Super Flashy Raft

Whenever I get together with my buddy, we talk a lot of shit.  Most of the time we just chalk it up to having a good time but once in a while, one of us will come up with an idea that is groin grabbingly amazing.  A few weeks ago my friend posited what I [...]

Now I’m sure that there are lots of consultants out there that bring value to customers that hire them on.  Many of these people are highly educated, intelligent and facilitate positive change in the company that have hired them.  However, in my working career I have never encountered one of these types of consultants before.  [...]

…and who aren’t athletic or any embody any of those “positive stereotypes” (if there can be said to be any) that generally follow African American people…  Given the amount of violence, poverty and racial discrimination that comes with being black, but not having any of the positive aspects:  it must really suck to be them. 

Then again, this [...]

You really don’t know what you’re going to get out of something.  Many historians have claimed that more millionaires came out of the Great Depression in the 1930’s than the Roaring 20’s.  Many (including myself) despise Donald Trump’s oafish demeanor and generally reprehensible actions, but you have to admit, the guy knows how to benefit [...]

My girlfriend and I moved this past week and due to landlord chicanery (long story) we’ve been left without a refrigerator.  Although I’m as partial as anyone to the joys of dining out, this recent economic downturn as well as my rapidly expanding waistline has forced me to pack lunch and cook dinner at home.  [...]

Although I’ve gone over this trend before on other venues before, I must say that it’s still a strange thing to me to see so many undercover Armenians today.  What with race relations the way they are now, you would think that they would gladly throw the dark cloth of ethnic integration off and bask [...]

I used to really despise sunshine fans.  As an avowed Laker fan, I watched season after season during the early 90’s when the Lakers quickly faded into boring mediocrity.  This was a massive hangover for basketball lovers in Los Angeles.  Gone were the days of Showtime and instead we were treated to third rate “superstars” [...]

Working in an ethnic neighborhood, I’ve gotten used to spotting a lot of the more prominent accents in my endeavors.  As a former linguistics student in college, I think that I have a pretty good grasp of certain accents, especially those from countries inhabiting East Asia and the Arabian Gulf. 
Recently I was speaking with a [...]

Have you ever noticed that the people that talk a lot and monopolize every conversation are the same people that always complain that other people talk too much?  I’ve noticed this disturbing trend in every workplace that I’ve been a part of but especially in my present digs.  I’ve also noticed a pretty significant ethnic concentration towards [...]

Restaurant.com seems to perenially have these massive sales on gift certificates to various local eateries.  Normally, the $25 gift certificates go for $10, but lately they’ve been offering 70% to 80% price cuts on their already heavily discounted prices.  So a $25 gift certificate will cost $2, $4 will buy you a $50 gift certificate, [...]