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Every morning I have the pleasure of riding the metro to work with millions of people who don’t look all to happy to be going to earn a paycheck in today’s struggling economy (I’ll speak more on that in another blog).

Fortunately, I get on at the second stop with only 12 more to go, about a 40 minute ride, so there are plenty of seats available. Majority of the people are just like me, working class professionals. Going to work isn’t a problem at all. It’s the ride home that bothers me.

After a hard days work, soon as I get on the train I look for a seat. Usually, I can get one, but it wasn’t long before I realized that at the stop after mine, a ton of men and women get on. Mostly women.

See I have always prided myself on being a gentleman that acts as like chivilary is alive and well. So like any gentleman, I offer my seat to women when I see one standing. The problem is it appears that I’m the only one who thinks this is normal. So I try to lead by example and offer my seat to a lady who may have been standing on her feet all day or needs to clear her mind before she goes home to some bad ass kids or a mooching husband or she could just be tired.

Without fail, another brother will do the same for another lady. He may not have forgotten that we are here to take care of our sisters, but sometimes we need to lead by example to help remind those of us who get lost in society’s trap of lost consciousness.

Some young brothers may not know how to treat a woman or how to be a man, so maybe if enough brothers will stand up for sisters on the train, we can start standing up for our families in our communities.

It’s not really a choice. It’s a part of being a man.

Insight: Isn’t it amazing how 500 people can be crammed together on one train and no one says a word to each other.

My cousin sent me this and I have to let you know that I’m feeling it. If you feel it too, let the world know on Super Tuesday.

I can’t believe the madness with the Wii Consoles. Weren’t these things out last year? Why is it so popular this Christmas? I thought I was buying my husband’s gift early when I went to the store to purchase a Wii the first week of November. To my surprise the salesman said they were ‘SOLD OUT.’

I thought, OK, I’ll just come back next week when the new shipment comes in and just pick one up, but to my dismay they were ‘SOLD OUT’ again. I tried calling all around town and no one had a Wii.

So I got up early one Sunday morning and stood in line at the Circuit City at 9:00am (one hour before they opened) and I learned that people were there since 6:00am. They received vouchers so that when the store opened at 10:00am they were able to pick up their Wii’s. This was unreal! I have never chased a product and this will be the last time. No Wii for me this Christmas. I hope I can find one for my husband’s birthday in April.

A friend of mine invited me to a screening of Will Smith’s new movie, “I AM LEGEND“. Of course, I didn’t really know what to expect since the trailer doesn’t tell you much, but as you can tell by my title, I wasn’t impressed. As a matter of fact, I was thoroughly dissapointed.

Although I won’t tell you the movie, I will tell you that if you watch movies like I watch movies, you will find so many flaws in the character that you will find yourself cheering for the ‘dark seekers’. Humans have contracted a man-made virus that has infected almost 98 percent of the world and have become these “animals” that live in the darkness and are most powerful at night. Sound familiar…I thought so. They reminded me of the vampire mutations in Blade II, which believe it or not was a better movie.

This film was like watching Will Smith try and do his best Tom Hanks (from Cast Away) impersonation. He was on screen so much that I can almost tell you how many grey hairs he has in his beard. He did a good acting job, but the story line and character was weak. Hopefully, it will be a success because if not, Hollywood’s not as forgiving as Black people.

Since $10 is hard to come by for a movie these days, I AM LEGEND is a good bootleg and will be even better On Demand, but is at its best when you can watch it from home.