by dwayneperkins | Sep 14, 2010 | Funny Short Inspirational Stories, Funny True Stories, Living In Los Angeles
I’m not sure if I meet more odd characters than most people or if I’m just more acutely aware of my encounters with them. I was recently in my home away from home. You might know it as Starbucks. QSN: For the record I do patronize local mom and pop coffee...
by dwayneperkins | Sep 3, 2010 | Funny Editorials
I find advertisements for general products quite amusing. Ads that don’t ask the listener to buy anything from a specific company but rather to remember that the general product exists. The most notable being the cotton, milk and egg campaigns. Not necessarily...
by dwayneperkins | Aug 18, 2010 | Funny True Stories, World Travels
I recently found myself in Memphis, in front of a cash register in Krystals, waiting to be served. Krystals is basically White Castle south. And much like White Castle, you would have no good reason to go there before 10pm. I was on a late night run with my...
by dwayneperkins | Aug 16, 2010 | Funny Editorials, Funny Short Inspirational Stories
I have long since been through with rappers talking about how they charter planes. Really? And not only do they charter planes it’s usually a G4 that your favorite rapper brags about hoping on with the same impunity that you display when you jump on the...
by dwayneperkins | Aug 5, 2010 | World Travels
I was on a train from Edinburgh, Scotland to London. We stopped in York, same York whose namesake is my hometown. I was tempted to get off and tour Old York but time and the cost of same day train tickets stopped me from disembarking in the York old. From the looks of...
by dwayneperkins | Aug 2, 2010 | Funny Editorials, Funny True Stories, World Travels
I recently wrote a blog about the ubiquitousness of Tea in England. Not that I tested this, but I wouldn’t be surprised if one could order a cup of tea at a chicken fight in England. The hard part would be finding the chicken fight. Once found however, no one...
by dwayneperkins | Jul 28, 2010 | Funny True Stories, World Travels
I have a thing for foreign currency. Other countries are leaps and bounds more creative with the design of their notes than we are. I also love that here in the states we say things like “it’s all about the green” or “it’s not about black and white,...
by dwayneperkins | Jul 22, 2010 | Funny Editorials, Funny True Stories, World Travels
I recently drove a Cadillac Brougham from Oklahoma to Florida. Impressed? Did I mention it had no AC. Now you’re impressed and confused and some of you may be hot and perturbed even thinking about traversing the stifling Bible Belt sans AC. A picnic it was...
by dwayneperkins | Jul 14, 2010 | Funny Short Inspirational Stories, Funny True Stories, World Travels
So I’m on a flight from Jacksonville, FL to Houston, TX on my way, ultimately, to the City of Angels. Which, my trip taught me, could also be called the city of no humidity and no mosquito ambushes. I was actually looking forward to seeing the smog cloud over...
by dwayneperkins | Jul 6, 2010 | Funny Short Inspirational Stories, Funny Technology Essays, Funny True Stories, Living In Los Angeles
My apologies for the sensational title. While the title is technically true, there won’t be ravenous cheering women flinging money at me any time soon. At least not in a public. I’m going to dig out an extra power outlet strip and start bringing it with me...