Cause I don't want my boat to be rockin
Monday, December 31, 2012
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Friday, December 28, 2012
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Nothing to prove
Nobody would believe it anyway
Don't worry, if there's a hell below, we're all gonna go
Don't worry, if there's a hell below, we're all gonna go
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Monday, December 24, 2012
Sunday, December 23, 2012
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
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Friday, November 9, 2012
Dees boys is mesegenated
This band of miscreants here this very evening interfered with a lynch mob in the performance of its duty
They trampled all over our venerated obsoivances and rituals
and I have it on the highest authority...
They trampled all over our venerated obsoivances and rituals
and I have it on the highest authority...
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
They're trying to wash us away
OK I will bring it up.
I wonder how many of those people in the New York and New Jersey area on TV talkin bout "somebody come hep us" wanted the government out of their lives three weeks ago. Hell, I wonder how many are still going to vote for limited government now.
You know if it were up to me, I would line them all up in front of those government blankets and bottled water and the generators and the emergency fuel trucks and take a poll. Show of hands, how many of you sombitches think the government is the problem?
But I guess that's why I ain't the President of nothin.
I wonder how many of those people in the New York and New Jersey area on TV talkin bout "somebody come hep us" wanted the government out of their lives three weeks ago. Hell, I wonder how many are still going to vote for limited government now.
You know if it were up to me, I would line them all up in front of those government blankets and bottled water and the generators and the emergency fuel trucks and take a poll. Show of hands, how many of you sombitches think the government is the problem?
But I guess that's why I ain't the President of nothin.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Friday, November 2, 2012
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Monday, October 15, 2012
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Saturday, October 13, 2012
I'm an orange moon
Reflecting the light of the sun
His light was too bright
So they turned away
And he stood alone
Every night and every day
His light was too bright
So they turned away
And he stood alone
Every night and every day
Friday, October 12, 2012
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Monday, October 8, 2012
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Friday, October 5, 2012
Playing crap and calling it jazz
You can take a dump in a bowl and call it chocolate surprise but no matter how much whipped cream you put on it its still a bowl full of crap.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Monday, October 1, 2012
Sunday, September 30, 2012
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Friday, September 28, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Friday, September 21, 2012
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Friday, September 14, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Monday, September 10, 2012
Sunday, September 9, 2012
That's why I'm easy
Seems to me girl you know I've done all I can
You see I've begged stole and I borrowed
You see I've begged stole and I borrowed
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Friday, September 7, 2012
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Comin from where I'm from
Sometimes you gotta walk to work
Sometimes you gotta do a little dirt
Sometimes you gotta cry a little bit louder
Sometimes you gotta fight the pain
Sometimes you gotta walk alone
Sometimes you get a little worried
Sometimes you get a little lost and outta touch
Sometimes I think I pray a little bit too much
Sometimes I get a little scared
Monday, September 3, 2012
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Friday, August 31, 2012
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Monday, August 27, 2012
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Friday, August 24, 2012
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Saturday, August 11, 2012
I know you'd like to thank
Yo shit don't stank
But lean a little bit closer see
Roses really smell like booboo ooh
Yeah, roses really smell like booboo ooh
But lean a little bit closer see
Roses really smell like booboo ooh
Yeah, roses really smell like booboo ooh
Friday, August 10, 2012
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Monday, August 6, 2012
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Friday, August 3, 2012
Hey Chic fil-a STFU and make me a sammidge
Nobody cares what you think about anything. We were not coming into your establishment because of all the deep thoughts you were thinking. You are running a business not a ministry. You are free to believe anything you choose to believe but that doesn't mean the rest of us want to hear about it.
Yeah maybe homosexuality doesn't exactly mesh with the natural order of things. Got it, check. But some people might consider eating a chicken breast without the wing as unnatural, so we all got our issues. But now yall got things so jacked up that we can't even have lunch without it being some kind of political statement. I just want to grab a sandwich and get back to work. Leave the politics to the politicians
Get back in the kitchen you neanderthals, heat up the grease and cue the heifers so maybe everybody can get back to mocking the chickens.
