November 2011
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Bucket List Fail
I had the opportunity to knock another item off my Bucket List last week.
26. Go to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade
But I didn’t do it. There was no good reason — except maybe my fear of not being able to find a bathroom in a crowd of people married with my disgust of Port-A-Potties. It’s real people!
The opportunity was there…the weather was actually quite...
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“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we...”
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Audre Lorde (via creatingaquietmind)
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VH1 Celebrates Divas? What about on Monday nights?... →
I love a good concert as much as the next person. I love celebrating Black women even more so. So, I should be thrilled with VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul airing on December 19, right?
Not exactly.
Is this particular broadcast supposed to make me forget their other hours (Basketball Wives, Love and Hip Hop) of programming that place Black women in a negative light on a weekly basis? Are we still...
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“A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.”
– Thomas Carlyle (via ksmeanswhat)
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“We live not only in a world of thoughts, but also in a world of things. Words...”
– Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita (via bookmania)
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Ancora Imparo...What I Learned w/e 11/19/11 →
I have a tattoo on my left wrist which reads, “Ancora Imparo”. Translated, it means, “I Am Still Learning”. Michaelangelo scribbled this phrase in the margin of one of his sketchbooks when he was 87. I’ve been trying to pay more attention to everything that is out there in the world. Both big and small. As such, these are some of the things that I learned or...
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streetetiquette:
Jesse Boykins III - Zoner
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Ancora Imparo - What I Learned for the w/e... →
I have a tattoo on my left wrist which reads, “Ancora Imparo”. Translated, it means, “I Am Still Learning”. Michaelangelo scribbled this phrase in the margin of one of his sketchbooks when he was 87. I’ve been trying to pay more attention to everything that is out there in the world. Both big and small. As such, these are some of the things that I learned in the...
Be kind to your Soul. Celebrate your flaws. You're...
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Candy Apple Martini Recipe
Ingredients:
2 oz. Belvedere Citrus
3 oz. Pressed Apple juice
.5 oz. Lemon Juice
.5 oz. Home-made Toffee Syrup
Directions:
Shake all ingredients with ice.
Strain into a chilled martini glass.
Garnish with an apple slice.
*Homemade toffee syrup
Place a handful of toffee in the bottom of a saucepan.
Add half a cup of warm water.
Apply a gentle heat and stir until the toffee...
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Camarena Candy Corn Cordial Recipe
Ingredients:
1 oz Familia Camarena Reposado Tequila
½ oz butterscotch schnapps
½ oz Crème de Cacao
2 oz fresh orange juice
1 tsp dark cocoa
4 pieces candy corn
Directions:
Rim a martini glass with orange juice then cocoa powder.
In a shaker, add tequila, butterscotch schnapps, crème de cocoa and orange juice.
Add ice and shake well.
Strain into prepared martini glass.
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Of Cars and Dogs...
In 2001, after Scout — my gangly and frisky Labrador Retriever puppy, almost killed us both by jumping from the backseat to the frontseat of my Honda Accord, hitting the gearshift and throwing the car into neutral while I was going 85 on 285 in Metro Atlanta…I decided that finding a new car was in order.
I ended up with a Nissan Xterra. Their commercials had me thoroughly ...
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UC Berkeley's chancellor acknowledges campus... →
inothernews:
Good thing the video doesn’t lie, Chancellor.
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WatchHeartwrenching. You never, ever know what people are going thru. How he managed to come out on stage every Saturday night to make other people laugh is incredible.
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Pushing China's Limits on Web, if Not on Paper →
“The worst effect of the censorship is the psychological impact on writers,” Mr. Murong said. “When I was working on my first book, I didn’t care whether it would be published, so I wrote whatever I wanted. Now, after I have published a few books, I can clearly feel the impact of censorship when I write. For example, I’ll think of a sentence, and then realize that it will for sure get deleted....
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Do I Still Have A Reason to Hate BET? →
I saw the timelines of my various social media feeds lighting up on Sunday night in support of the Black Girls Rock! Awards ceremony on BET. Independent of BET, Black Girls Rock! is a “non-profit youth empowerment and mentoring organization established to promote the arts for young women of color”. I wholeheartedly support the concept and efforts of the organization. As a matter...
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“Black girls need to be motivated to remember the truth of who they are from the...”
– Iyanla Vanzant
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WatchBlack Girls Rock! promo video.
BLACK GIRLS ROCK! INC. is a 501(c)3 mentoring organization for teenage girls of color established as a reaction to the often seen one-sided media images of women of color in as objects with little worth beyond their physical attributes. Through mentoring, innovative arts programs, and the promotion of balanced images of women in media Black Girls Rock! makes...
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WatchJill Scott’s performance of her spoken-word piece, “Womanifesto,” and “Hate on Me” from Black Girls Rock 2011.
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Cheddar Apple Bundle Recipe
Makes: 8 servings Prep: 45 mins Cool: 20 mins Bake: 400°F 20 mins Ingredients
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans
2 cups all-purpose flour
8 ounces white cheddar cheese, shredded (2 cups)
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter, cut up
6 - 8 tablespoons cold water
2 medium Granny...
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November 2011 - Condoleeza Rice, “No Higher Honor”. I’m on a backlog for my reading and will probably get to this by the end of the year. I picked up George Bush, Dick Cheney and Tony Blair’s memoirs in the past year and think this will wrap up my reading about this political era.
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Sister Mary Catherine Tasheika's Hotline for...
I have many male friends and am relatively good friends with most of the men that I have dated. I don’t think that I’ve ever dated anyone that I didn’t have good conversation with.
That being said, I am not running Sister Mary Catherine Tasheika’s Hotline for weary and (potentially) wayward boyfriends and husbands! You men are on notice! Yes, you can have platonic female...
