Y’know, housesitting here at ABW for a few days has really opened my eyes to how important it is to keep a “safety zone” around discussions of racism. I thought I understood this, intellectually, but the practical experience has been a whole other thing. One
I’m about to disappear for a week and a half. At least this time I warned you all, right? Tomorrow I am off to a meditation retreat in the Massachusetts wilderness. 11 days of no talking, meditating for 9 hours a day, no eating after
I just finished reading a book called “The N-Word” that I’m going to talk about/review this week in the context of a larger conversation about language. But to get you all ready, frothing at the mouth, or chomping at the bit for this discussion, I
I spent the weekend thinking about blogging. Okay, that’s not true. Technically I spent the weekend preparing for a dinner party, eating duck, writing in a café, and spending too much on food. But while I was doing all that, I was thinking about blogging.
I’m in the midst of trying to get a ton of work done before New York Comicon this weekend, so blogging will be light. However, if you’re coming to the con or will be in NYC this weekend, drop me a note in the comments.
When I moved into my current apartment I inherited a cat – Midget. She’s a cranky, feisty, attention seeking ho. I love her to death. My roommate and I enjoy taking pictures of Midget being particularly cute. (more) There, I have cat blogged. Happy?
I’m excessively excited right now! I’ll tell you why. For one of the Our Black History posts I was going to do something about my mom who died in 1999. I loved my mom a lot and I miss her every day, so I felt
Dear Mayor Thomas M. Menino of Boston, Police Commissioner Edward Davis, and Governor Deval Patrick, In regards to yesterday’s ‘bomb scare’ and the subsequent revelation that the suspicious devices were merely an ad campaign for Adult Swim: It’s barely been 24 hours since this all
One of the things I love to do is look at the search terms people use to get to this site. It helps to explain why certain posts get a lot of hits, but it’s also an interesting sketch of the collective Internet psyche. My