Super Blogging Not For Sissies

There’s amateur blogging, there’s pro blogging and then there’s  “super blogging.”  Here at AngelReyesBlog.com, when a news article comes out about a dangerous product, 18-wheeler accident or even an award I've won, I blog about it.  But for the Super Bloggers, blogging takes on a whole new meaning.  Honestly, I don’t know how they do it!  These people are obviously very committed to their task, and you’ve got to admire them for that.  It takes a lot of courage, time, effort and intellect to be a true Super Blogger.  You’ve gotta be tough and more often than not, you’ve gotta be rough.
 
When it comes to Super Blogging, I’d say no one does it better than Brian Cuban, and his blog The Cuban Revolution.  Brian isn’t just Mark Cuban’s brother; he’s a celebrity in his own right. Brian’s taken a lot of heat from many of his posts, but as any good shock jock will tell you,  without controversy, you’ve got no audience. Let’s use this one as an example:
 
http://www.briancuban.com/the-idiots-guide-to-islamophobi/

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Television: Same Old Song, Different Verse.

“I bought a bourgeois house in the Hollywood hills
With a truckload of hundred thousand dollar bills.
Man came by to hook up my cable TV.
We settled in for the night my baby and me.
We switched 'round and 'round 'til half-past dawn.
There was fifty-seven channels and nothin' on.”
- 57 Channels ~ Bruce Springsteen, 1992
 
Although released back in the day, “57 Channels” is now apparently the theme song for many American households that are switching from cable to broadcast-only television.  According to the Pew Center Internet and American Life Project, people are canceling their cable subscriptions in favor of traditional broadcast television.  In fact, there has been a 22% rise in broadcast-only homes from November 2007 to November 2008.
 
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Angel Reyes at Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce (GDAACC) Annual Awards Banquet, 11-08

 

 

 

 

 

Dallas City Councilwoman Pauline Medrano and Angel Reyes at Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Quality & Excellence Entrepreneur Awards Gala, 11-08

 

 

 

 

Angel Reyes delivering keynote speech at the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Quality & Excellence Entrepreneur Awards Gala, 11-08

 

 

 

 

President of the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Cici Rojas and Angel Reyes

Brian Cuban Blogs "Why Athletes Go Broke"

Aside from being the brother of Mark Cuban, the Dallas Mavericks' owner, Brian Cuban is a good friend of mine and maintains an interesting blog at www.briancuban.com. Brian blogs about sports, politics, history and about anything else that interests him.  Earlier this month, Brian caught a lot of attention and was featured in the New York Times and interviewed on Fox News for his blog entitled "Why Athletes Go Broke." Continue Reading...

TIA... This is (My) Africa

UPDATE: Well, the pictures are finally in. They're scattered through out this entry, so please check them out. For a larger view, just click the picture.

Angel Reyes Africa TripThe words Leo DeCaprio spoke in Blood Diamond ring in my head.  My friends all tell me to be safe.  Where am I going?  Ethiopia.  Tanzania.  Why?  Two of my buddies and I decided to take a trip to Africa in order to check off more of the “1,000 things to do before you die” list.  We knew a trip to Africa wasn't going to be a two week stay at the newest Canyon Ranch Spa, we were however, hopeful that we'd get to see a lot of sights.  We struck gold.

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Too Many Followers, Not Enough Leaders.

On Monday, October 30th, I had the distinct honor and privilege of speaking at the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament.  There are some who would consider the content of this speech as liberal, while others would view it as conservative, depending on which side of the fence you’re on.  I say it’s neither.  Rather, it is a common sense solution to two growing problems – discrimination and hostility against both Hispanic immigrants and U.S. citizens, and ineffective assimilation into the American culture.  First and foremost, I am an American.  Secondly, I am Hispanic.  For the winds of change to blow, we must take positive action by gaining the respect we deserve, and by proving that the U.S. Hispanic population is a vital and productive ingredient in a flavorful stew of cultures that comprise a multi-ethnic society.  I’m proud to be an American, and I’m proud to be Hispanic.  My speech is as follows:
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Lone Star Stories: Texans on Justice Contest

Unless you’ve been living under a rock… in Botswana… in the year 1990; you’ve no doubt heard of the internet phenomenon of YouTube.  The relatively simple idea – a site where users can quickly and easily share video – was launched in 2005 and today boasts more than 100 million videos viewed daily, along with more than 65,000 videos uploaded every single day.  In fact, I myself began posting my commercials on YouTube about 10 months ago.  To date, I’ve had over 5,200 views.  Pretty good, considering not everyone on YouTube happens to be searching for commercials warning of VIOXX or Trasylol. Continue Reading...

Train Ride to Paris

UPDATE: I have scattered a few pics from our trip, which were missing when I first published this entry. Hopefully it helps paint a better picture of our experience. Enjoy.

Angel Reyes IV, child-like and self aware, asks questions and makes statements that make my head spin. Rapid fire, he says to me, "It's good to leave the States. Only in Europe do you see backpackers at the train station. Are you sure there will be trains, Dad? Have you done it before?" Then, as quickly as the statements and questions came, he is lost in his PSP. I glance at the screen. It reads, Angel Reyes, 5'11" and 210 pounds. I ask IV, "Huh?" Multi-tasking, he replies back to me "Will it be a train like that? Will it? That one's got beds in it. Jose Reyes can run 90' in 5 seconds. Did you know that?" Continue Reading...

Who Says a College Degree is Necessary These Days?

I just read "What’s Wrong With Vocational School?" by Charles Murray with the American Enterprise Institute.  I must admit, I am typically on the other side of the ideological divide from the AEI, but I think Murray is onto something in his analysis of who goes to college versus who should go to college. Let’s recap Murray’s argument.  At the risk of “dumbing it down,” I’ll nutshell it in my words.  Why do so many people believe they must go to college and end up majoring in fluff degrees while getting mediocre grades?  Indeed, if a four-year college education is supposed to teach advanced analytic skills and information at a level that exceeds the intellectual capacity of most people, why are so many of our young people pursuing college degrees? Continue Reading...

Over 40 and Still a Lot to Learn.

At just over 40, I decided to go back to school and get an MBA.  I tortured myself over whether or not it would ever matter.  After all, I am the managing partner of my own law firm! Further, I have a wife (who runs her own medical spa and laser clinic in Dallas), two small children, and my mom and step-dad living under my roof.  What the hell was I thinking? Continue Reading...

What's in a Name? What I Learned at the Latino Leadership Summit.

When I was a kid, I used to complain to my dad, who happens to be an "immigrant" from the Island of Puerto Rico, that my name was too hard to live with.  (Fortunately, since 1898, all Puerto Ricans have been U.S. citizens.  Could it be that Dad wasn't an immigrant after all?)  You see, when I was 11 years old, I moved from Carolina, Puerto Rico to Kansas City, Kansas.  I didn't know it at the time, but the public school I attended was terribly concerned about my English language proficiency.  My mom tells me she had to fight like hell to make sure my sister and I were put in the regular classrooms and not the remedial classrooms. Continue Reading...

Will "Borat" Lawsuits Help the Reputation of the Plaintiff's Bar?

If like me, you haven’t seen the new Borat movie, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," you’ve probably been wondering 1) how to spell the country’s name; and 2) what’s the buzz all about?  Have you seen the size of Kazakhstan on a world map?  Who knew?

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