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This past week, I went to my soon to be Alma Mater, Towson University to get my OneCard.  The OneCard, in addition to serving as a student ID, also serves as a debit card of sorts.  As I saw my ID, I was humbled.  Humbled at the fact that in a couple of years, the past decade I have spent in broadcasting will have some teeth to it.  Humbled at the fact that I made it into a university after a long decade of being in school (which included a collective four year absence.)  Admittedly, I could have done it sooner had I not bs’ed it for a year and a half.

I also have found it humbling while some of my friends have lost their jobs because of the economy, I have been blessed to rejoin two places where I was previously employed before, Traffic.com in Washington and WNAV-AM in Annapolis  I am hoping that I will be working out of their Baltimore office soon, should a spot open up.

It’s called moving on and growing in life, a position which have have done more in the past year or so than anything else, starting with my car purchase in March of 2008.   For someone who is known for being a hermit, this is a big deal.

One more thing to add the list of life changes, moving.  This time, it is not a move across the parking lot.  In August, I will be a resident of Baltimore County, Maryland.  This was not an easy decision of whether to stay in Laurel considering the safety net around me.  However, it would be more convenient to me as far as school, 20 minutes away as opposed to being 40 minutes away and then doubling back to Laurel, and then commute to my main job in Arlington, Virginia.

Overall, humbling is the overall emotion right now, but still chilled.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – If you have been on my facebook two things you should notice.  Number one, I do not take my statuses all that seriously.  Number two, I have posted a couple of new rules that should be effective immediately.  However, because you cannot tell grown people what to do, my opinion means jack.  However, if you agree with me on these proposed rules below, let the church say amen.

With that in mind, with one week to go before official summer, I think there are two new rules that should be proposed…

New Rule No. 1…If you are female age 18 and over, you are banned from wearing platform flip-flops, especially if they are made of foam.  First of all, you are not a kid anymore.  You are an adult now and should be dressing like one.  Platform flip-flops are no longer cute on you, especially if they are made with something that can also be used as insulation.  The ones that are actually made of real shoe material are not that much better…adding some embeleishment or a big name brand on their (Baby Phat, Bebe, etc.)  will not make said platform flip-flop any more adult looking…as a matter of fact, they become uglier.  You are an adult, buy some real sandals or a flip-flop that does not make you look like a bamma.

New Rule No. 2…I don’t care how old you are…NO MORE CHINESE SLIPPERS.  These are worse than flip-flops because they are worn with any and everything!  Shorts, sweats, nice dress…memo to anyone (primarily female) who wears Chinese Slippers…if you buy footwear from the dollar store, they should not be worn in public.  As with the afformentioned footwear above, they do not look cute on you.

These new rules for summer will be updated throughout the season.

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Let’s cut to the chase, General Powell is absolutely right as far as the Republican’s needing to reachout.  The debate should be wide open and no holds barred in regards to the direction of the party.  The way that Republicans are operating right now is based on the extreme right wingers shouting everyone down and flooding the inboxes of those who dare speak out against Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter, the latter of which wo9uld know Christian character if it stared at her in the face.  And if you want to take issue with me referring to Coulter as a crack whore in previous postings, feel free.  I was just stooping to her level, since some people think that it’s a good idea to do so.

If you think about it, Colin Powell in a roundabout, yet nice way had asked Cheney, what have you done because I have done more than you.

Last time I checked, I was still conservative, still a registered Republican and still did not vote for Mr. Obama (nor will I be voting for him in 2012,) but I have the same criticism of Rush Limbaugh as those on the left.  Powell was dead on when he talked about the moderate Republicans who are silent for fear of having their in-boxes jammed.  The moment I criticize El Blow Hard, I get labeled a neo-con and my conservative street cred is questioned.

Advice for today, take heed to Mr. Powell’s words and let’s talk about the direction of the party, balls to the wall!

Welcome to a new series here at my blog where I will eat the words of statements said in the past…pertaining to my personal life.  Nice try you commie left wing…just kidding.

But seriously, I think it’s time to highlight the many times where I said I would never do that, and thenI went ahead and did it anyway either because God directed my path in that direction or I sat back thought about and did the research.  As far as a path being directed by God, two examples.  First off, I said that I would never be a cashier ever again after my tour as a cashier at Giant Food which last all of two months.  Not only did I wind up being a cashier at Wal-Mart after starting in the toy department, but went on

to be a leader in the store.  I don’t mean as far as management, I mean as far as working in the cash office as an Accounting Office Associate.  Not much power in the position, but it was a very important role nevertheless.

Another example of a God directed path was me purchasing my car last year.  I had vowed that I would never deal with Brown’s Arlington Nissan after they made me and my father wait around for two hours making us think I had gotten bank approval.  About a month later, not only did I get my car (a green 2001 Nissan Altima, thank you very much), but I got it for $1,000 less.  Point of lesson, Follow God.  Word to you atheists and agnostics, God exists and Jesus is Lord.

All of that by way of intro leads me to words I must now eat number 1…I said I would never consider a Mac.

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