is a non-dismissible call to action that says, what am I going to do about it? Not in a conflictive way but in a man in the mirror sort of way.…
Read this article on Substack! On Wednesday July 24, 2024, in a way that “ceremonially” ended an unprecedented whirlwind of over 70 years of United States political history concentrated in two weeks, President Joe Biden addressed the nation from the oval office to withdraw from his 2024 reelection campaign, Lyndon Johnson style. Upon leaving he…
It’s Friday July 26, 2024, and the 2024 summer Olympics have officially started. One of my favorite events is happening in one of my favorite cities. I’ve been to Paris before, but that story is for a different article, maybe. Here I want to briefly share, in honor of the 2024 Olympics, the time I…