Healthy Text Messages from Em

Ray: My close friends know that eating healthy is a very difficult challenge for me. I look for inspiration anywhere I can find it. One of my best friends is very health conscious and even runs marathons on a regular basis. I recently sent her a text seeking advice on how to build healthy eating [...]

The Meaning of Life According to Jason Williams

Ray: Jason is a really good friend of mine. I’ve known him for about 15 years. He has a very interesting view on many things and wanted to share with the blog his thoughts on life. So here they are… Jason: Why am I here? To be or to not to be? Is life meaningless? [...]

Could Your Mom Have This Many Kids?

Ray: It’s cute and disgusting at the same time. A female wolf spider carrying her newborns.

One of the Greatest Songs Ever Made – Stairway to Heaven

Ray: I discovered this song in 2001. It made me realize that I know nothing about great music. There’s just so much of it in all types of genres. People who know anything about music know that Led Zeplin’s “Stairway to Heaven” lives up to its title.  Indulge: Led Zeplin – “Stairway to Heaven” (1972)

Redd Foxx Philosophy

Ray: I respect Redd Foxx for being who he was, when he was, and where he was. The man was fearless. His style of comedy emboldened other black comedians to venture off into other forms of comedy that weren’t always at the expense of Black culture. Think what you will of Redd Foxx, but there [...]

The Assassination of Malcom X

Ray: Today marks the anniversary of the assassination of Malcom X. It has been 45 years since his brutal murder on the stage of the Audubon theater. I fully understand that Malcom X is a controversial figure in American history. However, I personally believe that history has thus far judged him inaccurately. Nonetheless, here are a few [...]

Lupe Fiasco – I’m Beaming

Ray: This is what happens when a genius rapper gets with a genius production team. For the record, in my opinion Lupe Fiasco is the best rapper at this point in time. He has libraries of mix tape music to prove my point. Even when the mainstream fell in love with Lil Wayne, Lupe was [...]