Weekly Wrap-Up

I’m condensing multiple posts into a one and giving some other blog hosts a shout-out. Please read them! Did anybody use GeoCities? Nope me either. Another one bites the dust.  Speaking of biting the dust, wearing a cheap cotton painter’s mask won’t protect you from the swine flu. Is this latest outbreak an accident or [...]

Bea Arthur Tribute: Maude’s Dilemma Pioneered Reproductive Rights Before Roe V. Wade

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Actress Bea Arthur passed away yesterday and many have mentioned her career as one of the premier comediennes of her generation. Many fondly recall the series Golden Girls from the 80′s which was a definite precursor to Sex and the City. I still watch reruns from time to time and that show was very funny [...]

The Racial Politics With Black Women’s Hair

So Oprah mentioned two things at the end of her show Friday that enquiring minds wanted to know. One answered whether she actually sends her own messages on Twitter or if they’re delegated to a producer or assistant. It’s all her baby! She said that’s why we see so few – she doesn’t have much [...]

I Told You Obama Had to Watch Out for Those Democrats

Um hmm. So we’re closing in on Obama’s 100th day in office (really I thought it’d been like 4evr) and he’s trying to get work done and such. Now I don’t agree with all of his policies and he’s more conservative than I prefer but I realize it’s all strategic. Well some of it’s CYA [...]

Old School Friday

This week is yet another twist: This Song Should Have Never Been Made. Yikes. I can think of plenty of songs in the past 10, 7, 5, 2 years and artists I wish had NEVER gotten record deals. As well as the banning of Auto-Tune. It was cute when Cher did it for Believe but [...]

You’re So Lame Award of Shame – Asher Roth & Larry Summers

I was deciding between Jackie Chan and some others but then this just came in: Larry Summers fell asleep during a VERY IMPORTANT meeting between the President and members of the Banking Industrial Complex as they have to justify gross overcharges in credit card fees. I guess he hadn’t had his Wheaties. This is a [...]

Morning/Afternoon Jam

I heard this on the classic R&B station and was transported back to the 80′s. Rockwell’s song was too cool for school.   When I hear that song I usually think of this one by Falco as well. It’s a little pre-Friday old school video fest.

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Sometimes Parents (And Others) Just Don’t Understand

I was reading this article in the Los Angeles Times about Sharron Pearson. She’s a high school student who applied for – and was accepted to – an Oxford University summer program. She needs money to cover some of her expenses by the way, but it’s the beginning of this story that caught my attention:  [...]

The Blackening of the Fashion Industry

So I hear American Vogue has had three Black women on their cover this year. One was Michelle Obama, one was Beyonce and the other was an actual model, Liya Kebede. Well….big whoop. Liya shared the cover with a bunch of white models (Jourdan Dunn is in the foldout), one’s the biggest singer in the business [...]

The Green Generation

Today is the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day. Like many holidays it gets easy to take events for granted. But if the weather in CA is any indication of a change in climate then we should be concerned. 93 degree temperatures in San Francisco proper (not just across the Bay) isn’t normal weather. Likewise [...]