You learn something when you simply remember the accounts that lead you to a place in life. I am in NYC Chinatown during Chinese New Years during the outbreak of the Wuhan cronivirus during my stay Kobe Bryant died and David Stern was buried. Kansas City won its first Super Bowl in 50 years and a member of the Republican senate in a act of integrity voted against party lines to find the president of the United States guilty of the charges that lead to his impeachment. These are all things that happened around my sphere of vision of what I find to be interesting in the world. My world is full of things that come with my existence. When I was born my existence in the plantet could be confirmed by my parents. Like a game of pong they attempted to keep me in the middle and because it’s real life and not a true game game you don’t win when you get it past the other side and the game aspect of the events in the theater of reality is the zero sum out come when one side of the equation fails to bounce the little ball back to the other. The grander picture reveals the results like if one paddle is not present one side must work harder to not fail or if one paddle still thinks they are a little ball.





I am still a little ball I love little balls I and with them all my life and they have lead me to here in Chinatown after playing in China for 5 years, learning conversational mandarin and can dog cuss you in Cantonese. I have said China is globally misunderstood and could be better viewed as an absolute monarchy that hold the Mandate of Heaven. What they say is law and like how it took England 1000 to hold these people accountable with the interconnected world ideals like freedom of speech are beginning to quicken that process within the Middle Kingdom. The regime that is in place now has the authority to lock in 400M people could you imagine if the virus started or was a virulent as it is in parts of the Middle Kingdom in the United States or Europe? The idea of a sickness that has the same kill rate according to the numbers as the yearly flu shutting down our way of life is borderline crazy to me but I have been called crazy so maybe it isn’t. The implementation of this in the United States would lead to mass panic and hysteria.





Kobe Bryant dying was hard on me. I wondered around the town like a zombie having to stop at times of the walk to sit and would cry uncontrollably. I could not understand it but the event hit me so hard due to how much of a shining star he was to so many on the planet. I would compare the impact to his passing similar to Kennedy or Lennon but the tragedy is amplified by the loss of the young girls that included his daughter. Having children and being able to say I got to play against him made me think of literally everything from the good the bad and the ugly. There was so much more of the latter two but I have learned that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and like art it is rarely appreciated in its time. The ugly of my life with time has turned to maybe Sarah Plain and Tall. The other nba figure that passed was David Stern I had less interaction with him than I did Kobe Bryant but I had absolutely no way to describe how I felt when I heard he died. I think it’s disappointment that I could never show him that what he actively tried to destroy isn’t a weed but a rose growing through the concrete. I had no positive feelings about him during his life and I currently don’t have any either. I have had very deep and sometime dark feelings about him but that is now in the past due to his death. I wanted to sit him down and talk to him like the interview he did with Al Harrington but now I won’t get that chance.





The chiefs winning the super bowl sparked the same bullshit that the Obama presidency did. Because of the actions of the of this country on its own people specifically against the descendants of the captured population of Africa when a person of this color does well its as amplified as if they do poorly by the other sides historic efforts. So when I read the stories about him winning as a black QB it makes me confused because it’s as similar to when they call Colin Kaepernick black for taking up the flag of the violence of the police. They are Americans of African descent but Americans. When they win or stand for a cause it’s not as a black male but as an American male which should not divide in thought and allow the population to unite with a sound national identity that is inclusive of skin color. Putting aside our phenotypic traits to grow our understanding of who we are as a global society is the only path towards peace that will allow our species to colonize the stars. I’m not saying that either of those players are not black because of their mixed race and if they identify as black they should be allowed to because in today’s age you can be called what ever you want no matter your genetic makeup.

This brings me to Mitt. During Obama vs Mitt I came up with the slogan “Mitt ain’t shit.” I don’t think it caught on because I was wrong but it was funny. He might not be shit but he is a man of integrity and conviction. He stood on the correct side of history when he voted the president guilty. Even the cowards who voted party lines over Conscience admitted the presidents guilt. In the grand scheme of things why does The 44th President live rent free in the feeble ￼minds that are under those red hats? I don’t know but in the end I hope 45 wins and tries to get a third term making it open for Obama to beat him in an open election.