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Get Your Hand Out My Pocket...Taxes, Part 1

What Color Is Racism?

Does racism have a color, is there a certain tax bracket one must reach in order to be officially racist? Is being a racist about power or is it simply about hate and individual acts? In this weeks episode I dive into the prerequisites for racism and and or being racist, join me as I unpack the differences between racism and oppression. The two work together but are not mutually exclusive and can exists independent of one another.

Do It Right Even If It's Wrong

Amazon and The Halfway Hack

Being lazy is bad in general however, it's an occupational hazard if you are in the business of stealing information. I had an interesting encounter with what I can only call an unusually lazy hacker and my Amazon account. Tune in this week to see what virtual shenanigans are a foot.  

The Rona Shuffle

Racoons & Chinese Food

Without fail every time I think Ive had the worst possible customer experience some creative lazy individual comes along and breaks new ground. In this episode we discuss the lost art of customer service or whats left of it. 

Cheater Cheater Pumpkin Eater

Cheater never prosper unless of course they don't get caught, then they are just sound strategist. It's happened to all of us and been committed by most of us, a good old fashion entanglement. Who is at fault, who cheats more, whats the worse way to find out cheating is taking place? We tackle this and more in this weeks episode of HaH.

Calm Convulsions

Jonathan Price was a beloved man in his community.  An excellent example of what any good citizen should be and do. Officer Shaun Lucas killed him. What now?

Maximum Distractions

It's been another rollercoaster of a week out here in 2020.  Start your day in a light hearted chat that sways from topic to topic, hence Maximum Distractions - Debate, COVID, Stimulus, Russia, Postal Service, Who Profits?!?, Daniel Tosh? Like I say, "People enjoy the ride as long as they get to the destination." I'll let you decide if we ever get where we are going. Enjoy this casual cruise into Monday morning and we'll get more serious later this week. 

Compensation Is Not Justice

I recorded these thoughts a couple weeks ago after the Breonna Taylor settlement was announced. There has since been more important developments to unpack, but take a quick listen to what I refer to as another installment of "Pancake Justice and Animations Reparations". I think I make a couple solid points and invite you to stay focused and keep in pursuit of the bigger mission of equality in America. 

Mama We Made It!

Quit Your Way to Success

Mama we made it!! lol season one is a wrap, and unlike like my scattered retail career I actually plan to come back. This episode we discuss the pros and cons of the two week notice, I personally see no benefit to the employee seems like it was created simply to allow the employer to prepare for your exit. I feel like the employer should receive the same amount of notice they would give the employee if they were going to fire them. That said I may be a bit biased having only actually submitt...

Death and Playlists

Whats going on your final playlist, do you go the emotional route with a bunch of heart felt ballads, or do you go the celebrate life route and try to get everyone to electric slide they're sorrows away. I suppose you go the angry route and play a bunch of dis tracks from the grave, it's your final going away party I say play whatever tunes you want. In this episode we discuss the sonic responsibility of planning ones final playlist, and go over a few of our personal favorite choices.

America...More Hypocrisy Than Democracy

These two things are not the same, Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back because he was suspected to have a weapon in his car. Kyle Rittenhohuse walked down the street after shooting 3 people (2 of which died) brandishing an assault rifle across his chest and not only were no shots fired but he was effectively ignored by the police, allowed to return home, not being brought into custody until the next day. This was the same department that shot and maimed Jacob Blake only 2 days prior...

Quarantine Connections

How is Covid-19 effecting the dating scene is quarantine conducive for building a healthy relationship. Where do you go, most date style business and or locations are still shutdown. Can you really connect with someone over a zoom meeting, will Facetime and chill become a thing? In this episode we discuss the unique landscape Covid-19 and social distancing has created for single folks in the dating world.

Ice Cream Injustice & The War On Uber

Once again we have a band-aid solution to a hemorrhaging problem, it broke sometime ago on the internet that the traditional ice cream truck melody is derived from a racist song "Turkey and the Straw". Consistent with previous efforts to right the wrongs of breakfast condiments and cartoons, a new song was whipped right up by hip-hops own The Rza. In this episode Marcus joins me to discuss this latest development in lateral justice and his disappointment with the new jingle. 

