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Jet Noir

Jun 14, 20172 min read

Think Ahead, Use Your Head, Get Ahead, Stay Ahead

Looking ahead to what’s next is how we keep moving forward. I’d never suggest that you live in the future tense. We all do that too much...

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Jet Noir

Jul 23, 20162 min read

Find Yourself Attractive

This was originally posted on 02/11/2013. But, I’m still in the Dominican Republic without Internet access, so please give this a fresh...

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Jet Noir

Jul 16, 20163 min read

Inspiration: Fitness

I’m in the Dominican Republic. This is a repost from February 2013 (with a few edits). My double life finds me working as a Burlesque...

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Jet Noir

Apr 23, 20162 min read

Toxic Words

Dear Internet, Please stop blaming the calendar year for the events that displease us. “Fuck 2016” is the equivalent of blaming the...

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Jet Noir

Mar 19, 20165 min read

The Easiest Difficult Thing You Can Do (Is Change The World)

As part of a school assignment, I recently began some volunteer work and something I heard resonated with me. The gentleman leading our...

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Jet Noir

Oct 19, 20155 min read

No Easy Solution [The Culture Around Mass Shootings]

This isn’t an easy subject to approach so I’ll just come right out and say it, mass shootings. There, it’s on the screen. Before you make...

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Jet Noir

Sep 27, 20154 min read

Extend My Hand In Friendship And Fairness

This week’s post is part 3 of 4 regarding my personal commitments to be a better human that are tattooed on my arm. (See previous posts...

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Jet Noir

Mar 8, 20157 min read

Uplift Oakland or Don’t Misplace Blame

I grew up in Detroit. While we never considered our neighborhood to be a bad one, we also never spent time reading crime statistics. We...

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Jet Noir

Feb 8, 20157 min read

Anger Management or What A Difference An Attitude Makes

Did I ever tell you the story about how I tried to kill my brother? I was in high school when my brother returned home from Operation:...

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