White Boy Email 26th Edition

White Boy Email 26th Edition
More than Meets the Eye

I. Quote of the Week
II. Ebonics Lesson of the Week
III. Catch 22
IV. Mama’s Korner
V. Guest White Boy Writer

Quote of the Week:
“What is right is not always popular, and what is popular is not always right.”

Ebonics Lesson of the Week:
Cool Points: cool points are what u can earn when something really cool happens or u flex ur wit. They can also be taken away for things like tripping, falling, and “trippin’.”

Catch 22:
Man of Character

Character can give dignity and value to a person, or character can degrade a person as well. Character is the inner life a person that forms actions and shapes life. Character is a fountain-the head and stream of conduct. A person’s character sometimes is in opposition to his reputation. Character is part of the composition that is you. Reputation is merely what others think we are. The real and the “what we think” are many times mutually exclusive. A bad reputation can be coupled with good character and on the other hand, a good reputation and be coupled with bad character. I would say that there are six pillars to a solid Character.
Trustworthiness
Respect
Responsibility
Fairness
Caring
Citizenship

Having Good Character is an integral part of being human, but most importantly your walk as a man. One man said upon his return from Vietnam;
“One develops “character” by overcoming obstacles and temptations. The temptations can be as mundane as choosing laziness over diligence. The obstacles can be profound — something I know quite a bit about myself. After I was wounded in Vietnam and lost three of my limbs, recovery proved a difficult time for me. How could I face coming back home after what had happened to me? In time, I would see the wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson, who said, “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
What he says is very true, it is when no one is looking it is important to still be of good character, because in the darkest hours, that is when it will be the hardest, but also where it counts the most.
Yes we are fallible and human, but many times we fall short because of the lack of accountability and our own vision, not because of mere humanity. If we are going to reap certain things, it’s the obvious reflection of what we have sown.

Mama’ Corner
Ode to Bob the Builder (Sorry Bob J)

I finally was able to put together a five-shelf bookcase for my mother. I realized that not growing up with a father or father figure to pass on some handyman stuff has hampered my ability to be let us say proficient. But after much taxation on my self, I built the blasted thing and felt like a king (well a DIVA). If you never have built anything, my suggestion is that you do it. There is such a sense of accomplishment and awe involved. And though there may be cussing and hell involved, ask Andrew Hutson, there is nothing like it.


Sex Ed Lesson 102 by TJ Smith
Un edited (Editor’s note: I chose not to edit cause of TJ’s right to express himself to you all.)
Sorry about the last episode, I kinda trailed off. I never really knew what to write, I promise a better effort this time.

Sex Ed 101. Not sex Ed at all. Maybe next time I’ll tell you how to get your roommates little sister off in 15 seconds, but not this time. (Editor’s comment: he is joking here I hope.)

When I was a sophomore in high school I was dating this girl but this isn’t about her. This is about all those girls out there that you have/are/will date/like/fuck/be turned down by. Anyways when she broke up with me I was pretty upset and much to my surprise the first one there to console me was my eldest brother who was about 23 back then. I guess his wisdom shows more now that I can reflect back. But I was expecting some comfort in the form of “quit crying you fucking pussy” which is just his style. Instead he came in, wrote on a piece of paper, stuck it on my bulletin board and read it to me. It simply said in capital letters: CONFUCIUS SAY: ALL WOMEN IS BITCHES, ALL BITCHES IS HOES. When he read that he did give the exception of your mother and your wife, but in all honesty, I bet some of you could argue with the clause. Ever since then I’ve taken that maxim to heart with every bitch…. girl that has come and gone. This is just some wisdom that needs to be passed on. Partly for the humor, but mostly due to the reality of it all. Chances are, the girl you like isn’t going to hold your hand when you’re dying at age 67. And better chances are that you’ve had a girl do you wrong in the past. Know that that girl may call you a dick, or a bastard for not being so wonderful, but just know that Confucius and I have got your back. And if you think that you’ve found the perfect woman, which I’ve found about 15 perfect women at one point or another, but if you think you’ve found her…
“no matter how smart, how cute, or how funny she is… somebody somewhere is sick of her shit.”

If nobody else writes one of these for Patty, I promise I’ll do something about sex next time, and not some bitterness towards women. Patty wouldn’t let me do a top 10 list of girls, but chances are you know at least 1 of them, so that could also be trouble. But I’m sure I can come up with some good ideas.

(Editor’s note: Sex Ed 101 is also about relationships and stuff too, not merely about sex.)