I went out on a first (and last) date once with a cop. It was an online thing, and based on his picture, I wasn’t all that enthused. But I went…and then interacting with him face to face, I was even less enthused.
It wasn’t just that I wasn’t attracted to him. There was also the […]
My relationship with my late mother was a loving but rocky one. Not long ago, when I drafted a tribute to my grandmother, the wonderful editor who guided me through the revision of that essay pointed out major holes in the piece. These holes represented places where I hesitated to write anything remotely […]
This just in from fellow black Yalie, Dexter Upshaw…
I have created a social networking site (think Facebook or Myspace for
Christians) called “The Charisma Network.”
The Charisma Network is designed to bring progressive minded Christians
around the globe together for the purpose of building the Kingdom of God
through social networking, interaction and discussion.
You can create your own […]
The Ivy League’s abstinence clubs began emerging several years ago about the same time as student sex blogs, sex columns and, at Harvard and Yale, student sex magazines. Those involved, however, say that the most important catalyst was university-sponsored safe-sex education, which they saw as institutional encouragement of promiscuity. The founders of the Princeton club, […]
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 […]
Here at the 32 Days of Black History blogathon, we’ve designated Sundays as “Black to the Future” days. In these entries, we will shine our spotlight on black folks you should know (but may not), folks you’re going to be hearing about in the future (if you haven’t already).
Today’s spotlight illuminates my fellow Yalie, Kersten […]
