looking back we can assess. and no one would disagree that its always a landmark when a member of a minority group becomes the first of his group to attain a position of high authority and responsibility. it is more important that individual is equipped for the job. sadly, in this video of alberto gonzales …
i went back to the art thing today and tried to negotiate with some of the artists. rule no. 1: never try to negotiate with a local artist who doesn’t have a lot of expense shipping their work. im sure you know what i am talking about. i did get one artist to sell me …
for the past week or so the national black arts festival has been in town. it is a multi-arts affair that is all over town. in addition the nbaf has things throughout the year. today was the first day i went to any of the events. one of my friends and i went to see …
sometimes i know what i want to write about on here. other times i wait for inspiration. sometimes, the stories write themselves (thankfully). this is a case of information coming together and me just packaging into some kind of (half baked) story. over the past week or so, i was working on a way to …
yesterday was an election day out here. although i wasn’t able to vote for him (not in my district) rev markel hutchins was going against incumbent john lewis for his seat in congress along with able mable something or other (of course i had been listening to mable john singing able mable for the past …
this is an interview from 2004 with gwb and an irish journalist that was not aired on us television. in ten minutes she was more confrontational and demanding of answers than an army of press corps at the white house or talking heads on lou dobbs or msnbc. let alone fixed (fox) noise.
ok this story is a bit windy but hopefully worth it at the end. when i moved my stuff out of the storage locker (hallelujah its done), i was forced to think how this stuff is going to be used. most of the stuff is pretty straight forward. albums, cassettes, tapes, scores, books. not a …