The Late Eartha Kitt Returns as a Comic Book She-ro
Reblogged from This Black Sista's Page: I thought this was glorious. The girl won’t stop, not even from the grave. Far better than playing Yzma from The Emperor’s New School. From […]
Category Archives: Life in the Fast Lane
Blogging Resources: One Cool Site
Happy Black History month!!! New Black History posts will be forthcoming this week, so stay posted. I’ve been MIA as I work on updating my business website. I’m overjoyed to […]
National Day of Service: 1/19/13
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Quvenzhané Wallis
So many films, so little time. It sounds like this one is worth seeing. Beasts of the Southern Wild took the Sundance Film Festival by storm and has garnered a […]
2012 Blogging In Review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 15,000 […]
On the Sandy Hook tragedy: The God we know
A Nation Mourns: In Memoriam – Newtown, CT Victims
Today is a somber day. All over the TV and across the pages of our nation are stories about the victims of the Newtown, CT shooting. It’s heartbreaking enough but […]
Opinion: Black Americans must embrace true colors
Reblogged from In America: Editor’s note: Historian and author Tiya Miles is a professor at the University of Michigan’s Afroamerican and African Studies department and a 2011 MacArthur genius award recipient. […]
Thankfulness, Confidence & Courage
I have come down off my Thanksgiving euphoria and am gradually returning to regularly scheduled activities that don’t include planning for meal extravaganzas, cursing under my breath at passerby in […]
Hurricane Sandy: Storm Damage NJ
Almsot one year to the day, Hurricane Sandy arrived and knocked us for a loop. Who can forget that last year on 10/30, we had that freak snow storm and […]
The Illuminating Bloggers Award
I’m delighted to have received the Illuminating Bloggers Award from Somer Empress of Life As An Art Form. If you’ve not checked out her blog, do so toute suite. You […]
Resurfacing…
For those of you who wonder where I’ve been… I’ve been treading water. Think I’m exaggerating? Read on and let me know if you STILL think so at the end. […]
Searching For Justice
Yesterday, state prosecutor Angela Corey announced the arrest of George Zimmerman on the charge of second degree murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin. Like many others, I was glued […]
It Will Not Stand: The War on Women’s Choice
I’ve had many discussions with older African Americans about what we call the apathy of the younger generation. They seem to be incredibly distant from the struggles of Civil Rights […]
Why I Don’t Need To See The Help (Updated)
So, tomorrow night is the Oscar’s and vying for Best Picture is The Help. Woop! Woop! Not. You had to have heard about it, it’s popularity makes it hard to […]
The Garden Blog Announcement
Hi! Sorry to have been MIA for awhile. If you’ve been watching the headlines you know my fingers have been itching to write some posts about the political train wreck […]
Whitney Houston: Where does the responsibility lie?
Whitney Elizabeth Houston April 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012 I’m a little pissed off now, so excuse me while I get my rant on. Who was disappointed in the […]
OMG Did I?
Damn technology. I’m feverishly working on a blog for my landscaping endeavors and I created it under the same account for ease of management. Naturally, I assumed that posts on […]
Income Inequality & The New Poor: Who Speaks For Them?
In the daily spin cycle of political madness, it is rare to hear the GOP nominees talk about their plan for improving life for average Americans. Instead, what you hear […]
Game On! State of The Union & Martin Bashir Smackdown
MARTIN BASHIR & JOE WALSH INTERVIEW I’m proudly calling this the Rope-A-Dope interview! I just LOVE the way Martin Bashir reels Rep. Joe Walsh in and just when he’s feeling […]