To Old To Babysit

During the perils of parenting you are faced with all sorts of tough decisions and situations however, I was told there'd be no math! In this bonus episode I discuss the importance of parental math when choosing supervision and how a slight miscalculation on my part almost resulted goldfish homicide.

Don't Hate Investigate

A few days ago I found myself with an acute case of onset hater-itis, it took siege of my thoughts and had me mad at two things I otherwise enjoy hoopin and hip-hop. Fortunately the condition did not last long, thanks to a little investigation and reflection (don't hate investigate). In this episode I discuss how easy it is to catch a case of hater-itis and some of the methods I use to treat the aliment. 

To Slap or Not to Slap

There is no journey more emotionally treacherous than that of raising a child, with every generation getting a bit more creative and effective and pushing the parental psyche to it's limits. No matter who you are if you have children you will be tested, from cafeteria workers to Kung fu masters nobody is safe. In this episode I discuss the pros an cons of responding to these tests with physical discipline and how no matter what you position is on the matter your children are capable of makin...

How Much Does Free Money Cost?

The old saying it is better to teach a man to fish than to give them one meal, for learning how to fish can feed them for a lifetime while a meal only a moment. This idea holds true with financial assistance as well, generally just giving people money is a band aid solution at best. Look at the lottery for example roughly 70% of winners end up filing for bankruptcy within a few years. In my opinion closing the wealth gap is a similar situation in that simply giving poor people a lump some of...

Health Insurance & Hoop Dreams

Spending money to save money on spending money, good ol health insurance making sure you can afford to be sick. Insurance health or otherwise is like buying a Costco card you never use, the idea that the monthly fee payed is only good for the ability to to say 'yep i have insurance' is absurd. You pay to have the insurance and to use it what a racket! In this episode I vent about Health insurance and it's many inefficiencies along with the unique challenges this years NBA season will bring. 

Dog...Fish...DNA

Bad science and discount goldfish with multiple day release protocol. In this episode we discuss how medical resources are wasted for recreational pet information and the extreme standards some stores have for purchasing goldfish. If nothing else I learned why the goldfish I'd win at the fair as child never last more than a few days, apparently there is very specific process required for transferring .79$ fish into domestic tanks, who knew.

I Got 50K Problems and A Dinner Ain't One

There is a question that has been floating around the internet, regarding a certain Sean Carter, a dinner engagement, and or a possible large financial donation. Now unless this is a gameshow style dinner where they bring out prizes with the entrees this seems like a bit of a no brainer. You can't pay rent with leftovers and not everybody likes to chat while they eat. In this weeks episode we attempt to justify why any bill paying adult would possibly take a single meal over cold hard cash.....

Be an Adult Adapt

One of the most frustrating things about this pandemic is the ridged approach at which people seem to be processing information. Either you don't believe the virus exists at all and your scheduling free hug parties or you believe the virus is part of some terrible horror film and anyone that goes outside will die in 7 days. What happened to our critical thinking skills, I know adulting is hard but in this case there are only a few things we know for sure work so why not just do them. In this...

Protect Your Ignorant Friends From Being Racist

There is  nothing worse than being back on lockdown, hoping on a zoom call with the homies only to hear one of them say "man I don't see what the big deal is, slavery was so long ago" or "systemic racism isn't real, a system can't be racist". Not my homie, not the same person I use to share a juice box with, not the same person I use to swap sneakers with!? How could this happen how could we have spent so much time together over the years and yet still end up so far apart on these types of i...

Detanglement

"An entanglement!?" Nobody wants to hear their significant other describe a relationship they had with someone else as tangled in any way. Im still not clear on what all an entanglement entails, I do know that whatever it is it's far beyond platonic. That said we have all been in a situation in a relationship where someone needs 'space' or to 'take a break' but what does that mean exactly, what is the statue of limitation on these relationship recesses. In this episode I try to detangle the ...

Wake up Mr. West! It's time for school

Sigh...I am so very tired of Mr. West, outburst, after mistruths followed by Black history slander for starters. This man is a walking talking distraction who thrives on attention. Nearly every outburst he's ever had is followed up with a plea for forgiveness and some sort of product release, it's almost as if it's standard operating procedure. Say something crazy, apologize citing some vague mental illness as the cause then hit us with the new gospel single and t-shirt that looks like someb...

