(cross-posted from slb’s blog)
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? — Matthew 7:3
Last night, a woman cradled her abdomen and revealed the life growing there, as vibrant and as certain as the crimson of her [...]
quadmoniker on August 29th, 2011 In both of these episodes, the show is still largely making fun of Greendale and, through it, it’s own central conceit. “What happens when a whacky bunch of kids gets together at a rundown community college . . .?” Later on, Community will start to take on television and movies more broadly, but in the [...]
Naima on August 25th, 2011
Hey Fam.
Earthquakes, breezy-for-August nights, and a rainy day in DC is more than enough to make me yearn for my borough of Brooklyn. Since I can’t uproot myself from DC just yet, I guess music will have to suffice, so I thought I’d break you off too.
This ain’t new, but it ain’t [...]
blackink12 on August 25th, 2011 … Michael Vick was white?
Well, if we have to provide an answer, I suppose he’d look like Brian Austin Green and play like a slightly less effective but more dynamic blend of Steve Young and Fran Tarkenton.
But that’s not really the question worth asking. What I really want to know is what [...]
belmontmedina on August 24th, 2011 I know this song has been everywhere, but damn if I don’t love Adele:
The foreclosure crisis in Prince George’s County, a wealthy suburb of DC.
Welfare reform turns 15.
The gospel of healthy eating in the Mississippi delta.
blackink12 on August 23rd, 2011 Pour out a lil’ something for Nick Ashford, one half of the prolific Motown songwriting duo and pop group Ashford & Simpson.
For those who know Ashford & Simpson mostly for their ’80s hit “Solid As A Rock,” Jay Smooth dug up 12 other classic songs that they wrote over the course of their nearly [...]
blackink12 on August 23rd, 2011 Share with us your tales of carnage:
1. In more serious news, the Libyan civil war isn’t nearly over yet. And even with Muammar al-Qaddafi close to be removed from power, Kurt Volker at Foreign Policy cautions against chalking this up as a victory for NATO. And The Guardian has a list of the chaotic [...]
quadmoniker on August 19th, 2011 The West Memphis Three — three young men convicted of murdering and mutilating three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, in 1993 — were released today after they struck a deal with a judge that allowed them to maintain their innocence. The case came on the national radar after a couple of documentaries questioned their [...]
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