Speaking of heifers, let's turn our attention to Michael Jackson's brood.
Some of you may not have ever had to deal with a 14 year old in the house. But speaking from personal experience it ain't for the faint of heart under the best of circumstances. Stir in a lifetime of dysfunction, with intense media scrutiny and a heavy dose of court ordered anything ladled over a premature death with a billion dollar fortune in play and you got yourself one helluva jackpot. Katherine is an old lady, and I can tell you she don't need this.
The Jacksons, especially Michael, have grown up to be, let's just say, something of a disappointment. But back in the day the Jacksons made it possible to dream your way out of the hood. If they could make it out of the hood and still wear those big afros then the rest of us could make it too. And it is for this reason I am rooting for this family to "succeed". I still have a soft spot for those young urchins who sprang into our consciousness in 1969.
Jermaine, who has always seemed to be one of the more sane members of the family and a voice of reason through the years has requested space for the family to heal and deal with their issues.
I say we give it to them.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Monday, July 30, 2012
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Friday, July 27, 2012
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Monday, July 23, 2012
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Friday, July 20, 2012
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Kung Fu
Our days of comfort, days of night
Don't put yourself in solitude
Who can I trust with my life
When people tend to be so rude?
My mama borne me in a ghetto
There was no mattress for my head
But no, she couldn't call me Jesus
I wasn't white enough, she said
And then she named me, kung fu
Don't have to explain it, no, kung fu
Don't know how you'll take it, kung fu
I'm just trying to make it, kung fu
I've got some babies and some sisters
My brother worked for Uncle Sam
It's just a shame, ain't it, mister
We being brothers of the damned
But nothing brings about the difference
You are my lover, do believe
Shall we join hands for tomorrow?
Don't giving up, then up your sleeve
Keep your head high, kung fu
I will till I die, yeah, kung fu
Don't be too intense, no, kung fu
Keep your common sense, yeah, kung fu
Don't mistake life for a secret
There is no secret part of you
You bet your life if you think wicked
Someone else is thinking wicked too
Keep your head high, kung fu
I will till I die, yeah, kung fu
Don't be too intense, no, kung fu
Keep your common sense, yeah, kung fu
Our days of comfort, days of night
Don't put yourself in solitude
Who can I trust with my life
When people tend to be so rude?
My mama borne me in a ghetto
There was no mattress for my head
But no, she couldn't name me Jesus
I wasn't white enough, she said
And then she named me, kung fu
Don't have to explain it, no, kung fu
Don't know how you'll take it, kung fu
I'm just trying to make it, kung fu
Kung, kung fu, kung fu
Don't put yourself in solitude
Who can I trust with my life
When people tend to be so rude?
My mama borne me in a ghetto
There was no mattress for my head
But no, she couldn't call me Jesus
I wasn't white enough, she said
And then she named me, kung fu
Don't have to explain it, no, kung fu
Don't know how you'll take it, kung fu
I'm just trying to make it, kung fu
I've got some babies and some sisters
My brother worked for Uncle Sam
It's just a shame, ain't it, mister
We being brothers of the damned
But nothing brings about the difference
You are my lover, do believe
Shall we join hands for tomorrow?
Don't giving up, then up your sleeve
Keep your head high, kung fu
I will till I die, yeah, kung fu
Don't be too intense, no, kung fu
Keep your common sense, yeah, kung fu
Don't mistake life for a secret
There is no secret part of you
You bet your life if you think wicked
Someone else is thinking wicked too
Keep your head high, kung fu
I will till I die, yeah, kung fu
Don't be too intense, no, kung fu
Keep your common sense, yeah, kung fu
Our days of comfort, days of night
Don't put yourself in solitude
Who can I trust with my life
When people tend to be so rude?
