Imagine your fragile body fighting for life after a major car accident.  The EMS helicopter comes to your rescue.  Upon lift off to the hospital, the helicopter crashes.  Even worse, it crashes before reaching you due to poor visibility.  If you come from the camp that all accidents are preventable, then something like this just [...]

UPDATE TUES 9/30/08: I’m watching CNN now and they’re telling the story.  What a brave girl that escaped from that home through the window, and thank God…really…for neighbor Phillip Garrett who found this little girl walking alongside the road- bloody and beaten.  I am fighting tears as I type and think about how it must [...]

We are not affected by this here in Columbus, OH so it’s like watching y’all in the southeast through a fishbowl.  Bring it home for me, peeps.  Tell me your stories.  How is this gas shortage affecting you?
from peakoil.com…
HOUSTON — Some gasoline stations in parts of the Southeast are out of fuel and shortages could [...]

Anita Williams, mother to Terrence Howard and five other children, lost her battle with colon cancer this past Thursday, September 25, 2008.  Obituary excerpt from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette below.
Anita Williams got her talent the old-fashioned way.
She inherited it.
Her mother was a singer in Cleveland. Her grandmother, Minnie Gentry, was an actress who appeared on Broadway, [...]

You have to see it yourself to believe it.  It’s always nice to see my alma mater make the national spotlight.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiog29PrnlA]
As yahoo sports reports…
Unlike Sports Illustrated or Chris Mottram, I’m not willing to put Morgan State’s Edwin Baptiste alongside Tyrone Prothro or Chris Moore in the category of “greatest catch ever,” but Baptiste’s effort in [...]

Thanks, aw, for this lead.  I’m reposting this article from the LA Times.

article title:  “Palin Talks to Couric — and if she’s lucky, few are listening”
A global financial crisis and a not-quite-suspended presidential campaign dominated newspaper front pages and television reports over the last couple of days.
Bad news for America. But good news for Sarah [...]

I’m slowly catching up on writing after 5 days with no power.  Sit tight, responses and new posts to come over the next few days.

Yesterday, I landed on the planet Durham, NC where I’ll hang my hat for the next few days.  While running around town yesterday (Friday), I was listening to the Michael Baisden [...]

NEW YORK, Sept 15 (Reuters) – The remnants of Hurricane Ike caused massive power outages across Ohio and Kentucky and into western Pennsylvania, with more than 1.6 million customers still without service early Monday, local utilities said. click HERE for the full story

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As widespread power outages stretch into a fourth day, [...]

Wyclef Jean has partnered with the Yele Haiti Foundation to start The Haiti Storm Relief Fund.
Read more about it through these links.
YELE HAITI’S HOMEPAGE- YELE.ORG
CARIBWORLDNEWS.COM- WYCLEF JEAN PITCHES IN TO HELP HURRICANE BATTERED HAITI
E! ONLINE- WYCLEF JEAN RALLIES FOR HURRICANE RELIEF IN HAITI

It’s one thing to talk about our own nation’s ability to recover from a hurricane’s fury, but think about the island nations who do not have as much access to resources as we do here.

Get involved!  Make a Contribution!

(photo taken in Dominican Republic, source:  thisislondon.co.uk)
The Columbus Caribbean Community Responds to Hurricane Gustave, Hanna and Ivan
The [...]

Got this in an email and thought I’d post it… (source:  unknown)

If you are biracial and born in a state not connected to the lower 48,
America needs darn near 2 years and 3 major speeches to “get to know
you.” If you’re white and from a state not connected to the lower 48,
America needs 36 minutes [...]

LOL!!!
I feel like I’m at an NBA basketball game when the monitor starts flashing stuff like “Stand On Your Feet!”, “Make Some Noise!”, “Rise Up!”.
Or in Mystikal’s song “Bouncing Back (Bumping Me Against The Wall)”
You keep bumping me against the wall
Yeah I know I let you slide before
But until you seen me…trust me
You ain’t seen [...]

thanks aw for forwarding…
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Ok, here me out because my blog post title could throw you off.  I found this article on the International Herald Tribune and it’s called Hurricane Recovery Confronts Low Literacy Rate.
Here’s an excerpt…
Three years after Hurricane Katrina, residents of New Orleans are still buried in a blizzard of government paperwork. But for thousands of storm [...]

Ran across an article on cincinnati.com called
Black Women Returning to Natural “Nappy” Roots
thought you might be interested in reading it, too.  Here’s an excerpt…
From dreadlocks to Afros, braids and twists, the natural hair movement is growing all over the country, particularly in places such as Detroit, New York, Chicago, Atlanta and Dallas.
More and more [...]