in particular the line of...Monday Morning Breakfast Scrambled Eggs with Cheddar & Bell Peppers, Wheat Toast & Watermelon Prepared by Filthy Supreme I was recently reminded of a beef I had with Filthy last February. It arose when he asserted that in the past he wouldlet women know up front that he wasn’t interested in a longterm anything but [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Dating with Contracts
Wednesday, May 28th, 20088 Top Moments from Rafi & Dallas’s Checkmate
Tuesday, May 27th, 20081. Ben of Consumerist saying, “I can’t wrap my headaround the idea of paying someone for my own money”.Ben, Ben, Ben, welcome to the hood. 2. “One stop shopping, income tax time is here”. GRIMEY. 3. Who wants to walk out of a check cashing spot with their money? 4. I want to keep this [...]
NYPD and Sean Bell on My Mind
Sunday, May 25th, 2008Last night, at about 10pm, I remarked to Filthy how quietthe block was. He responded saying that the playoffs wereon and that it isn’t unnatural for the streets to hum a bit more quietlyduring that time.I was responded with a lip smack, saying, “the kids watchingthe game too?” We were in Crown Heights. (That neighborhood [...]
Violence and the 2008 Presidential Race
Saturday, May 24th, 2008There are two stories that I have arisen in the past two daysthat have me thinking about violence in thepresidential election. The first is the story related to theabove image of Michelle Obama. It was allegedly created by anObama supporter who is apparently completelyignorant of the legacy slavery, lynching for African Americans.Professor Kim wrote an [...]
Are you Ready to Have a Black Man President? No.
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008Obama Faces Racism in West Virginia – For more funny movies, click here The Times also reported last night on Hillary’s rationale for remaining inthe race. Patrick Healey writes, Rebuffing associates who have suggested that she end her candidacy, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has made it clear to her camp in recent days that she [...]
Get Back
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008Thank you to everyone who filled out the survey. I had no idea how responsive and affirming the feedbackwould be. M.dot will be doing them once a quarter. The findings are interesting: 82.4% of you want me to write more about politics 64.7% of you said that you would listen to an M.dot podcastdepending on [...]
Malcolm, Martin and Personal Transformation
Monday, May 19th, 2008Martin’s and Malcolm’s public transformation should be aninspiration for all of us. I have spent the evening reading Martin & Malcolm in America by James Cone, trying todetermine exactly what I would like to say on Malcolm’s birthday. Just when I was getting tired, frustrated and ready to give up,I came across a chapter where [...]
Dysfunctional Ping Pong
Monday, May 19th, 2008I like Judd Apatow. In fact, I think it was a year ago that I wroteabout how he convinced me that I should do stand up. I have written about him here, here and here. I thought about thiswhile reading Brandon Soderberg’s post on how Judd doesn’tlike Hip Hop. On one level, I enjoyed the [...]
Hello Brooklyn
Saturday, May 17th, 2008I woke up in Brooklyn this morning. It fit me like a pair of leather turquoise ballerina flats. Perfect. I have come to the conclusion that the reason whythis place suits me is that it serves as a mental buffer as Iam a person who thinks, lives and breathes on the margins. My thoughts and [...]
The Knowledge
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008Knowledge, Wisdom and Understanding are beautiful things. With that in mind, I request that you fill out this tiny, short,sweet, survey. You all KNOW how I feel about feedback. I LIKE feedback. I also know many of you are at work, school and busyparenting, so I kept it short. I know, moi, keeping somethingshort?!?!?! Here [...]
