by dwayneperkins | Apr 29, 2011 | Funny Editorials, Funny True Stories, Living In Los Angeles
I was recently in a Coffee Bean on Beverly Blvd in Los Angeles, much to the imaginary chagrin of the Starbucks across the street. I was most likely youtube-ing rap beefs when a guy sat next to me and opened up a laptop with pictures of Serena Williams having lunch...
by dwayneperkins | Apr 27, 2011 | Funny Editorials, Funny True Stories, World Travels
Shout out to Jolly Old London. I come here more often now and when I’m here the blogs just fly off my net book. Now, I try to stick to my regimen, no matter where I am in the world. If I’m in Paris, Georgia or Brooklyn, Michigan or London, Ohio it’s Coffee Shop,...
by dwayneperkins | Apr 20, 2011 | Funny True Stories, Living In Los Angeles
Thai a Yellow Ribbon I’m sitting in my Bed and Breakfast in Johannesburg, South Africa and dreaming of faster internet service, and Thai food. Decent Thai food, faster internet are both a long but doable walk away. In Los Angeles Thai food is always a notion away. In...
by dwayneperkins | Apr 12, 2011 | Funny Editorials, Funny Technology Essays
I’m always tickled by the shutter noise my digital camera and cell phone makes when I take a picture. It’s hilarious to me that the designers thought it necessary to add the analog sound. It would be like adding an engine revving sound to an electric car to give...
by dwayneperkins | Apr 1, 2011 | Funny Editorials, Funny Technology Essays, Funny True Stories
I was practicing typing while listening to the Economist magazine on line. I type blogs, scripts and jokes but I’m far from a typist. I read the Economist magazine but I’m far from an economist. I actually think the entire study of economics is a bit flawed. ...
by dwayneperkins | Mar 29, 2011 | Funny Editorials, Funny True Stories, Living In Los Angeles
I was recently in a Coffee Bean in Beverly Hills. Coffee Bean is the 2nd largest Coffee shop chain in Los Angeles. Of course Starbucks is the biggest. Coffee Bean is the runner up to Starbucks much like Sandisk is the 2nd top mp3 player after The Ipod. What’s...
by dwayneperkins | Mar 4, 2011 | Funny Short Inspirational Stories, Funny True Stories, Living In Los Angeles
I was at a taco truck in Los Angeles just around midnight wolfing down a tasty chicken taco when a man asked me for a dollar for the bus. He was unkempt and smelled like he’d been hitting the sauce pretty hard…and I’m not talking about Ragu. He had a film on him. ...
by dwayneperkins | Feb 23, 2011 | Funny True Stories, Living In Los Angeles
My love/love relationship with the 99 cents store is well documented in my blog. If you’re in Los Angeles, call me up and tell me your cross streets, I can tell you where the nearest 99 cents store is*. Yes my mom is very proud of me, in case you were wondering. My...
by dwayneperkins | Feb 18, 2011 | Living In Los Angeles, World Travels
A teenager in Mexico City is on a Hunger Strike until she gets an invite to the Royal Wedding. Kinda crazy but I think I now have the perfect plan to get my own show: See me starve in front of CBS. And know ,that ‘til I get my own show, I vow not to ingest....
by dwayneperkins | Feb 10, 2011 | Funny Editorials, World Travels
We often hear stories of heroism so selfless that they fill us with hope that maybe just maybe we humans will make it on this planet after all. Someone jumps on a train track to save someone else or shares a kidney with a stranger, or “likes” one of your wall posts....