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Can't Touch This, Fever!
I bet you a MC Hammer doll (and raise you a date with Steve Urkel) that the lineage of Hip-Hop Co-Creator, Afrika Bambaata (pictured on the far left for cats that did not know), would somehow contribute to the douchebags of America. From Pharoahs and Ruler Kings… to jackasses. Nice! Now only if that white guy would give me my hat back, everything would be cool.
So today is turning out to be a good day. I have grown to be quite cynical of the human species. In general, we suck. We have degenerated into reality TV obsessed oxymorons (that would be a play on words for the untrained eye) that honestly believe that the function of other people on the planet is to serve our own carnal need for entertainment. That is a long run-on sentence way of saying we are selfish bastards – usually. Well, I had a small portion of my faith in humanity restored today. I was at the Old National US Post Office in sometimes beautiful College Park, GA via the US of A. This older woman who could barely walk was being help into the facility by another older woman. Strangers from everywhere came out to make sure the doors were open for her.
Man, I don't get this type of groupie love compared to this lady!
People let her go to the front of the line (who does this nowadays). When she was leaving, brothers were patiently holding all of the doors to let her out. I offered to help her into her car. It was a simple, but beautiful human experience. It is just so rare to see people step out of their self-absorbed woe is me-istic nature, but then again, I don’t get out the house much.
Who-Dat my A$$ - Peyton Manning was My Mothership Connection Baby Boppa
I was so humbled by the moment that I didn’t mind that it took five minutes before somebody allowed me to back out of my parking space; I didn’t blink when my path was blocked while trying to turn into the street by another brother stopping his car in front of mine blasting P-Funk. I guess it was very important for him to take that moment to roll down his window and yell “Who-Dat-Who-Dat-Who-Dat!?!?!?!”, just to turn his head and drive off like nothing happened. Still a beautiful moment indeed.
I speak three languages, and I run your iPhone
My very good friend Jodine Dorcé (and future “Good Job” post topic) is from Haiti. Her family was affected by the quake. Her 8 y/o sister, Prisca. was caught in that chaos. She survived the quake and she made her way to Chocolate City South – The ATL. For the foreseeable future,Prisca will be starting a new life with her big sister at the helm. Well, like any 8 y/o, she needs to be in school… Enter Romar Academy. If this was Church, I would give a “Hand Clap of Praise for Jesus”. Well, since this is out in the blogosphere, I’ll give a “Thumbs Up of Joy” for Romar Academy in East Point GA (well I am still going to give a hand clap of praise anyway because you know what time it is). This fine institution of learning heard about the plight of young Prisca, and allowed her enrollment into their private school. They even managed to waive the tuition. HINT: Private schools are usually not cheap. Thank you for stepping up Romar Academy! Consider yourself saluted, with a pound, and a bear-hug. Perhaps not all humans suck after all.
Even Ice Cube thought today was a good day
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My son innocently left the screen paused after his morning Scooby Doo watching duties. Interestingly enough, I was discussing with my wife that what you say literally is not the whole story. Context is a very important part of the equation, don’t you think?
Stop frontin'. I know you want me.
People are spoiled. People are not realistic. I have been accused of being an elitist before, but it is not my intent to clown on people… Well it is not my intention to clown on people TODAY.
Mr. Oden is thankful for the lack of a camera. Too bad about his cell phone.
I am just amazed how pissed off Apple fanboys are right now. Its not like we have genocides, earthquake victims, and the like. Yet, you feel like the thing to sink all of your anger and outrage into is the lack of a front facing camera. The lack of the ability to better frame up a shot of your naughty business to send to your disinterested other is a blessing rather than a curse. Besides providing the world one less video of you doing something you regret on Youtube, the iPad will be a game changer. Trust.
I have more career left than a Kindle. OBTW - I am sitting on an iPad right now.
