Category Archives: Character
THE DELUSION SERIES: EPISODE 1
Before Whitney Houston passed away last weekend, people spoke of her voice not being what it once was. I read articles and blogs recounting unsatisfied audiences, rudely storming out of venues and asking for refunds. Thanks to the wonder of … Continue reading
JEREMY LIN AND THE RANK OF UNDERDOG
The latest underdog craze is the New York Knick’s Jeremy Lin who’s been lightin’ up scoreboards and testing his mettle against NBA elite just one season after being cut by the Golden State Warriors. But it’s easy to root for … Continue reading
DISLOYALTY
I’m a confirmed disloyal individual, I think. You might be as well. Far back as I can remember I’ve been giving people reasons to not like me. I’ve often thought that people can like the you they make you out … Continue reading
PARIAHS OF SPORT
Aren’t Tiger Woods, Michael Vick, Joe Paterno, and Kobe Bryant unforgiveable? These are the men of scorn in athletics with the recent addendum of Penn State University’s beloved Joe Pa. And what makes a pariah? Well, here’s what happens: people … Continue reading
DENOUMENT FROM TRIPLE OVERTIME
When the events of the story conclude, tie up and make sense, you have Denoument. We make resolutions at various times throughout life and to say we’re short sighted would be grotesquely inadequate. Our resolutions are not action focused or … Continue reading
SHOOTOUT WITH GOD
God sometimes demands so much of you that it’s maddening. I was talking to my wife yesterday about a holding pattern I’ve been in my whole life. There is such a thing as too comfortable with who you are. My … Continue reading
BREAKIN’ UP 2.0
Technology has taken “Dear John” to a new level. I parted ways with my mobile carrier yesterday and fell into the arms of another. The beauty of the potentially cataclysmic event was that I didn’t even have to see my … Continue reading
SKELETAL
What holds people up, makes them stand vertical? There’s simple answers and complex ones. There are God-fearin’ folk who would say, “God is the skeleton that supports the human frame.” But if I’m asked a similar question, I’d assume the … Continue reading
