I feel like I never have to look very far to be reminded that a “post-racial” society is still very much a pipe dream. In this case, I only have to look as far as my own neighborhood. It’s been hard hit by the recession, with businesses on the main thoroughfare closing left and right.… Read More There goes the neighborhood…
I remember being a kid, sitting in the back seat of the car, with my mom whimsically singing “Jolene,” by Dolly Parton up front. Off-key, accented, her “Jolene, Jolene, don’t take my man!” was pretty much my only association with the song for years. I didn’t hear the real version until I was an adult.… Read More I cannot compete with you, Jolene
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 9,700 times in 2010. That’s about 23 full 747s. In… Read More 2010 in review (this is kind of cool!)
As 2010 wrapped up, I pulled Usher’s Passing, by Robert R. McCammon, off my bookshelf. I’ve probably read it a hundred times over the years, and I never stop being scared by it. At this point, I know every twist, every turn, every scene designed to make you shudder or jump…and, yet, I hide under my bedcovers,… Read More Ushering in the new year
How is it nearly 2011?! These past 12 months just seemed to fly by! Now, with year’s end upon us, it’s time for a Best and Worst post. (Here’s last year’s entry for reference.) As usual, this hinges only on things I actually experienced. Any oversights are accidental, and this is just meant to be… Read More The 2010 Wrap-Up: Best, Worst, and WTH!
Is there a woman out there who is actually 100 percent fine with her body? Or are we all, particularly in the West, hard-wired — thanks to media messages and peer pressure — to find constant fault with ourselves? I ask, because I don’t go a day without disparaging how I look. It’s an exhalation… Read More I sing the body eclectic
I subscribed to HBO intending to watch both In Treatment and the critically acclaimed Boardwalk Empire. Sadly, it didn’t take long for the labored, and ultimately flat, Boardwalk Empire to lose my interest. No such thing happened with In Treatment, which engaged me right into its third season’s final episodes. To the point where, this… Read More In Treatment: the work they did together.
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