As I march toward 40, I’m vulnerable to Joe Goldberg-level schisms in my peace of mind via the mundane annoyances of daily life. Just the other day, at a grocery store I avoid at all costs, I saw a man’s face and I thought “man, he has a face that I just want to hit.”
I Translated “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X into Slang-Free Prose
What defines a man’s talent? I still don’t have the answer to that, but translating rap songs into commonly understood English could in fact be the definition for some. Google…
An Objective Look at the U.S. & Its Guns
The United States and its gun laws are as talked about as which NBA bench player is banging or cheating on a Kardashian sister, which is to say, all the…
The United States of Hypocrisy
“I can’t sit here and be a hypocrite and say I’m for limited government, but I think the government should decide what women do with their bodies.” – Tomi Lahren…
The Cult of Evangelical Christianity
In early January 2001, I was in the kitchen of the church I frequented. It was a wintry day in Rochester, NY and a group of high schoolers — me…
5 Things I Think I Know About Business
Last week, on the three year anniversary of launching DB + Partners, I dropped a quasi-sentimental blog about, well, the emotional ‘journey’ from getting fired to being a small business…
Fired to Fired Up: Year 3
I’m a sucker for anniversaries. That’s something my wife experienced firsthand when I woke her from deep slumber for a surprise 6:00 am flight to Chicago to celebrate one year…
Why Liberals are Petty Losers
Like most Liberals in 2016, I calmly told anyone in my echo chamber that there was a snowball’s chance in hell that Donald Trump would win the Republican nomination for…
My Unsolicited Advice to Small Business Owners
In April 2016, I started DB + Partners from the high top pub table in the corner of my living room a perch of excellence and wealth in a corner office adorned in rich mahogany. I’ve documented…
The White Person’s Role in Black Equality
I’m part of an intimate group of friends from a truly diverse set of backgrounds and life experiences. This particular group is comprised of two lesbians, a black woman, a…