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Today, it’s raining outside but I don’t feel sad. The bus came on time, #20 as did the light rail. I feel a little more secure than I did last week when my morning commute was thrown off course by my regular drivers being on Thanksgiving vacation for a week.

The light rail was also on time. The lady that brings the baby is not accompanied by it this morning.

KWEISI MFUME STEPS DOWN FROM THE NAACP: At first I felt deeply distressed with news that my cousin, Kweisi Mfume, was stepping down from his post as head of the NAACP but now I’m not. After analyzing everything this would put my cousin in position for a possible run as Mayor of Baltimore or maybe a US senate seat.

I’m not sure if I said this before but I’m related to Kweisi Mfume. He’s my cousin. His mother Mary was my father’s sister. His mother named him after my father Frizzell. If you don’t believe me buy his autobiography, No Free Ride. It appears on page 14.

I got a free personally autographed copy of the book when it first came out in 1997. He was giving them away at a kind of family get together we had at the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum. The get together celebrated both his birthday and the debut of the Kweisi Mfume wax figure.

Anyway, I found the book interesting because I actually knew some of the people he was writing about. However, I have to admit that I have never sat down and read the book from page to page. Whenever I try to do this I feel as though I’m trespassing on his life because I know him. I feel that there should be a certain level of closeness yet distance amongst family members. I feel uncomfortable listening to or reading about the intimate lives of relatives. It makes me feel icky. The book isn’t entirely about that. However, there were sections where there was just way too much information, if you get my drift.

An interesting thing about the book is that my father took the majority of the early family photos that are in the book but is uncredited. I never understood why he never went to Kweisi and told him he wanted to be credited in the book for family photo’s. It’s been a quiet bane of contention for him over the years. He’s told everyone in the family but Kweisi.

All in all I wish my cousin the best. If he doesn’t run again for elected office, I’m in shock. He’s never been the quiet stay at home type.

WHAT I’M WEARING: Today, I have on a blue and black long sleeve flannel shirt with blue jeans and black