My mama borne me in a ghetto
There was no mattress for my head
But no, she couldn't name me Jesus
I wasn't white enough, she said
And then she named me, kung fu
Don't have to explain it, no, kung fu
Don't know how you'll take it, kung fu
I'm just trying to make it, kung fu
Kung, kung fu, kung fu
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Monday, July 16, 2012
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Friday, July 13, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 2012
What can I do for you
What can you do for me
Preach brother, preach
People want true things
Or nothing at all
People want sincerity
And nothing more
People need happiness as land needs rain
We need rain we need light we need love
Yes you'll find it so hard
To live without love love love
Love love love
Love love love
Whoa just say yeah (oh yeah)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
People want to live (uh huh)
Not merely exist
People want to enjoy
Not suffer and fear no no no
People need understanding
Not tensions or confusion no no
Oh I wonder should the people who present us this solution talk about love love love
Love love love
Love love love
Oh yeah
Just say yeah (oh yeah)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Say yeah
Ooh yeah
We need power
We need power
We need peace
Peace
Peace
Peace
I think we'll all agree
I think we'll all agree
That's not fighting (fighting)
That's not fighting
Because this ain't war
This ain't war
This ain't war
This ain't war
I know it's not too late to love love love
Love love love
Love love love
Love love love
Love love love
What can I do for you
What can you do for me
Preach brother, preach
People want true things
Or nothing at all
People want sincerity
And nothing more
People need happiness as land needs rain
We need rain we need light we need love
Yes you'll find it so hard
To live without love love love
Love love love
Love love love
Whoa just say yeah (oh yeah)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
People want to live (uh huh)
Not merely exist
People want to enjoy
Not suffer and fear no no no
People need understanding
Not tensions or confusion no no
Oh I wonder should the people who present us this solution talk about love love love
Love love love
Love love love
Oh yeah
Just say yeah (oh yeah)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Say yeah
Ooh yeah
We need power
We need power
We need peace
Peace
Peace
Peace
I think we'll all agree
I think we'll all agree
That's not fighting (fighting)
That's not fighting
Because this ain't war
This ain't war
This ain't war
This ain't war
I know it's not too late to love love love
Love love love
Love love love
Love love love
Love love love
What can I do for you
What can you do for me
Labels:
Labelle,
Lady Marmalade,
Nona Hendryx,
Patti Labelle,
Sara Dash
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Monday, July 9, 2012
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Right leaning lefties vs left leaning righties
Dayum, this woman is nearly 70 years old and still got it in any way you might want to interpret it.
Cher eat your heart out.
Cher eat your heart out.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Friday, July 6, 2012
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Monday, July 2, 2012
Sunday, July 1, 2012
The paradox of overwhelming Advantage in America
The harder you squeeze, the further juice squirts in the wrong direction
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
A truth so profound
it absolves all previous lies
Labels:
Funkadelic,
George Clinton,
I'm never gonna tell it
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Look the other way
There's no control, but that's alright
I'm gonna look the other way and hold on tight
I'm gonna look the other way and hold on tight
Monday, June 25, 2012
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Skin I'm in
And you say these are the people I depend on for my survival
One world, one people, one love
One world, one people, one love
Friday, June 22, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Well ain't that the ritz calling the saltine a ...
Is it now acceptable to proclaim the pot calling the kettle black in polite company?
I keep hearing this saying roll off the tongues of supposedly enlightened persons who apparently haven't a clue it might carry offense for others.
Is there something wrong with the kettle being black? I have always wondered what the hell that is about?
Is this colloquialism some deep intellectual insight based on ancient cultural wisdom, perhaps Latin? Or is this exactly what it sounds like?
Well I decided to conduct some deep, exhaustive and comprehensive research on this phrase, and here is what wikipedia has to say about it:
"Oho!' said the pot to the kettle; "You are dirty and ugly and black! Sure no one would think you were metal, Except when you're given a crack."
"Not so! not so! kettle said to the pot; "'Tis your own dirty image you see; For I am so clean -without blemish or blot- That your blackness is mirrored in me"
Hmmmm.
So I propose that we change this colloquialism just a bit to see if it gives offense to the seemingly oblivious.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
Go back and tell Chalky to kiss my black ass
In the hood, there is one and only one unforgivable, going out like a punk.
You can lose big and still be respected as long as you go down swingin.
When I go down its gon be some motherfuckers with sore kneecaps and chewed up ankles with dents in anything else I can get ahold of on the way down.
There's only three things that's for sure
You can lose big and still be respected as long as you go down swingin.
