THE TRIALS OF BARACK AND HAROLD |
I am a Chicago native, born and raised in the Windy City. I lived there, more often than not, until 1998. The trials that President Obama is going through remind me, increasingly, of the mayoral terms...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:20:00 GMT |
PURPLE RAIN DROUGHT (via the '80's) |
I just finished watching some of Purple Rain. I've seen it so much that I am never trying to watch all of it again, rabid Prince fan that I was (ask anyone that associated with me back in the 80's). B...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:39:00 GMT |
DAMN RIGHT, NO EXCUSES (PT II) |
This started out as an email. It was a response to a good friend who opined, in response to a blog that I wrote, that, It hit me why I feel uneasy about him [Barack Obama] and Bill Cosby and others s...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:15:00 GMT |
DAMN RIGHT, NO EXCUSES! |
You know what? Im thinking I must either be pretty stupid, pretty naïve, or both. Not the first time that Ive wondered about that either, by the way. But what has me asking myself these questions t...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:09:00 GMT |
IT IS WHAT IT IS (on MJ) |
I read an online interview today with Quincy Jones for Details magazine. In it he talked about his love for Michael Jackson and how his passing hurt his soul. He also talks about Michaels changing ph...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:51:00 GMT |
I GREW UP WITH MIKE |
· I remember my older sister, Joyce, bringing the 45 "I Want You Back" home for me when I was 6. She figured I'd love it. She was right.· I saw the J5 when I was about 8 too! It was at...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:26:00 GMT |
FAITH OR FEAR |
I have been going through hell in the proverbial handbasket. I've been laid off from two jobs in a year. I busted my heinie at these jobs but, nonetheless, I still got laid-off. "Last hired, first fir...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:56:00 GMT |
TWO DAUGHTERS |
Two events intersected recently that gave me much pause. 1) My wife was trying to point out to me today that my 8-yr old daughter was developing buds. In other words she is already starting to ...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:15:00 GMT |
MEMENTO |
Memento is a film directed by Christopher Nolan, who has gone on to direct two highly acclaimed and awarded Batman films. It is based on a short story, Memento Mori, written by his brother, Jonath...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:00:00 GMT |
A CHANGE IS GONNA COME |
I'm sitting at my desk at work and I'm listening to one of my co-workers saying, "After the Twin Towers and Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, now we're electing a guy called Barack Hussein Obama?" ....
Posted by on Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:18:00 GMT |
