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Finding Love in the Big City IV: May/December Relations
2007-08-09 19:10:00 749,995 must be my lucky number because love has bitten yous truly and apparently isn’t wanting to let go. So rewinding to edition II, I told you about my EX-citing day from hell featuring EX’s 1, 2 & 3 and following the advice of a comment (shout out to Mega Rich!!) I decided to e-mail EX ... More About: Relationships , Love , City , Relations , Relation
Finding Love in the Big City V: May/December Relations
2007-08-09 19:10:00 749,995 must be my lucky number because love has bitten yous truly and apparently isn’t wanting to let go. So rewinding to edition II, I told you about my EX-citing day from hell featuring EX’s 1, 2 & 3 and following the advice of a comment (shout out to Mega Rich!!) I decided to e-mail EX ... More About: Relationships , Love , City , Relations , Relation
Love: Is It Hard To Come By?
2007-08-06 19:30:00 I believe that love is instilled within our hearts from the second we are conceived into our mother’s womb. Depending on how well our mother’s take care of themselves during the pregnancy will reflect on how we come out into the world. Naturally, as a baby we will be showered with love from family members as ... More About: People , Love , Hard
The End of The Game Boy
2007-08-04 07:01:00 As I was researching some info for my supervisor I came across an article talking about GAME BOY. Nintendo is putting the game console ‘Game Boy’ to rest, permanently (or so they say). Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, ColecoVision, Commodore and the like were the electronics I grew up on. Game Boy was the first on the go ... More About: Gadgets , The Game , The G
All Grown Up
2007-08-03 23:56:00 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 a ... More About: Thought , Grown , Grow
R. Kelly Gets A Court Date
2007-08-02 15:33:00 Some time ago I wondered when R. Kelly was going to get a court date for his child pornography charges. Every time you turned around charges were being dropped, albums were released, dates pushed back, more albums released, tours start and stop but nothing mentioned about a court date. Well, the time has come for ... More About: Music , Entertainment , R Kelly , Court
Lost Ones
2007-07-30 16:00:00 So while writing a friend of mine, trying to explain why he shouldn’t move out of the “hood” and the merits of staying and making it a home, I had to put myself in his shoes - someone trying to be upwardly mobile, even borderline bougie would obviously believe that the ‘burbs are the promise ... More About: Lost , Thought , City Life , Ghetto
Geek Train - All Aboard!
2007-07-30 12:00:00 Wow! The Geek Train … I normally ride the MTA but this should be an intersting ride. I’ve been tagged by Gregg Hawkins. ?? START COPYING HERE ?? Geek Train - All Aboard! Write a short paragraph at the beginning of your post and linkback to the blog(s) that put you on the list in the paragraph. You MUST ... More About: Blogs , TRAI
Jailhouse Dance Tackles ?Gaga?
2007-07-28 07:01:00 YouTube DirektLink More About: Music , Dance , Ouse
?Thriller? in Manilla
2007-07-27 17:52:00 YouTube DirektLink Funny, if not entertaining. Hundreds of Filipino inmates pass the time — while serving time for crimes ranging from petty shoplifting to murder — doing large-scale dance routines of such classics as Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller ’ and Queen’s ‘Radio Gaga.’ - AOL More About: Music
Enjoy the Skin You?re In: Nothing Like An Oreo Cookie
2007-07-18 15:00:00 With the guidance of mom, I was able to grow up in an environment of diversity. Yes, I stayed in what would be called the hood. The area consisted of the working poor, the bummy poor, and the poor souls that just couldn?t catch a break. My mother knew better then to allow me to grow ... More About: Skin , Enjoy , Thought , Ghetto , Like
Finding Love in the City III: When Hormones Attack ? What do you do?
2007-07-16 15:00:00 So it?s Friday night and you?re young and bored, so what do you do to occupy your time? How about clubbing? Sounds like a great idea. I?ve never been much of a club person ? the whole have to pay an over priced rate to go stand in a room full of people and then ... More About: Relationships , Love , City , Hormones , Attack
A LETTER TO OPTIMUS PRIME FROM HIS GEICO AUTO INSURANCE AGENT
2007-07-15 18:01:00 The following is from McSweeney’s Internet Tendency A Letter to Optimus Prime From His Geico Auto Insurance Agent BY JOHN FRANK WEAVER - - - - Dear Mr. Prime, We have received your accident-claim reports for the month of June?they total 27. I regret to inform you that GEICO will not be able to reimburse you for any of those repairs. ... More About: Movies , Auto Insurance
Society?s Influence?: A Girl Like Me
2007-07-15 07:00:00 YouTube DirektLink More About: Society , Girl , Thought , Influence , Like
What Is Good Hair
2007-07-13 07:00:00 What is Good Hair ? Is Good Hair something that you can eat? Does it feel good when you touch it? Does it smell good when you put your nose to it? Does Good Hair comb its own self? Does Good Hair wake up in the morning and wash that man right out of your hair? Is it that type of hair ... More About: Fashion , Thought , Ghetto
Finding Love in the Big City - Part II
2007-07-11 07:00:00 So out of 750,000 men this big ‘ol city, how is it that I ran into not just one. . . but 3 of my ex’s within a 3 hour period!! Okay so this is some serious shit - social relations with an ex is always touchy business. I mean think about it, what exactly ... More About: Relationships , Love , City , Part
Unbe-weavable!