When I go down its gon be some motherfuckers with sore kneecaps and chewed up ankles with dents in anything else I can get ahold of on the way down.
There's only three things that's for sure
Labels:
Marvin Gaye,
Taxes Death and Trouble,
Trouble Man
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Do what you wanna do
Be what you are
I have struggled my entire life to fit into the preconceived expectations of of a world that can be as mean as it is ignorant.
If you are the proverbial square peg in the round hole it can be truly disorienting.
That is, until you figure our how to tell them what they really need to hear.
I have struggled my entire life to fit into the preconceived expectations of of a world that can be as mean as it is ignorant.
If you are the proverbial square peg in the round hole it can be truly disorienting.
That is, until you figure our how to tell them what they really need to hear.
Friday, June 15, 2012
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Monday, June 11, 2012
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Friday, June 8, 2012
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Monday, June 4, 2012
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Senor Blues
If you want to watch peoples heads explode just tell them that jazz is a composer's art.
Horace Silver is one, but certainly not the only, master composer who claims the jazz tradition as his home.
Senor blues is one, but certainly not Silver's only, masterwork.
Taj Mahal is a traditional blues and folk artist who brought his A game to the jazz tradition.
Horace Silver is one, but certainly not the only, master composer who claims the jazz tradition as his home.
Senor blues is one, but certainly not Silver's only, masterwork.
Taj Mahal is a traditional blues and folk artist who brought his A game to the jazz tradition.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Friday, June 1, 2012
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
WTF, telemarketers disregard the do not call list?
I thought we had these sombitches on the run.
If politicians want to do something to make themselves popular they can drive a stake through the heart of these assholes.
Unless they just want to leave the loopholes in the law so they can annoy us with pre-recorded messages at election time about how hard they are fighting on our behalf.
Sigh!
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Its the way nature planned it
Ready or not, it seems we will now have a national discussion about gender identity.
I will admit that I am still a bit confused by the whole thing. I mean just the whole plumbing thing of what goes where is enough to overwhelm the uninitiated. And I guess just having gay men marry lesbian women is an over simplification of the problem. At least the plumbing fixtures would fit, huh, huh, huh! I suppose life is never that simple.
But it seems to me that as long those who identify with nontraditional gender roles are simply trying to carve out a place in the universe to live life the best way they know how, then the least the rest of us can do is scooch over a bit and give them a little room to breathe free.
But that doesn't mean the hipper than hip in crowd gets to look at us funny just because we don't get it. You are strange to us and that is not our fault. Just because the high powered media types have organized a slick campaign to convince the rest of us hicks that this is the coolest thing since ice dispensers on refrigerators doors doesn't mean we have to like it. And we won't. But we can and should acknowledge the humanity of even those who are different.
So if you think you can manage to mow your grass, pay your taxes and bring your herbie curbie in off the street before the sun rises again then welcome to the neighborhood. If you don't judge me I won't judge you. But let's be clear here, I don't like this or understand it. That doesn't make me a bad person any more than not liking golf, chitlins or Game of Thrones. Its just the way God made me!
Personally, I think we all would have been better off with civil unions. Think about it. This would have given a wider scope of interested persons access to this so called equality. For example, what if a single parent has a good job with benefits for herself and her children. But she wanted her mother, who has no health insurance, to stay home and take care of the kids. Why couldn't civil unions allow a mother and a daughter to band together for mutual economic benefit. The mother gets subsidized health care, the single parent gets a homemaker to take care of her kids while she earns a living. What about two little old spinster ladies trying to take care of each other into old age making a legal commitment to each other.
Where is it written that this issue has to be about gay and lesbian people. This could have been about a lot more than who your dance partner is when its time to do the hokey pokey. But that doesn't seem to be where we are headed now.
Everybody on all sides of this issue better strap in because this seems to be headed for political bloodsport, and that's what its all about.
I will admit that I am still a bit confused by the whole thing. I mean just the whole plumbing thing of what goes where is enough to overwhelm the uninitiated. And I guess just having gay men marry lesbian women is an over simplification of the problem. At least the plumbing fixtures would fit, huh, huh, huh! I suppose life is never that simple.
