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  • Hey You! You're Pretty Fucking Awesome!

    I’m feeling inspired today. So let’s inspire. But first, question time: do you actually know how fucking awesome you are? Real question. Do you? If you don’t. I’m here to tell you. Before we get into how fucking awesome you are, allow me to tell you how awesome I am. Just consider this your complimentary…

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    Panama Jackson

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  • On Getting Older And Being in Weddings

    In a few months, I’m going to be the best man in one of my best friend’s weddings. This means that I’m taking on the responsibility for the bachelor party and making sure that stuff gets done on the groomsmen end in terms of tuxedo fittings, hotel arrangements, etc. This is a new experience for…

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    Panama Jackson

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  • How Many Different Jobs Have You Had?

    I was asked recently what I’d like to do if I could have any job I wanted. That answer usually centers somewhere around wanting to be the person who finds music for movies; a music supervisor if you will. I’ve always thought that would be a grand job for myself as it puts two things…

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    Panama Jackson

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  • Bad Decisions I Will Continue To Make

    I have a small crew. We don’t tag buildings with graffiti or jump crews called The Sharks. We’re better than that. We tend to meet up for things called “cocktails” and they eat sushi when its available and I eat things that aren’t sushi. I do not like sushi. Anyway, one of the folks in…

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    Panama Jackson

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  • I Went To My First Private School Birthday Party. Here's What Happened.

    If you all remember, my daughter is now in private school. She went from a pretty much all Black charter school to a not-quite-lily white but cmonson its a private school in the DC-area white private school. To say that the difference has been remarkable would be selling it short. She’s as happy as a…

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    Panama Jackson

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  • I Bought A Mountain Dew. Here's How It Happened. Don't Buy Mountain Dew.

    You know how some people make bad decisions constantly? I’m one of those people. Sometimes I get away scott free with my middle finger to the law, nigga grippin’ my balls. Other times I pay tremendously. Like, tremendously tremendously. And you know I mean it because I wrote tremendously twice and italicized the first one.…

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    Panama Jackson

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  • Since My Biological Didn't Bother

    Last year, my father sent me a “Happy Father’s Day” text message. It might have been the funniest, yet most ironic text message that I’ve ever received. I didn’t reply. I couldn’t think of an adequate response; that “Eat a dick” response was waiting in the draft folder though. If it’s not obvious by now,…

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    Jean DeGrate

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