For the Birthday Boy

startswithanx | July 27, 2009

Big Bro AKA Chet,
It’s your big day, the first of three big days in our familia. That’s right, it’s your birthday. Here’s the good news: For another 365 days, you’re on the right side of 40.
Please don’t let the looming Four-Oh send you into panic mode. I think I speak for the family when I [...]

Senny Side Up

startswithanx | July 22, 2009

Every once in a blue mooon, the impossible happens. I meet a child so charming I consider untying the tubes that I have mentally double-knotted. Last Saturday, Kendra stopped through on her way to California. With her came her two daughters, Imani and Seneca. I’ve had 11 years to get to know Imani, a cute [...]

Protected: Cocky is as Cocky Doesn’t

startswithanx | July 19, 2009

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Straight Ballin’!

startswithanx | July 16, 2009

One of the NBA Summer Leagues takes place right here in good ol’ Las Vegas. Jake and I were priveledged enough to get floor seats to the games this past Saturday to watch the kiddos give it their best shot to make teams like the Detroit Pistons and LA Lakers.
When you’ve got men over 6′5″ [...]

Random-itious

startswithanx | July 14, 2009

1. The next time you’re at the movies or the mall and you need to kill some time, try this. Go up to a random couple, stare the man square in the eye and ask him if you can talk to him alone. Before he can get a complete sentence out, cut him off with [...]