But it seems to me that as long those who identify with nontraditional gender roles are simply trying to carve out a place in the universe to live life the best way they know how, then the least the rest of us can do is scooch over a bit and give them a little room to breathe free.
But that doesn't mean the hipper than hip in crowd gets to look at us funny just because we don't get it. You are strange to us and that is not our fault. Just because the high powered media types have organized a slick campaign to convince the rest of us hicks that this is the coolest thing since ice dispensers on refrigerators doors doesn't mean we have to like it. And we won't. But we can and should acknowledge the humanity of even those who are different.
So if you think you can manage to mow your grass, pay your taxes and bring your herbie curbie in off the street before the sun rises again then welcome to the neighborhood. If you don't judge me I won't judge you. But let's be clear here, I don't like this or understand it. That doesn't make me a bad person any more than not liking golf, chitlins or Game of Thrones. Its just the way God made me!
Personally, I think we all would have been better off with civil unions. Think about it. This would have given a wider scope of interested persons access to this so called equality. For example, what if a single parent has a good job with benefits for herself and her children. But she wanted her mother, who has no health insurance, to stay home and take care of the kids. Why couldn't civil unions allow a mother and a daughter to band together for mutual economic benefit. The mother gets subsidized health care, the single parent gets a homemaker to take care of her kids while she earns a living. What about two little old spinster ladies trying to take care of each other into old age making a legal commitment to each other.
Where is it written that this issue has to be about gay and lesbian people. This could have been about a lot more than who your dance partner is when its time to do the hokey pokey. But that doesn't seem to be where we are headed now.
Everybody on all sides of this issue better strap in because this seems to be headed for political bloodsport, and that's what its all about.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Saturday, May 12, 2012
I think I'm in love
I have always wondered why so called journalist allow the political types to go on air and Texas 2 step their way around the question that everybody wants answered.
Not today. Not Tamron Hall.
Dayum girl, I am scared of you. I do not want to roll up on you in a dark alley.
For those of you who don't speak ghetto allow me to translate:
Bitch you in my house so don't play me.
I ain't done nothin to you yet but you will feel it when I fuck with you.
You are seriously pissing me off.
So shut the hell up and get off my air.
Now the point is not that she smacked her "guest" around on air. The point is that she demanded accountability from those who would come on her air and use it to spew uselessness.
I guess the end result of everyone holding their guests accountable would be fewer politicians agreeing to go on these programs. But you know that might not be the worst thing that ever happened. Maybe they could use that airtime to run better cartoons or something.
And that is Soul for real.
If You Want It by ice1906
Not today. Not Tamron Hall.
Dayum girl, I am scared of you. I do not want to roll up on you in a dark alley.
For those of you who don't speak ghetto allow me to translate:
Bitch you in my house so don't play me.
I ain't done nothin to you yet but you will feel it when I fuck with you.
You are seriously pissing me off.
So shut the hell up and get off my air.
Now the point is not that she smacked her "guest" around on air. The point is that she demanded accountability from those who would come on her air and use it to spew uselessness.
I guess the end result of everyone holding their guests accountable would be fewer politicians agreeing to go on these programs. But you know that might not be the worst thing that ever happened. Maybe they could use that airtime to run better cartoons or something.
And that is Soul for real.
If You Want It by ice1906
Friday, May 11, 2012
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
Maybe we need extra security screening
for angry white men at the airport or something.
You know, place the scrutiny where the threat is actually located.
That way all those perfectly innocent Pakistani men in traditional garb can fly home to visit their mothers on mothers day and back without a bunch of hassle.
You know, place the scrutiny where the threat is actually located.
That way all those perfectly innocent Pakistani men in traditional garb can fly home to visit their mothers on mothers day and back without a bunch of hassle.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
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Loose Ends
Whenever this song comes on the radio it always reminds me why I splurged for the DELuxe sound system in the ride.
I can only hope I'm alone on the interstate with miles to go so sometimes I just need to...
I can only hope I'm alone on the interstate with miles to go so sometimes I just need to...
