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• City Life, Relationships

  How to Kill your Chances for the Panties: Finding Love in the Big City, Part XII

  02.12.08 | Permalink | 9 Comments

  With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, Lady OP thought that she may have a Valentine for that special day, but as usual I think the Gods use my love life to create funny/disturbing stories for the masses. Now that I am more comfortable with this role, let’s get on with it!With my First Date [...]

• Poetry, Thought

  When Love is Present

  02.11.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  It…
  Brings hope, security, food and shelter to the many homeless people who are too often frowned upon.
  Causes one to forgive another.
  Changes the mind of the individual who is seconds away from comitting suicide.
  Saves the child who is living in a household that is dysfunctional.
  Brings a smile from inside out when you have a happy feeling.
  Challenges [...]

• Observations, Relationships, Thought

  Observing Love: Seven Days of Love

  02.10.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  “Words of love, are works of love.”
  -William R. Alger
  Over the next seven days Urban Observation will explore love. We’ll explore love through the eyes of several individuals who have experienced love.
  Whether you have experienced love, overcome love, conquered love, or trying to recover from love: the fact that you were able to love is a [...]

• Entertainment, Observations, Thought

  Minorities Under Siege: The Art of the Super Bowl Commercial

  02.07.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  I, Too, Sing America
  I, too, sing America
  I am the darker brother
  They send me to eat in the kitchen
  When company comes,
  But I laugh,
  And eat well
  And grow strong.
  This was one of my favorite poems growing up, not just because Langston Hughes was the only poet that we studied in depth for Black History Month, but because at [...]

• Music

  Happy Birthday Bob Marley

  02.06.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Happy Birthday, Bob Marley (nee Robert Nesta Marley)
  I’m not a fan of Reggae music but I can appreciate the impact that Bob Marley has had on the world.
  I remember watching I Am Legend where Will Smith is conversing with a young woman in his living room about Bob Marley and she looked at Will in [...]

• Observations, Politics, Thought, WTF

  Primary Day: Super Tuesday

  02.05.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  It is my right, not a privilege, to vote.
  I woke up this morning with the understanding that voting was going to take place today and I was going to be a part of the event. I made a phone call to a friend to inquire whether she would be voting or not.
  “Are you going to [...]

• City Life, Relationships

  Dance with Me: Finding Love in the Big City, Part XI

  02.04.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  After about a week of wondering if he is going to call or was he indeed a bullshitter like the rest, Secret Admirer calls and we chat it up.
  At first glance, I can’t really tell what his ethnicity is and I’m curious. It’s rare to meet someone where you aren’t sure what box they check. [...]

• Video, WTF

  Crank Dat: PBS Special

  02.02.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

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