January 2011
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advisory opinions: shufflz →
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first 15 on shuffle, out of 7,448 total songs
put it over on my music tumblr so you don’t have to read it here. inspired by @mondosalvo, as so many things are.
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December 2010
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Agreeing with The Four Agreements →
1. Be impeccable with your word. In a sense, social constructivists are correct about words creating reality. We act on what we tell ourselves is real. Albert Ellis encouraged us to screen our self-talk for negative, irrational chatter. So, what kinds of words to you use when you describe reality? Do you lie and say hurtful and poisonous things about yourself and others? Not healthy! To be...
Agreeing with The Four Agreements →
1. Be impeccable with your word. In a sense, social constructivists are correct about words creating reality. We act on what we tell ourselves is real. Albert Ellis encouraged us to screen our self-talk for negative, irrational chatter. So, what kinds of words to you use when you describe reality? Do you lie and say hurtful and poisonous things about yourself and others? Not healthy! To be...
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“Tell me this @razb2k! Why when the money was coming in you won’t...”
– Chris Brown “Apologizes” for Using Gay Slurs on Twitter - UsMagazine.com
stay classy, jackass.
How to Conduct Your Own Annual Review →
The idea is to create a road map for the year ahead – not a rigid daily schedule, but an overall outline of what matters to me and what I hope to achieve in the next year.
Devoting time to this exercise is like doing an Annual Review at work, except usually more productive and always more fun. When Annual Reviews at work are done well, they usually focus on a blend of what you’re doing right...
How to Conduct Your Own Annual Review →
The idea is to create a road map for the year ahead – not a rigid daily schedule, but an overall outline of what matters to me and what I hope to achieve in the next year.
Devoting time to this exercise is like doing an Annual Review at work, except usually more productive and always more fun. When Annual Reviews at work are done well, they usually focus on a blend of what you’re doing right...
New Year's Resolutions →
1. Be not bitter. I’ll tell you, nothing is uglier than a chorus of brilliant people wallowing in mean-spirited, cold-hearted disengagement. Blowing off steam is one thing, but the tone I’ve heard you take — ! So fight the fights, certainly, drum up the awarenesses. But fight the battles of class with class, learn how not to self-defeat in your defeat, and for...
New Year's Resolutions →
1. Be not bitter. I’ll tell you, nothing is uglier than a chorus of brilliant people wallowing in mean-spirited, cold-hearted disengagement. Blowing off steam is one thing, but the tone I’ve heard you take — ! So fight the fights, certainly, drum up the awarenesses. But fight the battles of class with class, learn how not to self-defeat in your defeat, and for...
Watch Night Services →
Those of us who grew up in America’s traditional Black communities know of Watch Night Services, the gathering of the faithful in church on New Year’s Eve.
The Watch Night Services that we celebrate in Black communities today can be traced back to gatherings on December 31, 1862, also known as Freedom’s Eve. On that night, Blacks came together in churches and private homes, anxiously awaiting...
Watch Night Services →
Those of us who grew up in America’s traditional Black communities know of Watch Night Services, the gathering of the faithful in church on New Year’s Eve.
The Watch Night Services that we celebrate in Black communities today can be traced back to gatherings on December 31, 1862, also known as Freedom’s Eve. On that night, Blacks came together in churches and private homes, anxiously awaiting...
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things @heems wants to shoutout tonight on...
puerto rican girls with nice sneakers on
that thing where when you were little and getting in trouble your parents would yell and make their eyes like amrish puri
the first time you saw titties
the TI-83s you stole
selling oregano to kids as trees and then when they call you back not picking up the phone
not picking up the phone when you don’t want to
when slash talks about being a...
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“So is it offensive? Well, imagine if someone said, “I love rap music … No...”
