RALPH ON RELATIONSHIPS: PREDICTIONS AND SUCH LEAD TO RUIN.

KERMIT ON MY HEAD. JUDGE ME.

KERMIT ON MY HEAD. JUDGE ME.

Recently, I’ve observed some of my friends, those that are single and are growing bored of mingling, going for theirs. With gusto, they’re pulling out all the stops for the ones they want to love – the girl or guy of their proverbial dreams. Those are what their dreams are what their future is made of.  We’ve all seen it before – the formative stages occur and they get to know each other.  Sometimes, their intensity level isn’t evenly matched. Now what?  The one …

WHAT I LEARNED ON X-MAS: PRESENTS

MERRY X!

MERRY X!

AT ELEVEN YEARS YOUNG, the doldrums of September, October, and November seemed eternal.  Then December would hit – marking down, painfully, in permanent magic marker the day I would have that Sega Genesis hooked up to my 13-inch TV (with foil on the antenna), controller at hand, pressing the directional pad down and b simultaneously to see Sonic turn from blue hedgehog ducking to a ball of kinetic energy.  Those days of chasing those rings seem so far away now.

 

WHAT WE GONNA DO IN 92' WHEN YOU KNOW WE HAD FUN IN 91?

WHAT WE GONNA DO IN 92' WHEN

WHEN THE GARDEN WAS EDEN.

REMNANTS OF A FORMER KNICK FAN.  NOTICE THE DISRESPECTFUL HAT. I TOOK MY TALENTS TO LOB CITY.

REMNANTS OF A FORMER KNICK FAN. NOTICE THE DISRESPECTFUL HAT. I TOOK MY TALENTS TO LOB CITY.

I HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE – I am was a New York Knickerbocker fan. DIE HARD. RIDE-OR-DIE.

WAS.

But the latter in Ride or Die, happened, when Reggie Miller lit us up for the umpteenth time (it seemed) throughout his career; but this time in the 2000 NBA Playoffs, the Eastern Conference Finals that is. That’s when my love affair of the Knicks, a love that  got birthed with John Stark’s unbelievable …

RALPH ON RELATIONSHIPS – CONFIDENCE.

 

REMEMBER: YOU ARE NUMBER 1.

REMEMBER: YOU ARE NUMBER 1.

In relationships, especially when it comes to romantic ones, CONFIDENCE is everything.  If you don’t believe in yourself, how can you successfully pitch yourself to be with someone? Think of yourself as a hot commodity – one of internal and external value.  What do you bring to the table?  Only you can decide.

I can’t stress this enough.  There is no reversal to this rule.  Lacking confident is one of the most unattractive traits anyone could have that’s always a deal breaker in starting …

One of TheBest Book I’ve Read in 2011: Steve Jobs.

 

HIS INFLUENCE IS IN YOUR POCKET.

HIS INFLUENCE IS IN YOUR POCKET.

As I write this review on an aluminum original 2008 Unibody MacBook (a collector’s item in some circles) we must discuss this highly detailed, completely delectable read by Walter Issacson entitled, “Steve Jobs”. Simply put, this was one of the best books I’ve read in 2011.

It wasn’t the best-written book; in fact a lot of it is written matter-of-factly with a journalistic tone.  However, the praise is in the pudding.  The book had never uncovered before access into the mind of the …

Triage Thursday – When Things Left Unsaid Goes Wrong.

SHAKE MY HAND.

SHAKE MY HAND.

I haven’t heard from her or of her in months. I really didn’t think twice of the passage of time between the last time we spoke and the present day. We’ve been through bouts like this – get close for a few weeks, then drop off for a few months. Repeat. Spin. Cycle. Dry. Repeat. Besides I’ve had my own laundry to tend to.

But nonetheless, I saw someone that knew her, and I knew they’d see her soon. I told him to pass the message. Simply, …

RALPH ON RELATIONSHIPS: THE NECESSITY OF ISOLATION.

 

I LOVE SINGLE RALPH

I LOVE SINGLE RALPH

The basics of a relationship: those that comprise your family, your friends.  When you become intimate, you start throwing words around like your “best friend” or your “boyfriend.” Then there comes being engaged to someone, to be married.  And then there is the ultimate relationship – marriage.

But I’m not even going that far. The relationship question today is, for sanity sake is that is it necessary to be in a romantic relationship?

Just from observation, I notice that people are at their happiest when …