The musings of a madman...

  "Moe,      I'm a single guy... Wait, let me back up a second. I'm 27, college educated with a decent job in my major, work out four times a week, 6'1" and I'd like to think I'm a good looking guy. All that said, I'm still single. It hasn't been for lack of trying, of course. I've done the dating apps, I've shot my shot on social media, I've tried my hand at singles events, I've played the bars and as much as I might WANT to I have avoided creeping up my gym. I mean, I would like to think my desires are reasonable; a black woman with no kids (I want mine and hers to be out respective first), match my commitment to fitness and willingness to work into my financial goals for the future as a teammate. I don't know that if this is exactly your wheelhouse but I'm running out of ideas. Please help."      Well shit, we just all gas and no brakes this week, huh? Homie left me his phone number in the signature line of his...

       I'm a major homebody nowadays. I mean I have been since my 30s but after spending most of my 20s "outside," there is nothing more comforting to me than a quiet night on the couch with my wife and dogs. Being home means that I consume a lot of media -- social, traditional, etc... Something I have noticed over the last couple of years is gang culture. This is probably helped along by the fact that a lot of what I take in involves people who are actively or were recently involved in criminal elements.  Right, I watch allegedly-unscripted shows like Love After Lockup , 60 Days in , Inmate to Roommate and the likes.  Something about the depiction of so-called grownups WILLINGLY ruining their own lives with rampant bad decisions makes me feel less bad about the bad decisions I make to ruin my own life.     So yeah, back to it...  something I noticed.  Especially on the shows that depict the criminal gang element, there are ALWAYS a ...