How an engagement really happens!

(This is a post from my old blog, www.arod.org which is now my music website. This engagement happened today, back in 2009, at Bayside Marina. Take a trip with us down memory

Queens man kidnapped?

People often say that I am paranoid. They make that statement because I often talk about self defense, weapons, constant awareness, and combat readiness. I watch my back, and I’m always cautious

Tours of the ghetto? | bronx tours

Eileen Rivera of Being Latino wrote an article regarding bus tours of the Bronx. These tours operated by “Real Bronx Tours” are not your typical tours though, these are tours geared toward

Pet Shop Boys – New album single: Axis

The Pet Shop boys are due to release their 12th studio album, “Electric” in July. Today as I was about to start some writing I went on Spotify in search of some

First Reader, now Exchange? Unreliable Google!

I’m sure that many of you have read or heard that Google will be shutting down its famed Google Reader. If you search you will find tons of articles referencing alternatives that

The World Needs More Empathy

It’s not often that I read a news story that I feel passionate enough to write about. But today was a completely different matter. As some of you may know, I live

A visual trip into dreams of the Bronx.

Last night I had a series of weird dreams. The most prevalent though was a dream about my family moving back to my old neighborhood of the South Bronx. 1631 Walton avenue

NYCT Flashback: Remember the original gameboy? | original nintendo gameboy

Maybe you were one of the fortunate kids that was around in the late 80′s and early 90′s. Maybe you were able to get your hands on the original Nintendo Gameboy system?