Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph. - Haile Selassie I wanted a lighthouse. Maybe I was supposed to BE the lighthouse. Either way, the fact is that at the moment life has a way of slowly putting a pillow over your face as you try to sleep. A slow and steady suffocation. I wish it was all of a sudden so that you could instantly deal with it and leave it in yesterday’s wake. Right now this ...

Last week I started volunteering for the Atlanta Humane Society, something I’ve been wanting to do for years but have never kicked myself hard enough in the butt to do. I announced this to my mother, just like that, hey, I’m going to the Humane Society, I’ll see you in about three hours. And I thought it would go in one ear and shoot right out the other. But she instantly shook her head as if a fly was stuck in her ear, and she was all, you’re what? And I was all, but the dogs, they need me! And she was all, DANIEL, IF YOU BRING HOME A DOG YOUR FATHER AND I ARE MOVING T...

While watching one of the many Olympics recap montages and snacking on buttered popcorn, Ben and I can’t believe that some of the swimmers’ bodies are actually real. I’ve already mentioned to Ben more than once that if Michael Phelps can eat 12,000 calories a day and still look like that, then maybe I should get a pool. “And then look at Dara Torres!” I scream, pointing to a set of abs that could probably pull an eighteen wheeler out of the mud. You’ll note that I pronounce her first name as if it rhymes with Laura. Because I’m dangerous that way. R...

Am I racist? Yes. Do I discrimate against the poors, even though I was once a poor? Sure. Did I walk down from the MARTA platform to get away from a blind woman because I was worried that I’d get stuck helping her? You bet. But at least I’m not homophobic (my fear of gays is completely rational!), sexist (I like to have sex with women!), or anti-Semitic (I can’t afford to be!). So it’s a push. When I was seven years old I asked my father for a Saint Bernard not knowing that “because they don’t poop little poop” would become the answer to every request I made for at least eleven m...

DISCLAIMER: Kate held a metaphorical gun to my head regarding some of this post. First and foremost, happy 20th birthday to Danielle Renee Ward!!! One more year and we can do the Orlando crawl…or Tampa crawl, whichever the case may be. I received the most wonderful phone call of my life (this is the part) from Kate. She was in Orlando celebrating with Danielle and they were both quite a bit pissed. But hey, no qualms with that mate! Kate feels that 8 hours of driving and a job shouldn’t keep me from coming down to Orlando to see her and Danielle. I agree, however, I am a responsibl...