Opinions and Musings on Anything

Watching The Defiant Ones- A FANTASTIC Documentary about Dr. Dre & Jimmy Iovine- is bringing back memories of me chasing my own music industry dreams, on a much smaller scale but with no less ambition, with my brother and street friends fronting me capital and being my protection as I waded into the various projects or dangerous neighborhoods in DC ...

Yesterday, I took my 15yr old stepson Ernesto with me on a scouting mission to check out the neighborhoods of some fixer upper homes in DC located in decidedly changing neighborhoods. We are on a budget and I am looking to ride out the changing fortunes of a neighborhood til we can accrue ridiculous equity really fast and then sell ...

I went to bed last night before finding out who would be crowned El Presidente of the United States of America and woke up racing to my computer to check underneath the proverbial TREE to see if America received a shiny gift or a lump of coal from Santa Claus. Upon getting the great reveal, several random thoughts buzz around ...

My mom has always been a far superior Mother than I have been a good daughter to her over the years. The last 2 years, I’ve tried mightily to change this severe imbalance of her giving of herself unconditionally and me standing with my arms open and hands out just taking- metaphorically AND literally. One of these days, I hope ...

Lifetime network finally redeemed themselves in the Biopic business with their TV Movie, Whitney.  This biopic of Whitney Houston was quite respectable overall and definitely enjoyable, unlike the failed Aaliyah TV movie Student Project presented by Wendy Williams a few months ago.  This “historical” look back of Whitney Houston got so many important elements right in this movie – the ...