Archive for the 'Mind Candy' Category

Sticking to my day job

Monday, May 5th, 2008

So last night, a gazillion years after the fad first surfaced, I gave karaoke a shot.
Yesterday afternoon, Tech Boo and I decided to throw a karaoke party at his place during early summer while his mom is in town. Grown-ups only, soul food, drinks…a good old-fashioned house party. We wrote the evite in […]

Various and sundry

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

1. It’s been weird not to post here daily, but so many other things have been going on that blogging feels like an indulgence. That said, I am ever-thankful to capital-B Bloggers who hold it down daily, cut through the bs, and help keep me informed. (Thanks, Tami!)
2. Parenting is really […]

He’s so fine, there’s no other way to vote

Friday, March 21st, 2008

I totally jacked this, heading and all, from my girl, Sweet GenieLou. She said, “I’ve been a sucker for pure entertainment over substantive argument lately,” and I gotta nod.
This goes out to my other girl, Yvette, who, last I heard, was in news-overload and thinking about going cold turkey for a while. Have […]

PR Campaign for Single Black Women

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

 
Writing on her brother site, The Secret Council of American Negroes, The Black Snob takes a tongue-in-cheek jab at the situation some marriage-minded-but-single black women face (“Reviving the Brand.”)

 
 
 
 
 
 

The children are watching

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

“Hey, Mom! We’ve got Obama and Clinton FIGHTING!”
Say what?
Mini-Me, age 9, and a friend (also 9) are in the next room playing computer games. Last I checked, the game was Club Penguin. So of course, this little announcement from my budding Don King warranted an investigation.
Seems MM and friend ventured onto an […]

All kinds of…Stuff

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

First (for me at least), there was Stuff White People Like.
Then I discovered, Stuff Black People Like, a site that’s still under construction (but clink on “Stuff Black People Like Blog” on the left side of the page to access).
And now, via my Yale Black Alum Network e-list, comes…
Stuff Educated Black People Like
I’m […]