The FG Archives

  Sometimes we forget that we are a part of society. We sometimes feel like a grain of sand in a beach, too small to make a difference. We’ll cite the media, government, but you know who else comprises of society? You, me and the neighbors; together we make up society. Instead of feeling like [...]

Allen Gregory is a new show that premiered on the Fox Network two weeks ago. It features the voice talents of Jonah Hill as the self titled protagonist and one of my favorite 90′s sitcoms “3rd Rock from the Sun” French Stewart as his gay father, Richard Delongpre. (I would go into the other characters-the [...]

I have an affinity for Jamaican men. I have an affinity for Haitian men. I have an affinity for West Indian men. I once dated a man whose Jamaican accent was so thick I couldn’t understand what he was saying if we hadn’t talked in a while. In these men, in their patois I feel [...]

My former roommate dropped by for a long overdue girl’s chat. She looked the same, but she had something new. She was wearing a hajib. She was always Muslim, even when she lived with me, but her hair had run free then. In living to the Koran’s edicts more stringently she explained that her hair [...]

I recently visited my cousin in the hood. On the walk from the train station a dude walking with a woman told me he liked my sweater. I said thank you. She proceeded to remark that I sounded mad stank. He ain’t trying to holla at me, she’s his girlfriend she remarked. I turned around [...]

I was 23 years old and had hit just over $60,000/year. – Laura Roeder, Social Media Marketing Expert, source Mark Zuckerberg founder of Facebook, is 26 and net worth is $13.5 billion- source Willow and Jaden Smith anyone? They’re 10 and 12, respectively and have been in movies and singing chart topping songs. Jawed Karim, [...]

There is a lot of personal development blogs and articles out there. Make your dreams come true, follow your passion! “You Can Do It!” All these messages to deprogram our brains from saying “I can’t.” There’s a whole lot of competition because there’s a big need. In business, a market that has no competition, has [...]