My cousin Adam Good was the subject of a story that was on the front page of the Saturday (July 22, 2006) Washington Post in an article titled "Secure in His Mannyhood: Evolved or an Anomaly, a Male Nanny Enjoys His Job in VA".  There’s even a video with an interview in the online version. (Photo to the left is from the Washington Post article, by Kevin Clark of the Washington Post).

Adam’s a great guy (I’m still tempted to call him a kid) who grew up here in Winston-Salem.  To say he’s smart would be the world’s greatest understatement.  Before we moved here we stayed at my Aunt Debbie’s (Adam’s mom) house during one visit and we had Adam’s old room.  His bookshelves were crammed with books on philosophy, politics, and literature that scared the crap out of me in college and he was reading them in middle school and high school.  He graduated with honors from American University and will be pursuing his masters degree in the near future.

It’s wild to think that a family member is being profiled in one of the nation’s most prominent newspapers and is considered representative of a new "trend" called "mannyhood."  It cracks me up to no end that he’s being compared to Britney Spears’ "manny."  Adam being mentioned along with Britney Spears is extremely funny. Suffice it to say that I seriously doubt that Adam’s music collection contains anything from artists with names like Britney, Avril or Jessica.

And of course it’s entertaining that Adam has to answer the requisite "are you gay?" question (he’s not) as if men aren’t capable of being good child care providers, and I’m sure he gets his fair share of grief from his male friends, but as Adam points out in the article it is no small deal that he’s getting paid good money and he’s living rent free, which is a big deal in DC.  Like I said Adam’s one smart dude.

A side note to a prominent blogger here in North Carolina, Billy the Blogging Poet: Adam is also an accomplished poet and a very good musician.