2007 December

Archive for December, 2007

AULD LANG SYNE

So i made another silly bet…that I should have won had he not cheated (those dag gone smart phones ~ you know you can google while talking on those things, I need to catch up) Anyway here’s the bet, and I use it as an example to deomonstrate how plugged into the matrix most people are. [...]

SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT

Happy New Year…stop the violence,, enough is enough, save our sons and the plethora of organizations I have been blessed with over the past year to have come in contact with. Keep the faith, keep on task, and (I can’t believe I’m using this cliche’) keep hope alive. Seriously your work does not go unnoticed, [...]

AND WHAT A YEAR IT HAS BEEN!

Blacktrospective 2007: Annual Look Back at the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema by Kam Williams Headline: Tyler Perry Parade With two excellent offerings in Why Did I Get Married? and Daddy’s Little Girls, 2007 truly belonged to Tyler Perry. Not only did he make the two best black ensemble pictures released by a big [...]

QUOTE(S) OF THE WEEK

“No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings” “Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell’s despair.”<” William Blake

SITE OF THE YEAR

So the past 5 months since the release of the movie has been such a whirlwind for me. I have meet great people and organizations all with their own specific approach to helping to better our circumstance. Great activists groups like Save Our Sons (S.O.S.) & B.A.A.A.M. (Baltimore African American Alliance for Men), great bloggers [...]

BECAUSE YOU GOOGLED

saw a couple of hits for statistics regarding Black Male earnings. The Most Recent Data (2006) From the Census: (CLICK HERE)

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS…OK ANYTIME IN 2008

is to spend about 10 minutes on this radio show….of all the media I’ve done, this would be the Host who would appreciate and embrace this film and it’s message. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Br1gv8T5tc]

THE MEASURE OF A MAN

by Tanisha Vann The measure of a man how do we do it? Is it in his power and strength of his arms? How about his capacity to love unconditionally with everything he has. Men have this way about them this beautiful essence that exudes pride. I know that it hasnt always been easy for [...]

EMAIL OF THE WEEK

I have looked your page over and over, and to be honest I was at a loss for words. All I can say is to please continue doing the positive work you’re doing in educating our people. I believe in your work, and in your movement. I want to help in anyway that I can. [...]

BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR

I guess BET re-aired the special they did about the film tonight, cause I got like 17 emails, 12 text messages and 6 phone callls, basically saying you’re on BET. The original air date was back in early June of 2007, about a month and a half before the release of the film. Man I [...]