Chicago or Chiraq?

II live in Chicago. It's is a city that has New York hustle but Midwest hospitality. The shootings that happens when it's warm outside is the topic most people I know ask me about. I tell them, "it's not crazy like the news says its actually pretty nice depending on where you are". However that doesn't mean much when the news media reports every single shot in the city.

Chicago has now been known throughout America as Chiraq because of the parallel with Iraq the nation that the United States has been at odds with. I don't think it's that bad, I feel each loss of life in the city. It's tragic for anyone involved in these acts of violence. However considering how big Chicago is it could be much worse.That's not what sells though. Fear regarding getting shot in your dome by a thug is what sells. 

The majority of violence is carried out by young African American men at war with each other. Due to the stratification methods of politicians, coporations, and community leaders African American men are last hired and first fired. In the day and age of "tough stuff get it together", young brothers are casted as the problem and never part of the solution.

The community as a whole needs to embrace the areas that are deemed violent and understand that it's the lack of opportunity that is the problem. Not the people themselves. -thegqlife 

The Price of love?!? Courting and the rules that keep women and men single in 2013

A screenshot of what of what I think females need to know when finding a man.....-thegqlife

Marriage sure lots like fun! It looks really fun! Coming home from a hard day in the big city and Popeye's chicken is on the table because you told your wife that's what you and the kids want. Man that would be nice. I find that women and men make everything far too complicated with a thousand rules. You just need one rule make yourself happy and you will always be in a great relationship with the most important person, yourself. -thegqlife

Detroit's Bankruptcy and the people that believe the city is left for dead

I grew up in Detroit and I wear it like a tattoo. Detroit has had it's share of problems but there isn't anyplace like it in the world. It is the only city in America that you can enter Canada by heading south. It's city government had been ran by predominately African American for decades. I love Detroit however everybody is running their traps saying, "Detroit is dead". Good think that, while those who know business know that this city is a goldmine. I won't elaborate here but it will come back soon like in 2 years soon. I won't elaborate because being vague regarding making a lot of money is where I draw the line on this blog. 

"Detroit versus the world" is a popular t-shirt there and as a native Detroiters we have always felt that way about the rest of the world. Never count out anyone or anything with nothing to lose and everything lost because that is who always wins a fight! I don't see Detroit losing this fight. -thegqlife

The PS4 and Xbox One show a glimpse of what quantum computing can do

Microsoft has stated that the servers that will power the Xbox One has the computing power of all of the computers that were on the planet in 1999! Dope right?

This Fall my mom is going be glad I am a grown man. Why you ask? She won't have to endure the crazy crap I do to prove I am worthy of a new video game system. The Playstation 4 and the Xbox One drops this fall! I am beyond excited because it's the first instance theoretical quantum computing on display for the consumer. The servers that will provide persistent online worlds and multiplayer maps will be a glimpse of what quantum computing is capable of doing.

Quantum computing will provide an unparalleled ease of use. For example no more waiting to turning off your videogame to watch "Vampire Diaries". Just say, "Xbox turn on Vampire Diaries", no pausing on anything the show will just play in the corner until you make the picture bigger using the hand gesture. Soon in like say two years we will walk into our houses with our favorite game will start playing from where we left off as the game system texts our significant other that we are home playing Grand Theft 6. Glad to be a geek! Yes I know GTA 5 hasn't come out yet. When people like myself really get a hold of quantum computing you will have an app on your phone that can diagnose knee damage. The possibilities are endless! This fall we are going to get just a taste of what this awesome technology can do! -thegqlife 

How the Pistons need to play next season

The Detroit Pistons have a squad. Who is going to be the starting point guard for the team is the biggest concern. Starts whoever hits the open jumper and gets the ball to their talented trio of Josh Smith, Andre Drummond, and Greg Monroe easy looks and dunks. Will Bynum could start, Chauncey could, B. Jennings, Peyton Silva it doesn't matter. The Pistons as assembled are comparable to a National Football League team that with Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, and Tony Gonzalez, no quarterback would be able to mess that up. No point guard could mess up what the Pistons have either. 

So when you see me start Peyton Silva for the Pistons, just know it doesn't matter who starts at point.

If you want to get school on 2k14 on the PS4 my Playstation name is: dashguy55

Be worried if I pick the Pistons!- thegqlife

The way College Sports should be...

That's not Johnny Manziel, it's "QB #2"!!!

