In a truly sad report to be published by the National Assessment for Educational Progress, 2009 test scores show only 12 percent of black fourth-grade boys are proficient in reading, compared with 38 percent of white boys, and only 12 percent of black eighth-grade boys are proficient in math, compared with 44 percent of white [...]
The photo above is me in 1997 on Madison Ave & 72nd Street. Don't ask why I wanted my picture taken in front of this building. OK fine I will tell you... ...one hot summer night in NYC I was having heat-driven nightmares and I dreamt this building was a caterpillar, and after a few [...]
I only drive a few times a year, mostly when I'm visiting family in Flint, Michigan, and I am always fearful about drinking and driving. I will party and have a few beers but I always make it back to Mom & Dad's no problem. On rare occasions I will stay at a nearby friend's [...]
Never a huge sports fan, I do love college football and basketball - something about young mostly unpaid kids with a team spirit that gets to me. There is something neat about it - even if colleges today take this stuff way too seriously - it's all about the Benjamins today, sadly. This Saturday October 9th, [...]
