My Life
By Dan-Sean Mankind at 18 May, 2008, 2:00 am
My eyes are open But I’m so blind I think I know it all With my closed mind My pain is pleasure My joy is pain No psychotherapist Can render me sane Problem after problem With no resolution Will surely have me In somebody’s institution I need an escape From my own self For this [...]
Read More >>Who Are You Voting For?
By Urban Thought at 18 January, 2008, 1:00 am
After working the weekend, I’ve come to the conclusion that people are just as confused as I am as to who they may vote for president. Here I am having a discussion with the Orange Phoenix, a blogger of Urban Observation, and a couple of other people of color. Someone happens to bring up the [...]
Read More >>All Grown Up
By Urban Thought at 3 August, 2007, 5:56 pm
Getting old is inevitable. It’s going to happen, no matter how much you go to the gym, pop all the vitamin pills possible, or use some age defying skin cream to make those wrinkles go away (not me, just saying – Good Black don’t crack, unless you’re on it). I was having a talk with [...]
Read More >>Renter’s Cant Catch A Break
By Urban Thought at 21 June, 2007, 1:06 pm
New York renters squeezed by the lowest vacancy rates in three years are unlikely to get any relief next week when rent-stabilized guidelines come up for a vote. The Rent Guidelines Board recommended increases between 2 and 4.5 percent for one-year leases and between 4 and 7.5 percent for two-year leases at a preliminary vote [...]
Read More >>Bottled Water… Is it bad for your teeth?
By Urban Thought at 19 June, 2007, 4:10 pm
If it isn’t one thing, it’s another. Bottled water may be bad for your teeth according to a news report, I listened to last night on CBS2NewYork. As summer hits we all look to stay hydrated. Water has always been the healthiest substance for your body. But leave it to some scientist to tell you [...]
Read More >>Living in the Hood: Safe Sex
By Crooked I at 15 June, 2007, 9:30 am
Living in the hood, you’ll find many things which shouldn’t be found in respectable living places. I’m not sure what respectable living entirely consists of however, after living with white folks for three years out of my life some things I see in the hood, throughout my building, and outside for that matter, I know [...]
Read More >>The Best HealthCare is SelfCare: Wife Swap
By Urban Thought at 5 June, 2007, 9:35 pm
As I found myself on the treadmill last night, I couldn’t help but look at one of the many flat screens that adorn the gym ceiling. Playing on the television was Wife Swap. Not a program that I care to watch however, when you are not as motivated as you should be while on the [...]
Read More >>Smoking Is Fun Again, eCigarette
By Urban Thought at 11 May, 2007, 3:45 pm
HONG KONG (Reuters Life!) – It feels like a cigarette, looks like a cigarette but it isn’t bad for your health. A Chinese company marketing the world’s first “electronic” cigarette hopes to double sales this year as it expands overseas and as some of China’s legions of smokers try to quit. Golden Dragon Group Ltd’s [...]
Read More >>Mayor to Pay Poor Parents And Children to Get Out of Poverty
By Urban Thought at 30 March, 2007, 10:10 am
March 30, 2007 Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled a novel $50-million initiative yesterday that will pay poor New York families cash for taking steps to lift themselves out of poverty by keeping their children in school, staying healthy and earning more. Under the two-year pilot program, 2,500 families will earn rewards ranging from $50 to $300 [...]
Read More >>Meth – Now in Fun Assorted Flavors
By Urban Thought at 28 March, 2007, 1:14 pm
Every club heads favorite drug of choice, Chrystal Meth, now comes in tasty flavors. The New York Metro reports: Meth is a highly addictive crystalline powder that is generally smoked or snorted. While flavored versions have yet to surface here, they have been seized and are believed to be available in California, Nevada, Washington, New [...]
Read More >>When Mary Jane can save a life the Government Doesn’t Care
By Urban Thought at 15 March, 2007, 6:00 am
On Wednesday a Federal Court sentenced a woman to death, at least they might as well have. According to the Federal Government if marijuana can save a life it doesn’t matter. Angel Raich, who suffers from a brain tumor, scoliosis and chronic nausea has been using weed to get her through her ailments. But the [...]
Read More >>The Homeless: Fixtures of the City
By Urban Thought at 5 October, 2006, 6:54 pm
Homelessness doesn’t seem to be going away any time soon. And most of us are just one paycheck away from being without. How often do you pass by a homeless person on the street and not even take notice? On my journey through the city today you can find them everywhere. This particular day all [...]
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