"Are we there yet?" yelled a boisterous 18-year-old as he tugged on the seatbelt that was starting to leave marks on his neck. "Soon," replied a boy, merely a year older, as his impatient fingers rattled along the steering wheel. His entire body was clammy as he fidgeted around in his seat, trying to brush off his mild frustration. "Any minute now, honestly...
I am exhausted. In the past 60 hours I have read the most troubling and liberating book of my life...Dreams From My Father by now President-Elect Barack Obama. Through the pages and chapters, I have vicariously followed his unique journey as the mixed race child of an absentee father raised by his white mother and grandparents. But the exhausting and troubli...
I would like to share a story that has profoundly affected the physical relationship between my wife and me. Let me say that we are very happily married and will soon celebrate our 20th anniversary, and while we had our share of struggles we've also had more joy and fulfillment than I could have hoped for. You see I got incredibly lucky the day I happened to...
The images of African Americans in the adult industry are largely atypical of the true Black experience. The perpetuation of racist and stereotypical images prevalent in the adult industry work to foster unhealthy and diseased perceptions of African Americans and render the majority of African Americans without avenue for healthy erotic expression. The perpe...
Synopsis: This is the same story, the same incident, told from the perspective of Susan, instead of Mr. Johnson. With apologies to Kurosawa, it is like "Rashomon" in that it is the same event told by a different witness. * My name is Susan. I recently got a new job with a manufacturing company, in the Accounting Department. The previous Administrative Ass...
The economic meltdown of 2015 hit Roger particularly hard. He had been a fairly successful mortgage broker in Houston before the crash. It seemed like the steep rise in health insurance premiums hastened the death of the forty hour work week which in turn hastened an irreversible decline in the number of prospective buyers applying for mortgages. If that was...
Brandy was running late, and this would not be a good day for tardiness. A new manager had been hired, and the owner of the Emperor's Kitchen restaurant chain was going to be at the staff briefing to introduce him. Though Brandy and her husband Rick had recently moved much closer to her work, she always seemed to cut it close. She was never late when she was...
Dear Mademoiselle Gardinier, Apologies for my delay in responding to your letters. I have been touring the country with my new colleague, Professor Van Herten, who I met at a medical conference in Brussels. He is a leading specialist in Europe of Paroxysm. We are working closely on some new methodologies that will enable the patient to experience sensations...
The economic meltdown of 2015 hit Roger particularly hard. He had been a fairly successful mortgage broker in Houston before the crash. It seemed like the steep rise in health insurance premiums hastened the death of the forty hour work week which in turn hastened an irreversible decline in the number of prospective buyers applying for mortgages. If that was...
"I realized a little too late that I must have unconsciously dressed a teensy bit too sexy for work .. and my therapist's appointment. When I saw him, he asked if I'd been sleeping better, because I look great. I will not deny that his reaction was delicious, but it's not like he isn't enjoying it, too. Do you think it's a coincidence that he's usually picki...