tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75707614564026200822024-03-18T22:07:08.215-05:00Literate MusingsSocial commentary on prosaic thoughts and events. Grab a cup of java, sit back, relax and stay for a while. After you've read a few posts, collect your thoughts and jump right in. Feel free to share your views on anything you want to talk about.Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-69276465328407304252011-11-25T21:20:00.002-06:002011-11-25T21:28:02.765-06:00Christmas: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!<div style="text-align: left;">I'm so excited about Christmas that I put out my decorations two weeks <em>before</em> Thanksgiving. That's a record for me. Woo Hoo! </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="left">Celebrate the Reason for the Season!</div></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-55279978752697059232011-11-25T19:54:00.004-06:002011-11-25T21:25:22.891-06:00The State of Being ThankfulDoing good deeds doesn't always translate to folks being thankful for what you've done or are doing for them. Assistance comes in many forms but is not always appreciated by those whom you are trying to assist. Funny, isn't it? What I'm learning is that I have to give without expecting anything in return, even if it means that the receiver doesn't learn the lesson intended from my "gift", "assistance" or "help". <br />
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I'm thankful for another teachable moment and I'm also thankful for family, friends and trials. Each one has a way of testing our love, strength, and courage.Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-87077625923094199722011-11-25T19:37:00.000-06:002011-11-25T19:37:08.759-06:00Back in Stride AgainHey Peeps,<br />
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Now that I've gotten my second wind you can expect to see new postings of my ramblings, prosaic thoughts, commentary and idle rants about life in general, or any thing that'll generate discourse among like- and not so like-minded folks. :-)<br />
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Talk to you later.Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-7584009591219685242010-04-24T09:14:00.002-05:002010-04-24T09:35:43.323-05:00Successful Black Women Seeking Black Men . . .It seems that the quest for "black love" has gone mainstream. ABC's "20/20" recently <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">broadcasted</span> a "symposium" or "dialogue" on Can a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Successful</span> Black Woman Find a Black Man? Check it out. What do you think? Food for thought or just fodder?<br /><br /><br /><embed height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="425" src="http://dimewars.com/flashmedia/secureflvplayer.swf" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="file=http://dimewars.com/GetSecureVideo.aspx?BCMEDIAID=540e840c-fddd-4386-ac5f-e0d3d4410e52&autostart=false&allowScriptAccess=true&shuffle=false&linkfromdisplay=true&linktarget=_blank&usefullscreen=true&rotatetime=5&logo=http://www.dimewars.com/MediaShare/dwlogo_embed.png&backcolor=0x000000&frontcolor=0xffffff&lightcolor=0xC10505&streamer=rtmp://ec2-67-202-18-233.compute-1.amazonaws.com/securetoken"></embed> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; WIDTH: 425px"><a href="http://www.dimewars.com/video">For Hip Hop News & Entertainment</a> at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">DimeWars</span>.Com</div><br /><br /><embed height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="425" src="http://dimewars.com/flashmedia/secureflvplayer.swf" flashvars="file=http://dimewars.com/GetSecureVideo.aspx?BCMEDIAID=2fd1f10e-17d5-494a-9e79-096e9284e2d8&autostart=false&allowScriptAccess=true&shuffle=false&linkfromdisplay=true&linktarget=_blank&usefullscreen=true&rotatetime=5&logo=http://www.dimewars.com/MediaShare/dwlogo_embed.png&backcolor=0x000000&frontcolor=0xffffff&lightcolor=0xC10505&streamer=rtmp://ec2-67-202-18-233.compute-1.amazonaws.com/securetoken" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"></embed> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; WIDTH: 425px"><a href="http://www.dimewars.com/video">For Hip Hop News & Entertainment</a> at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">DimeWars</span>.Com</div>Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-54658654198522726802009-12-05T10:27:00.004-06:002010-02-02T08:24:27.242-06:00Crazy is as Crazy DoesCheck out this story and see how easy it is to live up to your last name. If my last name is Creep, does it really mean that I'm a creep? Did he <em>really</em> think he was a boob?<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xKIgJz-sFWs&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xKIgJz-sFWs&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-12026919997595247072009-10-25T10:54:00.003-05:002009-10-25T10:59:40.396-05:00Honorable Minster Louis Farrakhan on Barack Obama, Churches, and Satan<p>I couldn't agree any more with Minister Farrakkan's words if I had voiced them myself. He's right on so many points. Stay tuned.</p><p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/38I55mZuSOY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/38I55mZuSOY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p>Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-58728834201862604632009-10-11T18:59:00.003-05:002009-10-11T19:02:01.159-05:00I'm Feeling Kinda Blue TodayNot to be a downer, but I'm feeling a bit blue today. I guess I'm having a "blue day." So to help me get through this moment, I'm gonna listen to the blues man himself, Mr.Bobby "Blue" Bland.