limiting the advancement of one colored person
the national association for the advancement of colored people (n.a.a.c.p.), the champion of civil rights can now take responsibility for the limiting of one colored person named shirley sherrod. ms. sherrod, up until yesterday, worked for the department of agriculture. she was forced to resign because a video of her giving a [...]
they must have been thinking of ‘the nutcracker’
thanks to a tip from my buddy and love anderson cooper, i learned about the bp’s blog from the gulf today. in every way possible, the blog’s reporters take a glass half full reporting approach. my favorite example of this was from a report filed on may 28. in the blog post titled ballet at [...]
how to know if you should give up your seat
i remember when my friend was pregnant with her first child, she declared that chivalry was dead as evidenced by the refusal of dudes riding the blue line from bucktown to downtown chicago to offer their seats on the subway–we of course were all appalled. turns out men are very afraid to offer up their [...]
don’t tell the people of arizona
here’s an interesting one from across the pond. a road sign in wales, where the signage is bi-lingual, had a bad translation due to an out-of-office message from the go-to translator. when the road-works people sent this message “No entry for heavy goods vehicles. Residential site only” they received an almost instantaneous response from their [...]
at least she apologized
reporter ann curry screwed-up big time when she gave the commencement speech at wheaton college in massachusetts over the weekend. during her speech at the fomer women’s college curry recognized the schools esteemed graduates reverand billy graham, film director wes craven, and politician dennis hastert. problem was, these dudes graduated before 1988 when [...]
911 IS a joke in their town
four atlanta college students were put on hold when they called 911 to report that they had been car jacked and were being taken to atm machines around town presumably to empty their bank accounts. the car jackers shoved two students into the trunk of their buick lacrosse and they managed to make [...]
snuggling up with a good book?
there’s nothing better than getting into bed with a good read. and there’s nothing better than the crinkle sound that emanates from a library book. if you recall, carrie bradshaw’s character in sex and the city: the movie said the sound and the smell are one of her favorite things.
news came this week that president [...]