Monday, April 16, 2012
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Sunday, April 1, 2012
From dog whistling to hog calling
Where better to make your last stand?
And who could we get to microphone check it for us?
Oh yeah, and happy April Fool's day
Hootie hoot
And who could we get to microphone check it for us?
Oh yeah, and happy April Fool's day
Hootie hoot
Saturday, March 31, 2012
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Monday, March 26, 2012
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Saturday, March 24, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
Just because they're crazy doesn't mean they're wrong or the left's war on men
Domestic violence is not solely a women's issue. Anyone who attempts to make it seem that way is either a liar or an ignorant tool of the M.I.C..
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Chicken shit for the soul
Dateline America circa 21st century: GOP candidates prefer white women
I think its time the media challenged the GOP presidential contenders for their racial bias. I mean come on, let's face it, each and everyone of them has gotten a pass for their predilection for white women.
Not a single one of the four, Romney, Santorum, Gingrich or Paul has ever shown any interest whatsoever in women of colour. (There ain't nothin any of you fellers want to tell us is there?)
Why is no one asking these questions?
It wouldn't have anything to do with a chicken shit double standard would it?
I guarangodamntee you if the Democratic presidential contender showed this much interest in white women it would be a national obsession.
So why doesn't the chicken shit flow both ways? Why is Robert De Niro's joke about America not being ready for a white woman in the White House inappropriate?
When I first heard the joke I literally did a spit take. Why? Because it was just funny as hell that's why. But instead of engaging America about its racial issues from the safety of comedic discourse by countering feigned indignation with an even funnier joke we are getting apologies.
Its going to be a very long campaign season.
You know its hard, who ever said it would be easy?
I think its time the media challenged the GOP presidential contenders for their racial bias. I mean come on, let's face it, each and everyone of them has gotten a pass for their predilection for white women.
Not a single one of the four, Romney, Santorum, Gingrich or Paul has ever shown any interest whatsoever in women of colour. (There ain't nothin any of you fellers want to tell us is there?)
Why is no one asking these questions?
It wouldn't have anything to do with a chicken shit double standard would it?
I guarangodamntee you if the Democratic presidential contender showed this much interest in white women it would be a national obsession.
So why doesn't the chicken shit flow both ways? Why is Robert De Niro's joke about America not being ready for a white woman in the White House inappropriate?
When I first heard the joke I literally did a spit take. Why? Because it was just funny as hell that's why. But instead of engaging America about its racial issues from the safety of comedic discourse by countering feigned indignation with an even funnier joke we are getting apologies.
Its going to be a very long campaign season.
You know its hard, who ever said it would be easy?
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Treyvon Martin
I first became aware of the Treyvon Martin incident shortly after it occurred. I found out about it not because Black folks rose up in protest, but because general interest media controlled by white folks, who apparently were just as outraged by it as the black community, thought it was news worthy.
Indeed it was newsworthy, but it took another month for the controversy to come to a full rolling boil. But just because it took mainstream broadcast media a few weeks to pick up the story doesn't make it race riot worthy. And they seem to be all over it now.
I remember being first saddened and then angered by the issue. Saddened for those who lost a child, angered by those who would seek to protect his killer. I remember thinking this had all the makings of a federal civil rights violation case written all over it and ultimately that looks like what it will turn out to be.
But before we go all tribal and turn this into a racist America versus Black America issue we should remember two things:
1. There are many white people who were and are just as outraged as black folks about this killing and therefore we shouldn't create separation where there is none.
2. After the killer has had his day in court there are still folks who need to be held to account for trying to subvert justice by protecting the killer. If these folks are not made to explain their actions then nothing has changed.
The good news is we have already found the answer to racism and posted it here 2 years ago. The question now is where is the constituency for murdered kids who don't fit into any minority group.
Can you hear me now?
Indeed it was newsworthy, but it took another month for the controversy to come to a full rolling boil. But just because it took mainstream broadcast media a few weeks to pick up the story doesn't make it race riot worthy. And they seem to be all over it now.
