Monthly Archives: November 2012

Back To The Future: My Binders Full of Women

Posted on by November 29, 2012

I love Halloween. And I don’t mean in the wild-about-zombies kind of way. I just like to dress up and see other people’s costumes. My faves are the homemade ones.

I have a friend who makes these crazily intricate costumes for her whole family. One year, they were characters from Toy Story and I remember her trying to think of different ways she could make Buzz Lightyear’s space helmet. This year her son is going as a turtle and according to Facebook, she turned to … Read more ...

The people at Vocalo decided to let me co-host a show

Posted on by November 16, 2012

I’m doing something kinda cool today and I was going to keep it under wraps, but then I thought, what if I don’t get asked to do it again? So I’m telling you guys.

I’m going to be co-hosting a live radio show! I know, who ever thought to get me in front of a microphone unscripted and completely live obviously doesn’t know me or my mouth very well. Nevertheless I’m doing it.

It’s on Chicago’s Vocalo 89.5 FM or you can stream me live … Read more ...

Race 2012: The documentary gave me a different view of my America

Posted on by November 14, 2012

  • Racial debate in this country is a convenient excuse to not talk about class.
  • The Republican Party is currently white and the power-holders are white, but they need to reach out to the future voters, who increasingly are brown.
  • The Democratic Party only talks about race in terms or racial conservatism or racial moderation. It’s never about racial liberalism, because that means an assault on white priviledge

 

Powerful statements, right? Those and more were made during a recently aired documentary on PBS, called: Race … Read more ...

Back To The Future With She’sWrite

Posted on by November 13, 2012

Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads….

I’ve decided we’re going to do a little Back To The Future trip on She’sWrite. I’ve been bogged down with other things, I haven’t taken the time out to write for myself, and that’s why I started this blog in the first place.

I’ve started posts and never gotten back to them, or finished them but haven’t taken the time to hit “Publish.” So hop on in with me in the Delorean as we go Back To … Read more ...