Earlier this week I had the opportunity to do an interview with George Ukomadu, creator and host of 5in5Africa. The format of the show is 5 questions in 5 minutes featuring interesting people who are making Africa shine. Of course I was honored to be included in a group of people described as agents of […]
Most savvy people (or at least those with a lick of common sense) know that the entertainment industry has ruined a number of virtuous things. Script writers and directors have used their skill and trade to elevate our society’s expectations for even the simplest of pleasures, all while knowing full well that these expectations can […]
This weekend we had the rare opportunity to have a guest over for dinner at our house. On a normal night, my family’s dinner conversation generally centers around the following phrases: Don’t play with your food. Chew with your mouth closed! Sit your butt IN your chair. Eat over your plate! Oh my God. Are […]
Sometimes I wonder if my kids know how good they’ve got it. At least four times a day, I ask one of them to pick up a toy or wipe up a spill that threatens to cripple a member of our household if it is removed from its precarious position. “But I didn’t do it!” […]
There are so many people in the world with amazing skills and gifts. If you’re lucky, you’ll get a chance to showcase that gift on a national or international stage. There’s something in human nature that attracts us to excellence, which is why we shell out hundreds of dollars for concert tickets or waste valuable […]
Everyone else is doing a post about Valentine’s Day, so why not me too? The sky was dark and overcast in Atlanta on February 14th. The forecast had called for snow, but there was only snow in the mountains. The rest of the city was merely cloaked in a dreary gloom with neither rain nor […]
I’m not a feminist; nor am I whatever the antonym of a feminist is. I am just a person who believes in equality, and I shall not rest until men have equal access to contraception! In the whole debate over women’s “reproductive health”, and “rights to privacy”, and all the other PC labels that rights’ […]
I have hated Valentine’s Day for many years. I’m sure if I were to troll through the archives of M.O.M I would uncover an ode or two to my disdain for this “holiday”. I remember being a student at GIS, a school that was crawling with half-caste (as they were proudly and so politically incorrectly […]
They say that seven is the number for completion, and I have completed had it with Douche Bag. Have you seen the Unicef commercial with Alyssa Milano? You know, the one where she is unsmilingly holding up two quarters, urging viewers to give $0.50 a day to save the life of a child? Did you […]