by dwayneperkins | Jul 5, 2012 | Funny True Stories, New York I Love You, World Travels
It’s always good to be back in New York City. Even in the grips of a heatwave New York is still one of the coolest places on earth. New York is cool not because of swank bars, eateries that have all of yelp buzzing or even because of our famous museums. New York is...
by dwayneperkins | Jun 29, 2012 | Funny Short Inspirational Stories, Funny True Stories, World Travels
Dance circles are a phenomenon of the highest order. Like: a single person singing that somehow turns into a full blown sing along, people running when they hear gunshots, or strangers stopping to look at a guy on the ledge of a high rise building. Whether they’re...
by dwayneperkins | Jun 19, 2012 | Funny Short Inspirational Stories, Funny True Stories, New York I Love You
So I was cleaning my place. Trying to reduce and clear space by reorganizing and throwing things away. What really happens in the aforementioned scenario is I move a bunch of stuff from one place to another while getting nostalgic about things I forgot I had and of...
by dwayneperkins | Jun 18, 2012 | Funny Editorials, Funny Short Inspirational Stories
I recently wrote a blog about how my 1st computer wasn’t on the Internet. That’s unimaginable now. Like how before refrigeration people had blocks of ice delivered to their homes. There use to be an ice delivery guy! I’m sure in every town the ice guy had an ice...
by dwayneperkins | Jun 16, 2012 | Funny True Stories, Funny Video Clips, World Travels
I ate a habanera and then tried to do an interview. It went a little something, like...
by dwayneperkins | Jun 14, 2012 | Funny Short Inspirational Stories, Funny Technology Essays
I’m sitting on a plane to London with my Ipad in airplane mode and it occurred to me that back when I got my first computer, it was always in airplane mode. The world was my oyster, as long as the pearl I needed was on my tiny hard drive. I was just a stand...
by dwayneperkins | Jun 12, 2012 | Funny True Stories, Living In Los Angeles
There is a small percentage of my associates who would tell you that I’m always on time. A very small percentage. The fact that there are any is a small miracle and a testament to how much I’ve improved on punctuality. Still even when I’m on time it’s usually the...
by dwayneperkins | Jun 4, 2012 | Funny Editorials, Funny True Stories, Living In Los Angeles
If chivalry is not dead, it’s definitely on life support. Yesterday, while sitting in my favorite local Boba spot*, I saw a college aged baseball cap wearing guy with unwarranted confidence and formulaic swagger. You know the type. They’ve learned that sticking...
by dwayneperkins | May 11, 2012 | Funny True Stories, Living In Los Angeles
I plan on not renewing my gym membership when my current term expires. I’m a unit price shopper. So, just like I buy gallons of milk even though I live alone because it’s less per ounce, I paid up for 3 years of gym membership because it was less per month. Now...
by dwayneperkins | Apr 27, 2012 | Funny Editorials, Funny Short Inspirational Stories, Funny True Stories, World Travels
One of my favorite quotes is “Its’ never too late to be what you could’ve been.” I love the of spirit the quote. Even if it’s not always true. If you’re 50 and sedentary, becoming a Cirque De Soleil aerialist may not be in the...