I remember being first saddened and then angered by the issue. Saddened for those who lost a child, angered by those who would seek to protect his killer. I remember thinking this had all the makings of a federal civil rights violation case written all over it and ultimately that looks like what it will turn out to be.
But before we go all tribal and turn this into a racist America versus Black America issue we should remember two things:
1. There are many white people who were and are just as outraged as black folks about this killing and therefore we shouldn't create separation where there is none.
2. After the killer has had his day in court there are still folks who need to be held to account for trying to subvert justice by protecting the killer. If these folks are not made to explain their actions then nothing has changed.
The good news is we have already found the answer to racism and posted it here 2 years ago. The question now is where is the constituency for murdered kids who don't fit into any minority group.
Can you hear me now?
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Are the Grammy's even relevant
In a world where Chris Brown is not only considered an R&B artist, but wins best R&B album you gotta wonder if you aren't better off without em
Monday, February 13, 2012
Last Tuesday
Chapter 12
I arrived nearly a week earlier not planning to be there but a a day or so. But I never found an opportunity to leave. As it turns out that was a good thing. By now he was even more weak than before if that was possible. But one thing never changed no matter how sick he became; if he was conscious he was in charge.
Although the phrase is bandied about with abandon these days, he was truly old school, in every sense of those words. He never owned a computer in his life, nor did he have any desire to own one. He had gotten this far in life without one and damn if he'd be changing his style just because Bill Gates and Steve Jobs needed to make another billion dollars.
When I bought my first car, it was with my own money and I was a full grown adult; but I was honor and duty bound to let him make the deal. Just as I was bound to be at his side now.
Old school rules dictated that whenever he purchased a vehicle he don his finest Sunday-go-to-meeting suit and his good jewelry including the diamond ring he decided he needed for just this type of occasion. I had picked out a Honda Accord hatchback and knew the ins and outs of the deal backwards and forwards and had an offer to buy it at sticker price. Now this was in the days when Honda had the hot hand before everybody else figured out how to make cars that people wanted. Units were in short supply and you were lucky to even find one on the lot at all, much less avoid paying the premium over sticker price they demanded and usually received. But that Sunday-go-to-meeting suit must have overwhelmed them and the sparkling brilliance of that diamond ring must have hypnotized them because damn if he didn't talk them into a two hundred dollar discount. I figured out much later that all the dealer had done was taken the two hundred dollar factory installed floor mats out and left me with bare carpet. But two hundred dollars is two hundred dollars. Old school indeed, the art of the deal.
Tuesday morning he was up and directing traffic as usual. Over the course of the day everybody who should have come to visit actually showed up, at least for a few minutes. It wasn't planned it just happened exactly the way it was supposed to happen. Everybody visited as in the verb to visit (there are rules to this type thing). It was just like the old days, except he was tired and weak and his eyes were blood red from the drugs or exhaustion or crying about his own condition. I kept a close watch over him as he sat upright but said very little.
People came and went and all day and no one was missing. Everybody who needed to say goodbye said goodbye. By dark he had begun to sink. The next day he was barely conscious. We cleaned and bathed him and put him to bed that night but there were no instructions from the boss just eery silence. Right before midnight we gave him his medicine. But something was different, very different.
A week of sleeping in 3 hour increments on a recliner had left me exhausted so I curled up on the sofa and passed out.
My brother who was taking his turn in the recliner that night woke me at about two am with words that pierced me, "I think daddy is gone".
By four am family and friends had literally descended on the house. I didn't count but there must have been 30 or 40 people who just showed up in the middle of the night in the middle of the week. There was absolutely nothing they could do but they came anyway because it was all they could do.
The undertaker arrived around six am. We all held hands and commended his soul to the God he had served his entire life and prayed him on in to heaven.
It was indeed the last Tuesday.
I arrived nearly a week earlier not planning to be there but a a day or so. But I never found an opportunity to leave. As it turns out that was a good thing. By now he was even more weak than before if that was possible. But one thing never changed no matter how sick he became; if he was conscious he was in charge.
Although the phrase is bandied about with abandon these days, he was truly old school, in every sense of those words. He never owned a computer in his life, nor did he have any desire to own one. He had gotten this far in life without one and damn if he'd be changing his style just because Bill Gates and Steve Jobs needed to make another billion dollars.