People whoop on me while playing the videogame Madden football, but not NCAA college football. Why not? It's because the personnel on college football has too many variables for the average gamer to game plan for effectively. A prime example of this is before the National Championship in 2002 Ohio State's coach stated Maurice Clarett would play some nickel safety and linebacker on special packages. While playing in that game Clarett made a crucial play on defense. That next Fall I rip open NCAA Football and I use him in the way he was used in the National Championship game and I end up with 363 yards rushing 5 rushing touchdown  and 2 fumbles and interception for a touchdown and a punt return for a(yes you guess it another touchdown). The game did this with no mention of Clarett. He was only known as RB #13. Clarett got kicked off the team for taking stuff that college season and I would feel bad playing with the Buckeys and beating people with Clarett on offense and defense. He won the Heisman in a videogame but not in real life. Yet they can't pay these men and women not cool. Too many stories like this and for what? 

College sports should be a professional sports league that is associated with a college. That's it easy solution. -thegqlife

Dear Hollywood put Kevin Hart in Expendables 3!!!

Please put Kevin Hart in the Expendables 3 so I can hear Kevin go "no no no".

As Sylvester Stallone does this. 

 

This new movie is supposed to be about making the older superstars of Hollywood work with the new generation of superstars. Who better to add than Kevin Hart who would add juice to this next installment. People would go see this one to see what kind of crazy moments he would be apart of! Imagine the "Grown Little Man" shooting Ak-47 at the bad guys and tell me that wouldn't add zip to this sequel. -thegqlife

How the United States of America will bounce back in 5 years and U.O.E.N.O

Decay can be seen in each and every American city. Businesses that were open for decades are closed. Graffiti adorns them, schools, warehouses, office buildings, bridges every conventional structure can be see worn down and not maintained. Crime is rampant where I live in Chicago, Illinois there are shootings daily. People simple don't have the social services that saturated urban areas during the late 70s and 80s they either gone or stripped of their funding leaving them ineffectual. I wrote all of the previous information to say that will be distant memory in five years. It will because technology will create jobs, derelict structures will be transformed into miracles, and crime will have no where to hide.

America has had several points in its history where we went bankrupt and crime was rampant. As bad as times seemed then America just tried some

new things and came back better than ever.  America missteps around issues of race, economics, and religion and just like the rest of human history it has fumble the ball regarding those issues at time. 

So how the will America bounce back? First technology is about to create a large job boom! That's a broad statement I know but if I outlined the way in which technology was going to play its part in job creation I would be tipping my hand way too much for a blog sorry, I will give you a hint and it lies in quantum physics.

There is a lot of mess and garbage in the form of buildings that are abandoned in every city and town in America sans mega rich areas. However people have always just demolished structures or renovated them. What if both were to come creating highways, subways, or mega malls. What if they could well you get the idea.  

Crime is everywhere people feel unsafe. Crime will soon be solved quickly and captured via any electronic device. The drop on major crime will be so rapid that every will want the kudos. When really the makers of the camera phone should get all the credit.

There you have it that's my reasons The United States of America will bounce back before you even know it. The rest of the world will follow our lead and we all will say back in my day it took me ten minutes to walk to school and our grand kids will say, "what's school"? -thegqlife

My three reasons why Kobe should play for the Chicago Bulls

1. The Lakers need to rebuild, they have rode Kobe harder than my first car which I drove into the ground after a month of getting loose up and down I-75 in Detroit. I think he has a lot left that he can do on a basketball court. However I feel like they should part ways like the Indianapolis Colts did with Peyton Manning. They should just shoot for being a lottery team for right now. The Los Angles Lakers could also trade Kobe and receive a combination of Luol Deng, Joakim Noah, and or Carlos Boozer they could get an extra draft pick from the 2014 NBA draft which will be packed full of potential superstars. (My take on the 2014 draft here and them some: 

http://thegqlife.blogspot.com/2013/07/nba-mock-drafts-for-2014-2015-and-2016.html ) 

If they choose to amnesty Kobe they would have a ticket to the Lebron James sweepstakes in 2014 as well.

2. Derrick Rose is the only superstar that hasn't played with at least another star. No Joakim is not a star, neither is Loul Deng, a gimpy Kobe is still a better option than Jimmy Butler. It can be said that Jordan is the best player ever. I however am not of that elk. I am not about that Jordan life. Some people might want to say that Kobe had Shaq for his first threepeat and if he pairs with Derrick Rose that would tarnish his legacy, that's nonsensical. Every NBA team that can compete for a championship this season has a combination of at the least one superstar and two star players or some combination of the former or the later. So give D. Rose another Superstar to keep teams honest on the pick and roll or the drive and kick.

3. People would be so "turned up"(please forgive me my offspring for using the phrase "turned up" when you "brain read" this in the year 2022). Watching Kobe attempt to get more rings than Jordan in a Bulls uniform would give the NBA such a jolt that his debut would be one of the highest rated games in history of any sport. Only thing bigger would be than this is if Lebron returned to Cleveland.

 

Pow three simple reasons as to why Kobe to the Bulls would be awesome... thegqlife