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DUE TO VARIOUS REQUESTS... I went through my computer and tried to upload what I had availabe. Some ladies wanted to see the Corvette. Some wanted to know what the BMW looked like. Note, I sold tthe 5 Series, and the 1974 3.0 CS is in storage in LA. Some wanted to see some of my logo work (I have more of that coming as well.). I will also scan in photos of my son, and Lee Franklin (I want the life of this wonderful kid to live on) - he was an exceptional student (4.0 honor student at Berkeely High School, on scholarship at Arizona State), athelete (starting point guard, baseball), and a genuinely good person (really!) Can't say enough of how much his life, and the way he went about doing things, left such a postive impression where ever he went - a HUGE tribute to "Pops" his grandfather who raised him.

>>> Please post props and comments on what you find here. These efforts are so that YOU can Learn, Apply, and Prosper in life. Your feedback IS greatly appreciated.

>>> Let me know what you think of the logo/icon for the book. Again, you can post comments at the bottom of this page.

>>> Show me some love on the photo rating, as well...

>>> PLEASE READ THE BLOGS BELOW THE BOOK EXERPT: (I meant to put them first but the blog manager won't let me change the order, go figure...)

>>> DATERS: I have a date page somewhere on BP. Pls FIND it AND READ WHAT I HAVE TO SAY (plus the blog I wrote here of the bottom of THIS page). That WILL probably save us BOTH a whole lot of time and trouble!

Well, that's it! Please dive in, and ENJOY!!!

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(On Sabrean's father...)

Goribinde' had friends in many places. Most national sovereigns admired him. But it was amongst his men where he excelled. His was a soldier's life. Whether or not he had learned it somewhere or just developed it as he went along, he had come by some great Code of the Soldier that fighting men, everywhere he went, noticed and were drawn to. No one really knew what this code was, but they liked it, and they always wanted more.

The only way to come by this was to serve under the man: he held no classes and did not formally teach, as a rule, so you had to get it in bits and pieces - by being at his side as the need arose.

Fighting men flocked to him, and he dealt with them as he did all others: fairly. Only once, did he have reason to kill a man who challenged him in open combat. This was a large Warrior from the Zulu Nation in the southermost regions of Nigritia.

Only after he had sent word off to the Warrior's Chieftain, and obtained in return the formal permission of the man's family, would he agree to enter into combat with him. This greatly incensed the large Warrior for having to wait to do battle (the two had to be separated for several long months while waiting for the messengers to return - doing so with the attendance of a complete war party of two hundred Zulu Warriors, who were not there to wage war but were sent as official tribal witness fo the Chieftain, for this this contest), but Goribinde's honor would have it no other way. He felt he must show the proper respect to the Zulus if they should come to lose such a resource to their people.

Even then, he tried to not kill the man, but the Warrior's ego would not allow him to admit defeat, so that Goribinde' could end the contest once it became cler who the victor would be. Better to die in batlle that face the shame of living with defeat, for one such as he. Reluctantly, Goribinde' had to end the man's life. Upon doing so, he allowed no celebration from the other men who watched the battle, stating that a great General in the Far East had once written that "the objective of War is to change the other side's mind" and that he had not been able to do so, and thus knew that he was in fact the loser. This person, dead now, was truly justified in the contest by his skill and abilityas a great warrior. He gave his all, reflecting on his total commitment to the fulfillment of his purpose. Goribinde' however, would have to live on with the knowldege that his best was not good enough to preserve life - which was the sworn dedication of the use of his own fighting skills.

There was a lesson there that soldiers passed on one from another that helped shape the mystique around this man, and soon became the single principle that Goribinde' was best know for:

"That the purpose of a soldier is not to fight. It is to bring peace. Sometimes, one must fight in order to bring peace. The payoff of peace should always be people's freedoms. But the price for freedoms is sometimes costly. We, as soldiers, are men who have sworn to pay that price, and we must never forget that. That, is why we learn to fight - not for the sake of fighting itself."

(Fiction) An epic action-adventure saga set in the 14th century, where a band of international heroes led by the brash young daughter of a Nigritian Warlord span the globe to save the world!

What makes for GOOD "Action-Adventure?"

How about hot, steamy sex; three dozen murders; including a decapitation, assorted skewerings (like a stuck pig!), skulls bashed in, eyes popped out, a horse knocked out, a female Ninja being born, and other (literally) jaw dropping action - all within the first two chapters!

To by twin brother Weldon: you are ALWAYS with me...