1) If you bought a Kindle – You FAIL. Forget the lack of multitasking, this thing is the killer e-book reader. It has a store built-in just like the Kindle, but that is the end of the comparison. E-Ink is slow to refresh, and is only available in black and white. For a couple hundred of bucks or so more, you get a color screen reader, a touch screen that emulates page turning, a quick skimming feature, embedded video, and God knows what else. You can’t browse the web on a Kindle without pulling your hair out. You will read your newspaper on this iPad thing, that is if there are any newspapers left by the time the device ships. I am tired of typing about a device I don’t have yet, so to put a bottom line on the point… If you are going to spend that type of money for a digital reading experience, you might as well get a device does more than what a Kindle does.
2) Apps. I think the thing that is turning people’s G-Strings into a Boy Scout’s climbing rope is that a sexier contact application is not cool. The fact I can now do a spreadsheet on an handheld is not cause to turn on the Teddy Pendergrass music on in the iTunes app. The fact I can read read about all of the fuzzy animals that got stuck to my Facebook wall is not a “sheet changer”, let alone a game changer. I get it. I also get the fact that when the original iPhone and iPod Touch first came out, Apple did not have an App ecosystem for those devices. When the SDK got put into the hands of developers, all of that Yelp/Shazam/Pandora goodness got produced, and in a way that fit those devices. I believe the same thing will happen with the iPad. Specialized apps to fit that screen will be developed for it. I can a see doctor pulling out his iPad before he checks your prostate…. wait, this might not be a good thing… hopefully you get the point (no pun intended) anyway. Putting a stamp on this puppy, the need might not be here now, but it will become clearer in the future. So please stop all of the hating. OBTW – I am a PC, and not a Mac.
The Teddy Bear wonders if there is an iPad in "Sexy Heaven"
Dear Democratic Leadership,
Historically, I come from a long line of Democrats. I have enjoyed some of my greatest personal wealth while under a Democratic President (Clinton). While I am no Republican, I feel that you have turned your back on me; thusly, I turn my back on you. You have done nothing but prove why a two party system does not work. While one party is in the minority, they hold together just enough cause you problems, and I do not understand why. I do not know why you can’t build a consensus on anything. I do not understand why you are fighting amongst yourselves. You had at the time the most popular person in the world, Barack Obama as the figurehead of your team, and you still can’t pass your agenda. It seems to me that the party that is associated with high-minded liberal Ivy League thought, does not understand 59 votes is still a majority. When the opposing party’s best plan is to read the phone book, and you still can’t spin this into your favor…. wow, where is your spine? The donkey has no vertebrae. Perhaps the snake is a more appropriate mascot.
Hold on... Apparently, I am not a Democrat either.
I understand that people are basically selfish. If gays in the military is your issue, then you want to get that fixed first. If you are unemployed, then jobs is the issue you want fixed. Our President lost his mother due to a lack of health insurance, so he made healthcare one of the first things on his agenda. He thought he had the popularity and the political capital (whatever that is) to pull it off. I get it. I can empathize. Rome was not built in a day. I understand that with a broken economy, two wars, and God knows what else that was under the table during the transition to this Administration, that everything can’t get fixed at one time. It takes a prioritized plan. While we can sit here debate the order of things, or whether or not certain things should get fixed by government… What can’t be debated is the call for action. The delivery of the change that was promised, that is what I am looking for. I just need for you to do something… Anything of merit. I am going to need for you to find your testicles, and cast a vote. It doesn’t even matter whether or not your Republican counterparts as individual agree or disagree with a policy – they tow the line. We need that same amount of vitriol. We need you to find a line and tow it. That is why you had a “super” majority. You were elected to do that function.
Speaking of ”super” majorities… Ho do you lose the seat held by Ted Kennedy to a person who opposes Universal Healthcare. Was this not Teddy’s dream in reference to healthcare? This is how you honor his memory? Perhaps that should have been a letter I wrote last month.
What you mean Republicans still run sh*t!?!?!
Today, President Obama unveils his new budget $3.8 trillion. I am still trying to get my head around it. I am sure I will be reading, and checking out all of the pundits. I am sure I will form an opinion shortly, but I am more interested in the opinion of Democratic leadership. I wonder will this be the time you stand in unity? One can only hope. Until time tells that story, I’ll be sitting here with my back still turned to you.
CONCERNED CITIZEN
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