– Reggie Bush — ‘No Homo’ | TMZ.com (via minorjive)
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Will the Tunisian President Go the Way of... →
‘The word on the Tunisian street’… or on the internet social networks – almost the same thing these days – is that it is almost over for Tunisia’s first couple, that they are emptying out what is left in Tunisia’s coffers, that an Airbus is fueled, ready and waiting to take off, as are the private jets of members of their two extended families… just in case the protests...
this ain't livin': Social Justice Matters:... →
meloukhia:
If you are transgender, you are more likely to be incarcerated, as discussed above. Once you enter incarceration, you are more likely to be inappropriately housed, because most systems use a highly medicalised, cissexist, and binarist system for making housing assignments. If you are assaulted while in prison, which you most probably will be, you are less likely to be provided...
African leaders advise Bono on reform of U2 →
An expert commission of African leaders today announced their plan for comprehensive reform of music band U2. Saying that U2’s rock had lost touch with its African roots, the commission called for urgent measures to halt U2’s slide towards impending crisis. “Our youth today are imperiled by low quality music,” said Commission chairman Nelson Mandela. “We will be lending African musicians to U2...
African leaders advise Bono on reform of U2 →
An expert commission of African leaders today announced their plan for comprehensive reform of music band U2. Saying that U2’s rock had lost touch with its African roots, the commission called for urgent measures to halt U2’s slide towards impending crisis. “Our youth today are imperiled by low quality music,” said Commission chairman Nelson Mandela. “We will be lending African musicians to U2...
Liberia Expecting 100,000 Ivory Coast Refugees,... →
Liberia is expecting about 100,000 refugees from Ivory Coast because of the political situation in the neighboring country, Liberia’s Internal Affairs Minister Harrison Kanwea said. More than 16,000 refugees crossed the border since November, Kanwea told reporters today in the capital, Monrovia. “The government of Liberia has decided that there will be refugee camps established in Liberia for...
Liberia Expecting 100,000 Ivory Coast Refugees,... →
Liberia is expecting about 100,000 refugees from Ivory Coast because of the political situation in the neighboring country, Liberia’s Internal Affairs Minister Harrison Kanwea said. More than 16,000 refugees crossed the border since November, Kanwea told reporters today in the capital, Monrovia. “The government of Liberia has decided that there will be refugee camps established in Liberia for...
Ivory Coast on ‘Brink of Genocide,’ New UN... →
Ivory Coast is “on the brink of genocide,” according to the country’s new United Nations ambassador appointed by Alassane Ouattara, who is regarded by the UN, the African Union and the U.S. as the winner over incumbent Laurent Gbagbo in the Nov. 28 presidential election. Youssoufou Bamba, the Ouattara government’s first officially recognized envoy, said after presenting his credentials today in...
Ivory Coast on ‘Brink of Genocide,’ New UN... →
Ivory Coast is “on the brink of genocide,” according to the country’s new United Nations ambassador appointed by Alassane Ouattara, who is regarded by the UN, the African Union and the U.S. as the winner over incumbent Laurent Gbagbo in the Nov. 28 presidential election. Youssoufou Bamba, the Ouattara government’s first officially recognized envoy, said after presenting his credentials today in...
Why Cote D’Ivoire Matters →
The incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo lost a November 28 election to challenger Alasanne Ouatarra. Gbagbo is refusing to step down and is using his control of the army to foment violence, including direct assaults on the building in which Outarra has set up his government in waiting. This kind of election related violence is nothing new for Africa. A similar situation unfolded in Kenya in late...
Why Cote D’Ivoire Matters →
The incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo lost a November 28 election to challenger Alasanne Ouatarra. Gbagbo is refusing to step down and is using his control of the army to foment violence, including direct assaults on the building in which Outarra has set up his government in waiting. This kind of election related violence is nothing new for Africa. A similar situation unfolded in Kenya in late...
cleaning machine
things i have cleaned today and yesterday:
took all the dishes out of the cabinets, scrubbed down the shelves, reorganized the dishes
did the same with the pantry and the spice cabinet, getting rid of that tiny balled up cellophane package of a teaspoon of cous cous and stuff like that
scoured out all my pots and pans
scrubbed the floor
cleared off the shelves containing my knicknack things,...
“Viewed as a whole, the relevant research by cognitive and social psychologists...”
– Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