To my fatherm Paramount Chief John L. Kincey-ONWA: you are a GREAT man. Your stalwart career legacy of knowldege, peace and freedom lives on. I finally found a way to get YOUR message to our people - where it can do the most good. May they have the courage to embrace it.

To all the men, women and children who have been murdered, raped, terrorized, tortured, subjagated and suppressed: I am sure you have wanted this moment to occur with your last living breath, that someone, somewhere, would be able to teach our people WHO they are, WHERE they came from, and HOW to BE FREE. Your lives have not been in vain for that time has come - a new era for Niggas (Note: if YOU don't know what that word means please read the Forward in the book).

To my mother, DeLacey Ballard: you were my best friend, a champoin of community service, and an inspiration that still holds me in good stead through my life. Because of the woman that you are, and the way that you raised me (the "old school" values), without this I could never have even wanted to attempt writing a novel with women as the central figures. This is as much my tribute to you and what you tried to instill in others, and with this book I believe the goodness will continue to live on in others - and thus, you live on...

To Yolanda Fraizer, and her wonderful family: Sabrina, Raven, Falon and Bryce: you are the inspiration for this book. Without you it could never have been given life. Finally I get the chance to "bottle" what you have together that is so beautiful, and provide it in a form that the whole wolrd can see and share.

To Andy Parks, my publisher, my business mentor, my friend. I will follow your advice and create my own publishing company. I will use it to teach and help others, so that they have a better life and a better future. Your quiet courage to live, and to continue to open doors where ever and when ever and with what ever you could is the pattern for my business model as well. The Freedom Train lives on, and we could never have made it this far without people like you who cared for us, when we didn't even know it; simply because "it was the RIGHT thing to do." May you find eternal peace and blessings for your efforts!

To J.R.R. Tolkien: You set a precendent to teachhistory through a fictional story forum, and have us delight and enjoy and learn all the way. Don't know of such an attempt since, or of having such urgent and important purpose behind it, but I will try to follow the model you have set with every effort to rise to the same style, grace and magnitude.

As much as anything, these are the combined inspirations that converged to create such a thing of beauty; still a raw diamond but very much brilliant and valuable beyond comprehension.

What we are doing with this work WILL blow your mind.

To YOU the reader, by this book I hope that (our) people (especially) start to THINK, LOOK, and TALK about the subjects it reveals.

If you read this book, and DO that, then I've DONE my job. with that, I think we can come together - and by doing so, we ALL win.

Ladies,

Most of you have come to my site because of dating. Cool. Thank you. I'm very flattered.

For those that don't know I was in a wonderful 20 year LTR with a lovely lady. Gave myself some "me" time and met another lovely lady, and we hit it off famously. However, with going back to law school and raising a 12 year old son while caring for her mother that had a massive stroke, there was no time for a relationship.

So I posted on several dating forums. Only days later (see how long I've been a member here) I've been hit on by more old fat chicks than the left overs at KFC!

Not to sound shallow but I LIKE PRETTY WOMEN! I only WANT to BE with one, although I intend to maintain the friendships I'm developing NOW for a long time. So to my future lady: don't trip, but I am very comfortable in the company of women, and that DOESn't mean that I'm scoping or scheming (for the record - you can go back and read this any time youlike).

I work in media and marketing. I'm around pretty women all the time. My career is built on good looking people.

the person in my life has to be able to hang with that and be secure with herself and with me.

Look at my friends. I chat and converse regularly and it's all good. We can actually TALK to one another without being PERVS - although most of the stuff in the media and on the web and even on BP is sex, sex, sex. I can tell them how lovely they are because THEY ARE and it not mean I'm trying to get at them - even without having a significant other in my life.

So, if you are interested in me to date, you need to go to my BP dating page and READ what I wrote there FIRST. I don't have a paid BP account so you'll need to email me at my yahoo account under the same name as my BP handle. If you do email me, please send me more than a head shot or I will have to think you are hiding something. I'm a "leg" man so show what you are working with, but in a tasteful classy manner. Nite: if you send me a classless shot of you bent over (check out the "most viewed" photos for examples, I'm gonna think you are ghetto and in need of refinement and that won't turn me on.

I don't need my buttons pushed, and yes, I like booty, but I'm a very private person, and believe certain intimate things between two people that care for each other should stay that way and not be in the public view. Show some self restraint and some self respect. Or, at least respect my wishes.

In other words, I'm looking for MY Jada Pinkett Smith. Someone FINE. A GoOd woman. Classy. And a good partner - in business and in the boudoir.