I could tell you the Earth is everyone’s Mother and I could tell you you should have bought a potted plant for your Mom instead of cut flowers because it’s “greener” but instead I just want to put up some videos for you this Mother’s Day. This is a complicated an emotional holiday for many. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Photo Credit: “[ existential ]” by Jesse Wright Not having knowledge of self is like being homeless within your own body.” I caught this tweet from a guy named @consciousskillz (Aqiyl Qasim) and I loved the idea of it. Homelessness for many of would be the ultimate in separation from stuff, you know the material […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I confess, “if I’m being completely honest” as American Idol judge Simon Cowell used to say, I have watched every season of American Idol (AI) since it started. I got hooked by the bad auditions in the beginning of the first season, not expecting to be engaged in the contestants plights and quests for stardom. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One day at work my female coworkers and I were asked to find images in a stack of magazines for a presentation. I came across a perfume ad that stopped me in my tracks. I saw it before but on this day I just had to discuss it with others. It was a full page […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s my hypothesis: BP’s oil spill will lead to rising ADHD cases in children. BP’s April 20th massive oil spill is an environmental disaster with effects reaching much farther out than just the Gulf region. With wildlife refuges and major bird migration stopovers in the way of the oil spill the destruction of their habitats […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay, it’s Mother’s Day again and somehow with all the stuff I’ve had to do in the past few weeks I still didn’t get my mom anything. The greenest thing I could think of getting my mom was food, specifically I mean giving her the day off and making some food for the family. I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
M.I.A.’s new video directed by Romain Gavras is stirring up some controversy and not for nudity like Erykah Badu’s “Window Seat”. It was yanked from youtube in the US almost immediately. The video is violent and graphic but M.I.A., whom I am a supporter of, often speaks of violence in her music and other assorted […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As the famous song goes “You’re nobody till somebody loves you”, but apparently you’re nobody till you have this video on your blog. That makes me a little late but I wanted to share some thoughts on it too. After hours of listening to Ms. Badu’s new album by the time I got to see […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
