This is sort of a follow up to my recent New Year’s Resolution weight loss post. Judging from the response, they both struck a chord with quite a few of you. After sifting through all 74 comments (including the tres sweet one from my parents, awww), I feel the need to clarify a few things…
Issues
So, What do You Think?
As some of you have already noticed, we’re working on some changes here! New background, new look, all in the hopes of making the site easier to navigate. The intent was also to blend the original look of the site (which was chocolate brown, in case you don’t recall) with the second template, which was…
Words To Live By
When I was … what, eleven or twelve years old? I had one of those teachers you remember forever. Mrs. Silvera. She was awesome. There are so many things I’ve forgotten and supressed from those formative years, but the Mrs. Silvera experience could never be one of them. This is partially because she made our…
Rolling the Dice On My Life
Remember the New Year’s post I wrote, 2009 is mine? I wrote words that were meant to inspire and electrify, but I didn’t explicitly state the kind of changes I had in store. When I said: “2009 is MINE. My year to grab life by the reins. My year to be the change I’ve been…
Good Hair, According to Chris Rock
Thanks to my friends at Palacinka and Bellasugar, I heard about a hot new documentary that sounds like a must-see for any Afrobella. By Chris Rock? Really? You heard right — Chris Rock’s documentary, Good Hair, has entered competition at Sundance. It’s getting great reviews, and according to the description, it sounds amazing and inspiring…
Michelle Obama – A Glowing New First Lady
Tuesday in the nation’s capital. During this historic day, the question millions have been waiting for will finally be answered. Yeah, yeah, yeah – Barack Obama will be sworn in as the nations’s 44th president. History, hope, and change. Now where is MICHELLE and what is she WEARING? And just moments ago, there she was…
DC! I Wanna Be Where You Are!
Right now I’m looking at live pictures on CNN, of folks who’ve been arriving on the National Mall since 4 a.m. People of all different creeds and races, all clad in head-to-toe coats and boots and warmth to get them through the temperatures in Washington DC today. One of my Twitter friends (can’t recall which)…
NPR on Obama Merchandise Overkill
Hey bellas and fellas, I was honored beyond belief to be a guest on a special all-inauguration episode of NPR’s News and Notes today. The venerable Tony Cox hosted, and I shared the roundtable with Harry Allen of Media Assassin and Robert Redding of the Redding News Review. Click here to listen!
Martin, Obama, and an Ongoing Dream
I saw this cartoon by Tom Toles on Daniel Kurzman page at About.com, and was struck by the effective and brilliant simplicity of it. And by the significance of this moment in time. It’s kind of mind-boggling when you stop to consider the enormity of it all. Today we celebrate the legacy of a civil…
Class Action Cosmetics!
Yet another tip of the hat to the Frugalista — today’s tip made me shriek in excitement. If you visited a high end department store and overpaid for some cosmetics between May 29, 1994 and July 16, 2003, you could be in for a freebie, thanks to a class action lawsuit. From Businessweek: “Starting next…