2007-07-09 10:00:00 So someone has to explain this new tidbit to me, in terms of new millennium style, when did wearing one’s own hair go out of style? And why haven’t I gotten the memo? Okay I have to admit to myself that sometimes I see someone walking down the street with a FLY-ass weave and it ... More About: Fashion , Thought , Ghetto
My First Wedding: No, Not My Own
2007-07-08 12:00:00 I?ve been to more funerals than I can count. I?ve been invited to wedding receptions but never an actual wedding, but that streak is over. Finally, I?ve gone to a wedding and it was great. Going to a wedding is a big deal for me only because I?ve never been invited to an actual wedding. I?ve ... More About: Wedding , Thought
One Man?s Flower is Another Man?s Weed
2007-07-06 13:46:00 MOM: Come on, let?s go! CHILD: But I want to play with the flowers. MOM: They?ll be here when you get back. If you could only see the joy in this child?s face as he was playing in the grass, messing with what he thought to be flowers. If you never made it out of the ghetto you too ... More About: Thought , Flower , Weed , Lowe , Flow
More Than Meets The Eye: Transformers
2007-07-04 18:00:00 Morning routines rarely changed during my childhood. I’d wake up to the sound of my cousin walking through the door from one of his late night romps with the neighborhood chicks. Followed by my grandmother yelling about someone leaving the door unlocked or not washing the tub out. Both offenses made by the same person ... More About: Movies , Transformers , Thought , Transformer , The Eye
U.N. Predicts Urban Population Explosion
2007-06-30 12:50:00 (June 30) — By next year, more than half the world?s population, 3.3 billion people, will for the first time live in towns and cities, and the number is expected to swell to almost five billion by 2030, according to a United Nations Population Fund report released yesterday. A United Nations study predicts that the bulk ... More About: Urban , Explosion , Predict , Pula
Summer In NYC
2007-06-29 21:14:00 Loud screams, crowds of people, the heat is on. It’s a fight. Everyone appears to be wet or about to be. No, no blood in sight but there is a gun involved. No one is getting hurt, unless it’s their ego. It’s a water fight and the gun is actually a super soaker. This is one fight ... More About: Summer , City Life , Ghetto
Meme: Eight Things About Me
2007-06-25 23:41:00 I got tagged by The Junky’s Wife with a meme, my first (I’m no longer a virgin). This is going to be tough but lets see what I come up with. Here is how it works: 1. Each player must post these rules first. 2. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves. 3. People who are ... More About: Meme , Blogs , Things , Thing , Eight
Finding Love in the Big City - Part I
2007-06-22 17:37:00 So in a city of 8 million possible love connections (well maybe 4 million as that eliminates women and children) I am starting to wonder if I’m just too picky to find love. So what does love look like - that last embrace or googly-eye thing as your subway pulls off or grasping your partner’s ... More About: Relationships , Love , City , Part
Renter?s Cant Catch A Break
2007-06-21 19:06:00 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 last ... More About: Break , Catch , Enter , Cant
You?ve Got A Cool Blog
2007-06-20 15:02:00 You’ve Got A Cool Blog . Peopleized by: thejunkyswife - Wednesday, 20 June 2007 An interview with the creator of the Urban Thought site, on life, music, photography, and the purpose of bloggin. thejunkyswife: I was interested in interviewing you because I haven’t bumped into too many folks with an urban perspective in the blogosphere. It may just be ...
Bottled Water? Is it bad for your teeth?
2007-06-19 22:10:00 If it isn?t one thing, it?s another. Bottle d 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 that ... More About: Health , Teeth , City Life
Happy Father?s Day 2007
More articles from this author:2007-06-17 06:20:00 I know being a father is a hard task sometimes. But why would you ever put your baby on the ground and then turn your back to him/her? More About: Holiday , Happy , Father , S Day , Fath 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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