Actuate | Thought Into Action
We must begin to pay closer attention to our natural laws, such as cause and effect. It's nipping at our heels while showing it doesn't discriminate. We'll all fall victim even if we didn't contribute because we did nothing to change our course. Sow love, reap love...
Women are often vulnerable to HIV due to unequal gender relations which affects their ability to negotiate condom use. Great, women in Saudi Arabia are "allowed" to drive. In West Africa, girls and women (10-24 years old) account for 64% of all new HIV cases. In East and South Africa, it's about 50% because, wait... Continue Reading →
When opportunity knocks don't jam the door on it. In 1989, Super Music Producer Doctor Freeze offered the song "Poison" to our girl rap group, Flexx, to record but we passed on it. The R & B group Bell Biv Devoe went on to record it and sell more than 4 million copies! #oldschoolrap #90s... Continue Reading →
Ever call your cable company for assistance and the CSR (customer service representative) asks for the equipment serial number from the back or bottom of the box? Don't unplug. Just take a photo of the sticker and recite the number. Registering new equipment? Works perfectly for those too tiny to read serial numbers too. Snap... Continue Reading →
Lost weight? Gained weight over the winter? Thinking of cleaning out your clothes closet? Don't toss 'em. Size rack 'em. And if your friends stay in your closet - well now it's easier for them to pick and choose. These size dividers come 3 to each size small, med, large, XL and XXL and 0-28... Continue Reading →
...asked for a description of fashion and style during the last century. At first I wasn't sure who was doing the asking or why it was important but I tend to be an obedient scribe. So, I went along with the exercise. Then, I realized it was the writer in me doing the asking. "Gasp"... Continue Reading →
Why would you let anyone put you in a box, during a job interview, if they want you to think outside of it once you're hired? Honor your ingenuity.
In a scene from an episode of USA Network's "Falling Water", a power outage disrupts some of the daily activities at a storage facility. One of the characters, Burton (played by David Ajala), makes a purchase of battery-operated lights and a necklace. The vendor offers him a receipt. Burton declines and asks if she expects... Continue Reading →
"...always ready to take over the world, even one city block at a time due to budgetary constraints" - One of the finest engineering minds of our era - Dr J Maybe your goal isn't to take over the world. It could be a small project such as preparing a proposal to win a lucrative... Continue Reading →
Who would you be if you didn't care what others thought of you? Or better question, who are you when no one is looking? Do you know? Have you ever met her? If you haven't; is the masked woman hiding her the reason you haven't achieved your life's goals? When we spend time trying to... Continue Reading →
