I was just thinking...

I love writing, so much so that i write several blogs of my own, I guest write for several blogs, I write for hire and I write articles for several paid to write online sites. I also publish articles and content for AC Content. Of all of the places (besides my blogs) that I write for I think that AC Content is my favorite.

AC Content is like my own personal therapy. When I write at AC Content, I usually write about the things that are floating around in my thoughts, and in the process of writing them down it actually helps me begin to gain a better understanding of them. I also enjoy the interaction between myself and the other content producers on AC Content.

This afternoon as I was preparing to submit some new content I was looking back at the articles I have published so far. Each one of them serves as a snapshot into the mind, heart and life of mmog37. Some of those articles made me smile...other made me reflect and how far I come...and still others confirmed what others have been suggesting..that I am not all there :P

I thought I would pick my ten favorite articles from AC Content and Share them with you. Some will make you smile, some might make you sad, some might even make you laugh, but all of them will provoke you to think. If you have happened to read these before...I think they are worth a revisit. Enjoy!


10. Remembering The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.:  A personal reflection.

 9.   I Aint Be Got No Weapon:  Are you influenced by undercover stereotypes and assumptions?

 8.  Lost:  Poetry based real events...

 7.  A Cup of Cappuccino:  An early morning encounter with a homeless man on the streets of S.F.

 6.  An Open Letter to My Sistas: A letter from the heart to my sistas

 5.  Cleaning It Up:  My struggle with eliminating several dirty words from my vocabulary.

 4.  Perception's Deception:  It's not about how things are...it's about

 3.  It's All In Your Head: Whether you think you can or you can't...you are right!

 2.  Top Ten Fears Blocking Barak Obama from Becoming President:  My first political satire piece.

 1.  Early Morning Football: Lessons learned from a summer of early morning football games



There ya have it, my top ten list.  I hope you enjoy them.  Feel free to let me know what you think.  Thanks in advance for reading :)

Sounds like an interesting combination of subject. What could Lending a Hand, Praising God and Dirty Words have in common. They are all titles or the subject matter of recent articles I published at AC Content.

Lending a Hand:   Addresses the reality that sometimes when you extend a hand to help someone, you just might get more than you bargain for or expected...knowing this do you still try to help? As always colorful illustrations are used.


Worshiping God: Conversations With The Rock, is a fun poem/short story reminding us of the importance of making the time to acknowledge and worship God. It's humorous and relatable, I think you will enjoy it :)

Dirty Words:  Cleaning It Up, is an expose on my struggle with several dirty words...as always there is a twist!

I welcome you to read this, feel free to let me know what you think.  

I started a two part series on AC Content this week titled Like Father Like Like Son??? In the first part of the series I poked a bit of fun at some of my dad's hilarious antics.

My dad was always doing something zany and hilarious and I can have a good laugh about it now, back then I didn't think it was all that funny. Most people who know my dad know that I am telling the truth, but a lot of people think that I make this stuff up. Imagination is fun but the truth is always more colorful...besides who could dream up stuff like blowing up a city block or swinging livestock (dead livestock) from a tree. Nope this stuff really happened. (you have to read the article)

In the second part of the article I'll pick up where I left off, but I'm going to go in a different direction, so be sure to catch it it will include even more crazy antics...question is whose will they be...his...or mine. Has the apple fallen far from the tree...hmmm you won't know until you read it.

I had a pretty interesting week. As I have been getting back on track with my own personal writing, I have been doing a lot of research and personal reflecting. Add to that my rapidly approaching 40th birthday, my youngest child became a teenager this week, my wife's birthday next month and my 18th Wedding Anniversary the following month. Needless to say I have had a lot going on in my head, which is turning out to be a good thing as I have a lot of new material for some upcoming articles to be published.

My reflecting was put on pause for a brief moment while I was trying to wrap my mind around the fact that we actually had a real earthquake here in St Louis. In my last post I joked about missing California and how the earthquake almost made it feel like home. :) I'm enjoying my time in St Louis, but there are some things that I really miss about California. Things like going roller blading with the family at the waterfront in Vallejo, Ca. Or making a run for a Loco Moco, at the L&L Hawaiian Barbeque. Most of all I miss just sneaking away with the wife and going to Ocean Beach in San Francisco. Just before we left Cali, we went there and were behaving like little kids running up and down the beach seeing who could catch and release the most crabs.

In addition to the places I miss going to, I also miss visiting with some of my friends and family members, we still keep in touch, but I miss those regular get togethers when we would have good food and enjoy each other's company. Hopefully during our travels this year we will get to spend a lot more time with them.

I had the privilege of being one of the writer's interviewed by AC Content producer Donald Pennington, the interview went live this week, you can see it here "Meet MMOG37." I also published a short piece a reverse interview of Donald. I also committed some of the things I have been reflecting on to print in the article "Memories of an Urban SAHD" I think you will enjoy it.

Question: Did you feel the earthquake the other day?