Archive for gbevel

Garry is a young black professional, Florida State and UNC Law grad, and attorney currently residing in Miami, FL.

Who is Your Source?

Tonight at dinner, in my familiar seat in the breakfast room, remote to my left, and the table mats positioned so I that I don’t leave any prints on the glass table, I made a decision. Rachel Maddow, of MSNBC, was talking about the bailout, and whether it worked. In my mind, occupied by the [...]

7Oct2008 | gbevel | Comments | Continued

Movie Review: The Family that Preys

The Family that Preys is only slightly better than the wordplay.
Confession: I have only seen two Tyler Perry movies. The first was Meet the Browns a few weeks ago. The second was The Family That Preys. Meet the Browns was a kind-hearted, well-meaning movie, though chock full of convention and barely drawn characters. The Family [...]

16Sep2008 | gbevel | Comments | Continued

Janelle Monae! Ya heard?

She’s been mentioned here once or twice before. She was recently written up in a music review in the New York Times after an appearance with Rafael Saadiq at the Highline Ballroom in NY. You may have heard her on the Idlewild soundtrack (”Call the Law,” “In Your Dreams”). But if you don’t [...]

3Sep2008 | gbevel | Comments | Continued

Think Pink, or at least Think Possibility

After spending the last few months considering what a good part-time gig to supplement my state salary would be, I found myself invited to and attending a co-worker’s Mary Kay party. I thought I would indulge her, buy something fairly inexpensive, and get on with life. Three days later I found myself signed up as [...]

12Aug2008 | gbevel | Comments | Continued

What Is Your Default Setting?

As you go about your day considering your accomplishments and opportunities, chores and responsibilities, successes and failures, what do they tell you about yourself? How do you feel when you are done thinking and evaluating the events of your life? Are you relieved and encouraged? Are you frustrated and confused? Do you feel proud? Do [...]

4Aug2008 | gbevel | Comments | Continued

The Newest YBP … and a note about dreams

Please join me in welcoming Gregory Robert Mitchell, one of the newest YBP’s and the baby boy of our dear editors Kimberly Michelle and Fredric.
I’m so tempted to coin them the latest example of the American Dream brought to fruition. But, I don’t believe in the American Dream. I do believe in Kim and Fred. [...]

18Jul2008 | gbevel | Comments | Continued

Tasteless and Offensive?

So by now you’ve seen, heard or been texted about the cover of the New Yorker depicting Michelle and Barack Obama as militant, terroristic, and unpatriotic. At the risk of furrowing many of your brows as I already have my coworker and close friend, I’m just going to say it: I’m not offended. Rather than [...]

14Jul2008 | gbevel | Comments | Continued

Obama: SayNo2

Florida, California, Indiana, and Arizona have gay marriage ban amendments on their ballots this year. Senator, and presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee, Barack Obama told Florida Red and Blue (organization spearheading opposition to the amendment in Florida) that he opposes the amendment.

credit: Craig Axxie
Ignorance = Tolerated, Not Accepted

Though backers contend that the amendment does not [...]

12Jun2008 | gbevel | Comments | Continued

Consciousness Today: Wrestle With Your Darkness

Who inspires you? Even if you don’t identify with Oprah, Magic Johnson or Warren Buffett, it is hard not to want to be like them. One day I want to have a massive fortune and be so free with it that I can give half of it away, like Buffet. My mom and dad move [...]

28May2008 | gbevel | Comments | Continued

Stuff Everybody Likes: Ending World Hunger and Free Rice

How can you impress people with your words at dinner parties and help end World Hunger? Easy: Freerice.com.
Log on and for every word you get right (match word with its definition), 20 grains of rice is donated through the UN World Food Program. The goal is to help end world hunger. So, while watching T.V., [...]

16Apr2008 | gbevel | Comments | Continued