…Shit, who am I?
It’s not important
But they call me Brother to the Night…
— Darius Lovehall in Love Jones
It’s funny the things people do when they start to fear for their own mortality. Some people switch (or find) religions. Many people look at their bucket list and begin crossing things off in a grocery-shopping-item-in-the-buggy fashion. Others give up the whereabouts of suspected terrorists right before being waterboarded again. Folks like myself, well, we drop perfectly healthy careers in pursuit of other dreams and passions all in the name of “Because.” There is an even smaller population of people that actually want to [ ... ]
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02
Jul
…Shit, who am I?
It’s not important
But they call me Brother to the Night…
— Darius Lovehall in Love Jones
It’s funny the things people do when they start to fear for their own mortality. Some people switch (or find) religions. Many people look at their bucket list and begin crossing things off in a grocery-shopping-item-in-the-buggy fashion. Others give up the whereabouts of suspected terrorists right before being waterboarded again. Folks like myself, well, we drop perfectly healthy careers in pursuit of other dreams and passions all in the name of “Because.” There is an even smaller population of people that actually want to [ ... ]
Category: Daz, Family
Tags: African Ancestry, Anthony Foxx, Dana Saxson, Djolla, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Jr., Korean, Kpelle, Liberia, Pusan, Sudan 2 Comments
08
Jun
If you missed ESPN’s televised special on Danny Byers’ decision, here is the transcript of Jim Gray’s conversation with Danny :
Thank you very much. Everybody is on pins and needles across the country, particularly those schools who are in the running for Danny Byers.
Are you ready to go Danny? Where is the powder?
Left it at home.
What’s new? What’s been going on with you this summer?
Man, this whole going back to school process, looking forward to it.
What have you thought about this process?
This process has been everything I’ve thought and more. And that’s what I [ ... ]
Category: Daz, Family, Law
Tags: Danny Byers, ESPN, Jim Gray, Miami, South Beach, St. Thomas University Law School, The Decision 2 Comments
07
Mar
No, its not the winning powerball numbers. They are a series of numbers, however, that I will remember for as long as I live. My big sister Deena Diane Byers passed away yesterday, March 6th, 2009 at 10:32 am. She was 44.
I probably won’t ever know the true cause of her death. Her doctor’s will use the terms Staphylococcus Aureus and Toxic Shock Syndrome as the cause of her death, but I simply like to think of it as her having a panic attack because she was frequently being separated from her family during those crucial, final hours of her [ ... ]
Category: Daz, Family, love, Religion, Uncategorized
Tags: Anne Lambert, Deena Byers, I Miss You, Klymaxx, love, Omar Pettis, Powerball, Toxic Shock Syndrome Leave a Comment