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Allen

I'm a work in progress

About Me

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.” - Dr. Seuss
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My Interests



Non-commercial Music, Design, Art, Photography, Pool, Soccer, Basketball, Martial Arts, Cooking, PlayStation, Black History, World Cultures, Politics...

I'd like to meet:

.....aaaaahhhh, you?.?.?.

Music:

Everything except what's on commercial radio - IT SUCKS!!!!

Movies:

Black Orpheus, Porgy & Bess (American version), Ingmar Bergman flicks, Scorcese flicks, Akira Kurisowa flicks, some Spike Lee flicks, Animated films, Porn with a plot(does that exist,hmmmm), Any movies with Sanaa Lathan, Melvina Jones or Carla Punch!!!

Television:

The Wire, Nip Tuck, The Shield, Rescue Me, Entourage, Frontline, Samarai Jack, The Simpsons, Family Guy...

Books:

Any art/design book/magazine-CA, Graphis, Print, Juxtapoz, "Art & Fear", "DO" & "BE" by A. C. Ping, "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy", "101 Things to Do Before You Die", "The Whos in Whosville"

Heroes:

My parents/family, my sons, my ex's.

My Blog

Isaac Hayes

Isaac was the the face of "New Cool" and never out of style. "Bald" & "Black" long before Michael Jordan and in compliment/contrast to those foot high blown out equally bad Afro brothers, like the OR...
Posted by Allen on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:04:00 PST

Choosing words Badly

What a crock of shit. A woman that between her and her husband made 100 milliion dollars just last year accusing her opponent of being an elitist snob. and to add to the crockery, her ex-president h...
Posted by Allen on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:24:00 PST

Another Pregnent woMAN

In a "Hyper-sensationalized" society where being bizarre is the ticket this is so... I don’t know.By Michael ConlonThu Apr 3, 12:43 PM ETCHICAGO (Reuters) - A transgender man who is six months p...
Posted by Allen on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:42:00 PST

Tim Wise: Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, and the Audacity of Truth

I’ve long been a fan of Tim Wise; a for the most part little-known white professor who speaks on race from a well researched and well presented perspective. I’ve seen him speak and have d...
Posted by Allen on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:12:00 PST

Wow!!! Technology... I’m finally in the nighties

I finally invested in a web cam... this thing actually works!!!! Had my first coast to coast conference call. Hi me [email protected]
Posted by Allen on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:04:00 PST

Giving Hillary the Benefit of the Doubt

Still in good spirits from the GIANTS win. It's 1 am but I'll be up by 6 am to meet my ex-wife and son by 7 am to take him with me to vote before school. Yes, because of the hype... no, not really. ...
Posted by Allen on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:25:00 PST

A (almost) perfect NY ex-patriot day...

YES-----THE GIANTS. The Pats thought they were GIANTS, no I don't think so.Enough of New England. I love that all the sports know-it-alls had to eat their own crap!!!The Giants in the last weeks of ...
Posted by Allen on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:38:00 PST

GIIANT KILLERS

It's....7 mins before kickoff. GO GIANTS
Posted by Allen on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:25:00 PST

Toni Morrison Atones

In the wake of Saturday's charged election in South Carolina, Toni Morrison wrote this open letter to Barak Obama. Perhaps this will quell the issue of Bill Clinton, First Black President, so therefo...
Posted by Allen on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:48:00 PST

South Carolina

Well, the polls are closing in South Carolina and lets see if the Clinton strategy worked:-Adopt Obama's platform of change and reform...-Take pot shots at Obama knowing that in the hype and confusion...
Posted by Allen on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:20:00 PST