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A good friend of mine recently got married in my hometown. It was good to see some of my old high school friends, but I realized that some of them haven’t grown up at all. So I started to wonder, is it that they haven’t grown-up or is are they playing the role they think they are supposed to play in the group like they did in high school.

One of the guys was cheering at the reception like he was at a football game or concert by whistling, clapping and calling out nicknames that we use for each other, but he was former football player who was always loud and sometimes obnoxius (and he wonders why no one invites him to come visit). Read the rest of this entry »

I recently spoke with a young lady who had just finished her freshman year at the University of Illinois. I love talking to young minds because it gives me an idea of what’s going on in the world’s of our young people (that sounded real old, but true).

After talking about living away from home, majors, frats and sororities, (you know the regular stuff) I asked her what was her most interesting class. She said it was “Ebonics.” Read the rest of this entry »

Some of my young brothers are graduating from high scool and now that you are 18 you are off to college, out in the world, off to Iraq, or out on the street.

Here are a few things I’ve learned along the way that will hopefully help you out in the future.

10.) Always carry your I.D.- When the police are looking for a black male named Leon Noel Jr., you need to be able to prove that’s not you. Read the rest of this entry »

Have you ever had one those months when you just couldn’t wait for it to end? Well, May has been one of those months for me. It seems like almost each week, there was something else negative happening. I do believe that we all have cycles of luck, joy and pain, but this month has been ridiculous. Read the rest of this entry »

If you are wearing sandals at any time, you need to have lotioned your feet. That includes the heals, between the toes and above the ankle. It may seem like common sense, but I have realized over the last few weeks, since the weather has been nice, that everybody doesn’t think like me. You know they say that everybody can’t wear everything. Well the same goes for shoes. Read the rest of this entry »