A small piece of Mind

Dive into the deep end of Thought.... Maybe 😉 Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

Journey to my past: What I Found Out

A brief background. An African American male, looking for answers about his ancestry, does some investigating, then years later gets an Ancestry DNA Test. Ok you're basically caught up. *I do understand that each test is different. I also understand that this test is not 100% accurate and will not unlock all the secrets of …

Slave vs. Servant vs. Legacy

I was born and taught to be a servant. The unfortunate thing about it is that I did not come into the realization of this until I was in my 30’s. As an African American male we are taught our history starting with slavery. Anything historical prior to that has to be found out through …

Journey to my past: What I was told

Growing up, like any kid, I never thought about where I was from or what I was. I knew I was a kid and that was it. Until about 4th grade. We were learning about Thanksgiving. We were given the classic story. Europeans came over to the Americas, It was a hard winter and Native …

Another Look: Assassins Creed – Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla

I have mentioned many times that I play video games. I find them entertaining, relaxing, and fun. They are like a story in motion and I control the details. I have been playing the Assassin's Creed series since the first game (released in 2007). The recent trilogy is coming to an end and man it …

The 3 Pigs

The day had finally come. The three little pigs were finally moving out. They finished loading the last of their things on the moving truck. They hugged their mom goodbye and left to go to their new homes.  They went to the first pig’s house. It was in rough condition. It was a fixer upper …

Ukraine and our Complicated World

I felt a real strong need to write about this topic. In the past few days we have seen Russia invade Ukraine and the world sits anxiously in their seats, marches and reports the news of what's happening. I myself feel many people don't know what's going on and feel you should have knowledge of …

5 Things we Forget Change in Time

Humans are interesting creatures. We have advanced so much in our short time on this planet. As we grow as a society, time teaches us so many things. The interesting thing about this is that we continue to do the same things over and over again like it's the first time. Even when we did …

5 Ways Aging has Affected Me

Back in the 90’s a popular song by the late Aaliyah, “Age Ain't Nothing but a Number” was a hit. This was a line that was said so much in my younger years that I grew to be so annoyed at the statement. It held some truth, you are as old as you feel. We …

5 Possible Futures of Humanity

As we start a new year, I had an interesting thought. What would the future of humankind look like? I was watching Dune (a spectacular movie), it said the year was 10191. Frank Herbert's view of the future was/is stunning. If you take into account George Lucas and Gene Roddenberry’s view you can see a …

5 Ways Education has Changed

I was talking to a student the other day and we had an interesting conversation. The topic of discipline in schools came up. Another teacher mentioned how in China they were very strict about discipline and still believed in capital punishment in some schools. I recall my uncle telling me when he worked in Dubai …