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tk1hS8V_V70&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tk1hS8V_V70&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-20427503057129985752009-10-11T18:55:00.002-05:002009-10-11T18:57:51.192-05:00Random ThoughtsWord Association:<br /><br />Knees<br />Ache<br />Leg<br />Tremble<br />Kiss<br />Love<br />Sweet<br />Michael<br />Honeymoon<br />Dreamin'<br />Sunset<br />Sunsrise<br />Promises<br />HopeLiterate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-45419997765821757142009-07-19T21:27:00.005-05:002009-07-19T21:39:21.334-05:00Long Time, No Hear or SeeI know it's been a minute -- okay, six months -- since I last posted, but I have a really good reason for why I haven't been online. Really. I've been busy pursuing higher learning. <br /><br />Yep. I've had my nose in the books for the past nine-months immersed in leadership development program. And lemme tell you, this girl is now developed, in more ways than one. :-)<br /><br />I'll tell you about my journey in another post, but I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">just</span> wanted to send out a quick shout to let you know I'm back. So watch-out-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">der</span>-now, it's on and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">crackin</span>'. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Holla</span> back at me and let me know you're out there.<br /><br />In Peace,<br /><br />A newly developed and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">evolved</span> Leader.Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-90735462267681094122009-01-20T18:09:00.005-06:002009-01-20T18:30:18.583-06:00Hello, Mr. President!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3pW7ukxdO2Dwp1jcaw6WE9T2S5qLOmPn6wNZIKrb5j6OCyUMEfS7o6qVm9wc3Ia703EDCwYXmcGwP6FFJA8OWwDNHecRc0H8doOEhSqJuS7M2kAGwhIE6yF9PQggGZUc-FWrgPlcITb0/s1600-h/obamas-parade2-pdxo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293536825571847746" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 155px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3pW7ukxdO2Dwp1jcaw6WE9T2S5qLOmPn6wNZIKrb5j6OCyUMEfS7o6qVm9wc3Ia703EDCwYXmcGwP6FFJA8OWwDNHecRc0H8doOEhSqJuS7M2kAGwhIE6yF9PQggGZUc-FWrgPlcITb0/s320/obamas-parade2-pdxo.jpg" border="0" /></a>Former Senator Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of office today and became America's 44th President. Joined by his beautiful wife and First Lady, Michelle Obama, the attractive couple waved to the jubilant crowd estimated at over 1 million strong, who broke out into a chant of "O-BA-MA! O-BA-MA! O-BA-MA!"<br /><br />What a day in American history!Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-21840694888697113512008-11-15T13:02:00.002-06:002008-11-15T13:06:59.923-06:00Feds: Black man posed as white racist in threats11/14/2008, 3:11 p.m. CST<br />By KEVIN McGILL The Associated Press<br /><br />NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A black man from Mississippi has been arrested and accused of sending racist death threats over the Internet to three black students at Louisiana's Nicholls State University.<br /><br />The FBI in New Orleans said Dyron Hart, 19, was arrested Wednesday. He is accused of sending the messages by way of the students' Facebook accounts. The messages contained racial epithets and death threats and were sent to two black women and a black man at Nicholls State in Thibodaux, La.<br /><br />The author of those messages cast himself as a white man who intended to kill blacks because Barack Obama was elected president.<br /><br />Hart told an FBI agent that he sent the messages to "get a reaction," according to the agent's sworn statement.<br /><br />The criminal complaint was filed in U.S. District Court in New Orleans. U.S. Attorney Jim Letten's office said Hart made his initial court appearance in Biloxi. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Golden in Mississippi said Friday that Hart was released on bond and was ordered to appear in federal court in New Orleans on Nov. 24.<br /><br />Although the case sprang from a probe into messages sent to the three Nicholls State students, the FBI agent's statement said Hart also admitted sending the message to students at other institutions, including LSU, the University of Mississippi and the University of Alabama.<br /><br />An FBI news release said Hart, if convicted, would face a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.<br /><br />Repeatedly using an obscenity and the N-word, the author of the message threatens to kill more than 3,000 black people in a month because of Obama's election and warns the recipient of a pending attack from "a random white man," according to the agent's affidavit.<br /><br />Neither Hart nor his family could not be reached for comment. The phone number listed at his home address was not in service. A message left Friday with Hart's court-appointed defense attorney was not immediately returned.<br /><br />Colton Brodoux was the name of the person who purportedly sent the messages. "Hart admitted that he created the Colton Brodoux profile on Facebook," the FBI affidavit said. The document details how the FBI traced the messages back to a computer at Hart's Poplarville address in Mississippi.Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-78145239172518189612008-11-05T06:21:00.004-06:002008-11-05T06:39:08.860-06:00Hello, Mr. President!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJDtpVHRHGr4w3oP92f3bz-01Id0vorP872HJmziZHc8u3_hD2yEUxEc9b4ilS1Imhd5-BD9h3sNnYB71-Yg6N_ECDrmbDoxPx2NUFDFxnsNDDeRVEVLKf-u23HoPFiPsRoPzUC9PUGU/s1600-h/t1wide_obama_03_afp_gi.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265151373963103122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 138px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJDtpVHRHGr4w3oP92f3bz-01Id0vorP872HJmziZHc8u3_hD2yEUxEc9b4ilS1Imhd5-BD9h3sNnYB71-Yg6N_ECDrmbDoxPx2NUFDFxnsNDDeRVEVLKf-u23HoPFiPsRoPzUC9PUGU/s320/t1wide_obama_03_afp_gi.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The first Black president-elect of the United States of America and the first family. Simply beautiful! This is truly an awesome day in American history. Let us celebrate with dignity, respect, and a bravado that we've never experienced before.