When I bought my first car, it was with my own money and I was a full grown adult; but I was honor and duty bound to let him make the deal. Just as I was bound to be at his side now.
Old school rules dictated that whenever he purchased a vehicle he don his finest Sunday-go-to-meeting suit and his good jewelry including the diamond ring he decided he needed for just this type of occasion. I had picked out a Honda Accord hatchback and knew the ins and outs of the deal backwards and forwards and had an offer to buy it at sticker price. Now this was in the days when Honda had the hot hand before everybody else figured out how to make cars that people wanted. Units were in short supply and you were lucky to even find one on the lot at all, much less avoid paying the premium over sticker price they demanded and usually received. But that Sunday-go-to-meeting suit must have overwhelmed them and the sparkling brilliance of that diamond ring must have hypnotized them because damn if he didn't talk them into a two hundred dollar discount. I figured out much later that all the dealer had done was taken the two hundred dollar factory installed floor mats out and left me with bare carpet. But two hundred dollars is two hundred dollars. Old school indeed, the art of the deal.
Tuesday morning he was up and directing traffic as usual. Over the course of the day everybody who should have come to visit actually showed up, at least for a few minutes. It wasn't planned it just happened exactly the way it was supposed to happen. Everybody visited as in the verb to visit (there are rules to this type thing). It was just like the old days, except he was tired and weak and his eyes were blood red from the drugs or exhaustion or crying about his own condition. I kept a close watch over him as he sat upright but said very little.
People came and went and all day and no one was missing. Everybody who needed to say goodbye said goodbye. By dark he had begun to sink. The next day he was barely conscious. We cleaned and bathed him and put him to bed that night but there were no instructions from the boss just eery silence. Right before midnight we gave him his medicine. But something was different, very different.
A week of sleeping in 3 hour increments on a recliner had left me exhausted so I curled up on the sofa and passed out.
My brother who was taking his turn in the recliner that night woke me at about two am with words that pierced me, "I think daddy is gone".
By four am family and friends had literally descended on the house. I didn't count but there must have been 30 or 40 people who just showed up in the middle of the night in the middle of the week. There was absolutely nothing they could do but they came anyway because it was all they could do.
The undertaker arrived around six am. We all held hands and commended his soul to the God he had served his entire life and prayed him on in to heaven.
It was indeed the last Tuesday.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
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Friday, February 3, 2012
An unemployed jester is nobody's fool
Parker's Mood
Labels:
Charlie Parker,
Jon Hendricks,
King Pleasure
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Bye Bye Black Bird
No one here can love or understand me,
Oh, what hard luck stories they all hand me,
Make my bed and light the light,
I'll be home late tonight,
Blackbird bye bye.
Oh, what hard luck stories they all hand me,
Make my bed and light the light,
I'll be home late tonight,
Blackbird bye bye.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
The greatest love of all
Everybody's searching for a hero
People need someone to look up to
I never found anyone who fulfilled my need
A lonely place to be
And so I learned to depend on me
I decided long ago
Never to walk in anyone's shadow
If I fail, if I succeed
At least I'll live as I believe
No matter what they take from me
They can't take away my dignity
Because...
People need someone to look up to
I never found anyone who fulfilled my need
A lonely place to be
And so I learned to depend on me
I decided long ago
Never to walk in anyone's shadow
If I fail, if I succeed
At least I'll live as I believe
No matter what they take from me
They can't take away my dignity
Because...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
He Hoo
He Hoo endeavors to become a hog farmer should not be surprised to find hog shit on his shoes from time to time.
Pure adrenaline
Pure adrenaline
Saturday, January 28, 2012
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Blinded by the light
So how come no one on either side has a problem with using high powered weapons to allow some disfortunate sombitches to die for their country.
But let the victorious participants, who could very well have been on the other side of victory, let off some steam by pissing on the resultant corpses and its an outrage unfit for man or beast.
But let the victorious participants, who could very well have been on the other side of victory, let off some steam by pissing on the resultant corpses and its an outrage unfit for man or beast.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
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