Thoughts In My Head
By Dan-Sean Mankind at 21 September, 2008, 12:00 am
I wanted to write a post about reading.
Then, I thought about how many people actually don’t read.
So, I decided to write a post about how many people don’t read.
Then, I changed my mind again.
I figured, why write a post about how people don’t read when the one’s who really need to see it probably won’t.
I [...]
Book Contest Winners
By Urban Thought at 24 June, 2008, 3:51 pm
A short while ago Urban Observation’s first contest was announced.
Today we announce the winners:
Skee Stylus of Highbrid Nation wrote:
I’d leave my company and drive from New York to the southern most tip Peru then take a plane to Europe and learn the language of every country I visit.
Traveling and discovering life outside your own comfortable [...]
It’s Hump Day: That’s An Excuse for a Contest
By Urban Thought at 11 June, 2008, 10:38 am
It’s hump day and life is off the chain. Do people still say that? “Off the chain!”
Moving right along… I’m suppose to announce a contest today. I like contests. I don’t normally win anything in life. Although, I have won the power to blog and the power to reach out to the good observers of [...]
Reading Books Invites People…
By Urban Thought at 29 May, 2008, 12:00 am
As I find myself traveling more these days I realize I have blogged less. No worries though… This will be considered a free write as I do not feel like going back and editing anything (or proof reading for that matter).
A couple of months ago I took a trip to a foreign country. I brought [...]
Black People Don’t Read
By Urban Thought at 15 January, 2008, 12:00 am
If you want to keep information from black people put it in a book.
Years ago, in my youth, I overheard someone make that comment. It took me a minute to understand and realize the impact of their words. It didn’t actually make sense to me considering I was in school and had to read a [...]
Reading Rainbow: Calling Out For Help
By Urban Thought at 10 December, 2007, 1:23 pm
There was a time when I would read one book a week. In order to save time between books I would purchase three books at a time just so I could do back to back reading. My purchases of books never took place inside a regular bookstore, it was actually the street vendors that supplied my reading material.
One [...]
Free Writing: Haters All Around
By Urban Thought at 19 October, 2007, 12:30 am
Here I have my second attempt at ‘Free Writing.’ Still trying to break the habit of making corrections. I caught myself backspacing twice (still can’t get past the punctuation part though – so it isn’t exactly free). But this is how it works as mentioned on Greg’s Writing Blog:
The rule is simple (see details): Get a timer and [...]
