I’ve been meaning to write this post for a long time, but one of the comments on the Avatar post finally pushed me to do it. I am just so tired of people using the dictionary in discussions of complex issues as if the dictionary
Quick heads up that I was on the blogger’s roundtable for News & Notes yesterday. We didn’t get a chance to talk about the BlackBird browser, but we did talk about shoe throwing, weight gain, and smoking presidents (elect).
The economic crisis is affecting NPR, naturally, and one of their responses has been to cancel two of their shows, News & Notes included. I believe the story is that the show doesn’t bring in enough money in donations and has low ratings. I would
I know I put this in the BlackLights yesterday, but I’m still so appalled by it that I think it deserves its own post. In case you didn’t see it, there’s a new browser out called BlackBird, aimed at the Black community. It’s essentially Firefox
Sorry if I confused folks last week making you think that I meant I wanted to meet for drinks last Friday. I was just asking, in general, if there would be interest. Looks like there is :) So now let’s make it official: NYC folks,
I’m considering having an ABW NYC gathering since I know a few of you live in the city Maybe on a Friday night we could gather at some watering hole and talk about how the white man is keeping us down or something :) Anyone
However, I have caved into pressure to put up an artist/writer page on Facebook. Here it is. I’m not entirely sure what to do with it yet, but you can become my “fan”, start discussions there, write on my wall, and some other stuff. If
So here’s the story as I understand it. Every year at this elementary school they celebrate Thanksgiving by having the kids dress up as pilgrims and “indians”. Parents, mainly those of Native descent, have begun to object to this for several reasons. 1. It’s a
According to the NYTimes, yesterday was the first time anyone had been killed during a Black Friday frenzy. I blinked at that, because it seemed to me that something like this had happened before. Maybe I was just remembering all the times people had been
This may all come to nothing, but it’s being widely reported that Patterson Joseph has been asked to play the lead in Doctor Who and he’s either thinking hard or has accepted the role. For those of you who don’t know Doctor Who, it’s an