My life, nothing was easy till now.
Hope like the morning will paint the dawn
More than ordinary ( deep down ),
Make it more than merry ( deep down ),
Take me to the jamboree ( deep down )
And shine a light on me.
Draw back the curtains and smile;
Everything's wow!

youre also the only black man in the alt weekly that employs you.

@2 - Larry Mizell Jr. gets no love?

Now you can start campaigning for the communist party Charles.

@3: These people don't know anybody who doesn't post on Slog.

Charles, this is a perfect little piece of micro-fiction. I mean micro-non-fiction. Micro-autobiography?

Seriously, you should write this on the back of a postcard and send it to someone.

Because it's all about you, Charles.

Charles, did you go to Catholic school?

8, no. it was just a small private school.

My favorite New Yorker cartoon:

Two guys sit across from each other at a desk.

"I'm sorry, but we won't be publishing your autobiography."

"Story of my life!"

way to play the race card...

Charles - in Denver - as in many cities there is a percentage thing going on

It is not staged each time to make you feel bad

Gay men off the Hill have the same problem, even in Seattle. Trust me, off the Hill can be very bleak and far too straight

If you had shouted out " I am the only Black man here" ... chances are they would have shouted back ... who gives a fuck

See, there has been progress ...

Its also reasonable to assume that you are an exceptional black man, a black man who has had both the opportunity and the ambition to navigate and infiltrate a society overwhelmingly dominated by white men.

And you're smarter than the average bear.

If it's any consolation, I'm in Conakry at an internet cafe and I'm the only white guy here.

Um, Obama's the first black American to be nominated for president by a major party—not “the first black American to run for the highest office in the country.” It's a grand enough accomplishment. It doesn't need embellishment.