Morphological Confetti

I had the pleasure of meeting upcoming author, Ms. Inshirah Aleem, back in March 2012. We met to discuss her new book, She Smiles and Cries . I’d already spoken with Inshirah over the phone, and she gave me a general overview of her book/life as someone diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. Nothing in her voice said to me “disorder.” In fact, she seemed very “orderly” and professional and … Well, this goes to show how much I knew (ignorance) about the disorder. It became even more baffling when I met with her in person at a coffee shop in Gaithersburg. I saw this lovely young author with a bright face and lovely smile walk towards the front door of the coffee shop. I figured it was Inshirah because she got out of the car that fit the description described by her over the phone. However, what I thought of as Bipolar Disorder and how it looked did not fit her description. Again, I was suffering from ignorance.  What does Bipolar Disorder look like on a person? Well...

In May of 1975, Hank Aaron surpassed Babe Ruth's RBI (Runs batted in) mark. He finished his career with 755 home runs and over 2200 RBIs—both records still stand today. Aaron was inducted into The Baseball Hall of Fame on August 1, 1982.   Today’s players of baseball have resorted to taking performance enhancement drugs in an effort to catch his record.   SMH.   J In my opinion, Hank is still the man.  Don't hurt 'em Hammer!  Note:  90s rapper MC Hammer earned the name "Hammer" as a young batboy for the Oakland A's because the team owner, Charles Finley, felt he resembled the baseball great, Hank Aaron.