Black...Deed...Black

The average Black family wealth is roughly $140k vs that of a White which is about 920k. Essentially what that means is white family wealth is about seven times greater than black family wealth. This divide has been growing since the 60's due to several factors, a large one being Black do not often own the homes they live in. One of the best mechanism to grow wealth is owning a home, it's an asset you can pass down vs renting which is essentially setting money on fire. In this episode I disc...

I Can't Hear With This Mask On

Sigh the ever popular mask debate, which I personally don't see as a debate people are confusing politics with medicine, you can't debate facts. If only the United States took the same stance on negotiating with Karen's as it does with terrorists we might not be going back into lockdown. In this episode I cover my solution to the mask debates, if you can't smoke there wear a mask! It's really that simple, no matter what your position is on smoking you don't see people lighting up in the midd...

Oppression to Supremacy and Nothing in Between

The distractions are out in rare form for July, we kicked the month off with Kanye pretending to run for president (no party or paperwork filed), sounds more like a run for headlines to me? If that weren't bad enough we've got Terry Crews warning people against the possibility that black lives matter may somehow turn into a black supremacy group, really supremacy before equality there are levels to this! In this episode I try to work through the mental wrong turn at Albuquerque that result i...

Daddy will you be my father?

It seems you really do learn something new everyday, I found out in this episode Father and Baby Daddy are essentially the same thing, "A father is someone who believes that by donating his sperm for your creation, he has done his duty in life." who knew. Upon doing some internet research I found,  either the internet does not hold the term Father in very high regard or all the information written on the subject was done so by disgruntled step dads. Nobody has ever asked for Daddily advice s...

Night Walks & N Bombs

There is nothing more unsettling than being accosted by an inappropriate conversation in the middle of an attempt at adulting. They can be treacherous to navigate filled with awkward innuendoes and unnecessary N-bombs, is this the price of change? Also I wish I knew why a stroller full of children seems to be an invitation to 'please share with me your views on the racial climate in America'? The days of walking your children in peace are clearly long gone with all the 'woke' adults nobody c...

Say It How? Im Black and Im Proud!

The struggle is real for Black people in America, it's difficult to simply maintain ones train of thought without being bombarded by some new tragedy almost daily. I intended on discussing how difficult it is for the parents of victims such a Breonna Taylor, to not only deal with the loss of a child but the birth of a movement.  Being a new parent myself every time I hear a story I always find myself having the thought 'thats someones child' however, that thought was interrupted by news of a...

The Art of Tipping

Frugal or cheap, come in with a plan or TIP in the moment. To Ensure Prompt service, should the amount given directly reflect the level of service received? How about a video game life gauge where for each mistake made they lose a percentage of life/TIP, too many mistakes and you just get a piece of paper that says 'game over' at the end of the meal. That last one would certainly inspire a sense of urgency, no time like the end of a meal to start passing out public life lessons. Get all the ...

Juneteenth...The rules of engagement

Is it necessary to educate oneself on the history of a holiday prior to wishing someone enjoyment of said holiday? I was asked how I felt about 'non-blacks' saying happy Juneteenth, which was not an issue that ever entered my mind. It seems there are some who feel in order to say 'happy insert holiday here' you must be fully knowledgeable of the holiday and it's history. I on the other hand feel like a greeting is not an open invitation to a 'wokeness' test.

Black Cards Matter

Trump gets hacked, black card info leaked, citizens go on Amazon shopping spree. If only there were a hand held device, connected to the internet, with applications that would allow one to manage such a catastrophe. Unfortunately the President handled this with the same speed and accuracy he has this pandemic, allowing the internet plenty of time to shop at their leisure. While the list of the Presidents short comings is about as long as a Pandemic grocery line he is not alone in his tech in...

Vegans....Why?

Venting about Vegans in hopes of putting an end to food shaming everywhere. Ive admittedly only had a handful of interactions with these folks but everyone Ive had has been aggressive to say the least. Just trying to figure out why so agro.....and possibly get some healthy eating tips!