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Category: Writing

  • The Daily Prompt – No. 3

    What’s your favorite thing to cook?

    My favorite to cook is some sort of pasta dish. It can be lasagna or a simple (insert type of pasta, e.g., rigatoni, vermicelli, or spaghetti) and meat sauce with ground beef or turkey. There are so many options to take.

    The challenge for me is getting the pasta to be al dente. The right amount of firmness can make or break the dish so I have to give it constant attention or just remember to set my timer when I’m cooking.

    Also cleaning up the pots, pans, and plates are so critical to me. A clean sink is indicative of self discipline and mastering the kitchen. The meal is not complete until all the dishes and silverware have been cleaned and set to dry.

  • The Daily Prompt – No. 2

    Write about your first computer.

    The first computer I’ve ever had made by my best friend’s mom. She was a computer technician and she built computers all the time. I was a freshman in college and she offered to make me one for about $300 dollars. It just came out of the blue

    I was so happy about it. I could finally use email and get on instant messenger and act a fool online. That such a long time ago. Wow!

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  • Ex-Bloganuary – Prompt No. 1

    What do you complain about the most?

    I don’t like to complain. I know I have a lot of material to use. Complaining indicates a lack of agency and/or a sense of unthankfulness. For those reasons I stay away from verbalizing my frustrations. Also I’m normally a quiet guy so it doesn’t necessarily go with my M.O.

    Of course this is all subject to change.

  • Bloganuary – Prompt No. 31

    Where is the best place to watch the sunset near you?

    I live in Manhattan so the best place would be darn near anywhere on the west side of the island.  To be more specific, I fancy the High Line for the views that it offers in the Hells Kitchen/Chelsea area of the Manhattan.

    Manhattanhenge is a great event to watch the sunset during the summer.  It happens when the setting sun aligns perfectly with the western horizon when viewed looking through the corridors that are made by the buildings on the city streets.  Since the east and west grid off by about 20 degrees, the alignment of the setting sun happens twice, once in June and the other in July.

    It’s a cool feature of living in the city.  Take time to check it out.

     

     

  • Bloganuary – Prompt No. 30

    What would you title the chapters of your autobiography?

    All this month’s prompts have been pretty good so far.  Today’s is pretty challenging.

    • Chapter 1 – “The Essence” (My origins and the conditions in which I grew up especially with 2 different households.)
    • Chapter 2 – “Friends to the End” (This is where I learn that friends will always come and go.  Some are meant to be there for a brief moment in your life and others are lifelong.  This chapter will cover my years from 6th Grade through college.)
    • Chapter 3 – “The Odyssey – From Failure to Renaissance” ( My post-college wandering while working in the family business up, going to grad school for a year, working in corporate America, et al.)

    That looks like a great start!  But those will probably be broken into subchapters.  More to come!

     

  • Bloganuary – Prompt No. 29

    What is something you learned recently?

    I learned about the history of the mayors of New York City from John V. Lindsay up until the present day mayor, Eric Adams.  The way each mayor ruled generally had a drastic impact on the quality of life in the city.  But the decline of the quality of life in the city was spurred by Mayor Lindsay and his failure to curb the welfare rolls, which led to the city being bankrupt.

    I gleaned this piece of history from the documentary whose premiere I was at last week.

    It comes out March 21st, so check it out.

  • Bloganuary – Prompt No. 28

    Describe your perfect birthday cake.

    ICE CREAM!  This would be a cake that I would get from either Coldstone’s Creamery or Carvel.  It’s a vanilla ice cream cake with Oreo pieces sprinkled throughout and it would have a chocolate cookie crust.  It would have 3 layers with every layer separated by a film of white chocolate.

    I am going hungry just typing about this.  Now I’m definitely looking forward to August!

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  • Bloganuary – Prompt No. 27

    What are the pros and cons of procrastination?

    Unless you’re being led by your intuition and not fear of accomplishment or activity, then there are no pros to procrastination.  It’s just a waste of time.  Time that will never come back.  Procrastination is a con.  This is the year that I take advantage of every opportunity in it’s proper time.

  • Bloganuary – Prompt No. 26

    What language do you wish you could speak?

    I wish I could speak Yoruba.  My dad is from Lagos and he came to the US to study at a school in NY.  He met my mom, got married, got settled here, and had my sister and me.  When I was younger, he wanted to teach me his native language but I was so stubborn.  That bothers me now that I’m recalling it.   Now I really like learning languages so that would’ve been an awesome tool to have in the arsenal.

    I hope Rosetta Stone or DuoLingo has a course for Yoruba.  If not, I’m gonna fund it.  HAHA.

    *postdated

  • Bloganuary – Prompt No. 25

    What is a song or poem that speaks to you and why?

    Psalm 91 is been one of my foundational poem/song/scripture since I was younger.  My mom taught me to memorize it and think about it a lot.  It’s a calming and assuring to know that God is out there to protect you and keep you safe in the midst of turmoil that’s out there in the world.  Even now, many years later I have to read it over and over again to reassure myself of the promises of protection and long life that God has made to the reader.  That is something you absolutely can’t get wrong.

    *postdated