</div><br />God bless Barack Obama and God bless America!<br /><br />May all who came before him rest peacefully knowing that their labor was not in vain. God bless Sojourner Truth. God bless Marcus Garvey. God bless Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. God bless my grandparents, Mr. Albert Owens and Mrs. Fannie Owens.<br /><br />And God bless my dad, Nathaniel Owens, who did not get a chance to see a black man elected to the highest seat in the land.Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-9452983201131823752008-10-29T11:30:00.003-05:002008-10-29T11:34:38.266-05:00Obama's Loss Traced to Undefined VoterDon't be an Undefined Voter. Vote Barack Obama on November 4th!<br /><br /><object height="300" width="360" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param name="_cx" value="9525"><param name="_cy" value="7938"><param name="FlashVars" value=""><param name="Movie" value="http://s3.moveon.org/swf/embed.swf"><param name="Src" value="http://s3.moveon.org/swf/embed.swf"><param name="WMode" value="Window"><param name="Play" value="0"><param name="Loop" value="-1"><param name="Quality" value="High"><param name="SAlign" value=""><param name="Menu" value="-1"><param name="Base" value=""><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="Scale" value="ShowAll"><param name="DeviceFont" value="0"><param name="EmbedMovie" value="0"><param name="BGColor" value=""><param name="SWRemote" value=""><param name="MovieData" value=""><param name="SeamlessTabbing" value="1"><param name="Profile" value="0"><param name="ProfileAddress" value=""><param name="ProfilePort" value="0"><param name="AllowNetworking" value="all"><param name="AllowFullScreen" value="true"><embed flashvars="id=nGXbJ.XgA0RGhu7oQryE8jYzMDE0MzM-" src="http://s3.moveon.org/swf/embed.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="360" height="300"></embed></object>Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-87423517782810420852008-10-26T10:18:00.004-05:002008-10-26T10:24:33.045-05:00Hunt for Red OctoberHow desparate are the Republicans to win the U.S. Presidential election? See for yourself:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/t2Ob9z0ljxk&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/t2Ob9z0ljxk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><strong>Crazy is as crazy does</strong>. <br /><br />And how stupid is John McCain's brother, Joe? Listen for yourself.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LQ6jtvElbE4&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LQ6jtvElbE4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-83468816414754037662008-10-14T17:22:00.003-05:002008-10-15T20:54:43.316-05:00David Alan Grier & Chocolate NewsI don't know what to say about this trailer. Check out the promo for David Alan Grier's new comedy, Chocolate News. I have always liked Grier from his early days with Robert Townsend to his "I've arrived" era on <em>In Living Color </em>with Keenan Ivory <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Wayans</span></span> and Damon <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Wayans</span></span>. But there's something about this trailer that doesn't sit well with me.<br /><br />Maybe it's the old <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">shtick</span> of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">cooning</span></span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">buffooning</span> </span>that has me scratching my head. No need to debunk any stereotypes here, especially since Grier appears to have pulled out all stops in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">that</span> department. I guess I'll have to tune in to see how far Grier has grown or sunk as an actor/comedian.<br /><br />What about you? What comes to your mind when you watch this promo?<br /><br /><embed name="comedy_central_player" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" src="http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/video_player/view/default/swf.jhtml" width="332" height="316" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="videoId=187428" quality="high" bgcolor="#cccccc" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="external"></embed><br /><br /><em></em>Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-8314426157443777512008-10-03T15:18:00.003-05:002008-10-03T15:29:36.945-05:00Seeking Sweet Potato Pie RecipeCalling all cooks!<br /><br />As the holidays approach, I'm looking to spice up my Thanksgiving and Christmas menus with some good <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ol</span></span>' southern dessert. Does anybody have a good sweet potato pie recipe?<br /><br />Please share.Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-41605442032872427292008-09-22T09:21:00.003-05:002008-09-22T10:00:50.659-05:00Mental Hospital Phone MenuHello and thank you for calling The State Mental Hospital. Please select from the following options menu:<br /><br />If you are obsessive-compulsive, press 1 repeatedly.<br /><br />If you are co-dependent, please ask someone to press 2 for you.<br /><br />If you have multiple personalities, press 3, 4, 5 and 6.<br /><br />If you are paranoid, we know who you are and what you want, stay on the line so we can trace your call.<br /><br />If you are delusional, press 7 and your call will be forwarded to the Mother Ship.<br /><br />If you are schizophrenic, listen carefully and a little voice will tell you which number to press.<br /><br />If you are manic-depressive, hang up. It doesn't matter which number you press, nothing will make you happy anyway.<br /><br />If you are dyslexic, press 9-6-9-6.<br /><br />If you are bipolar, please leave a message after the beep or before the beep or after the beep. But Please wait for the beep.<br /><br />If you have short-term memory loss, press 9.<br /><br />If you have short-term memory loss, press 9.<br /><br />If you have short-term memory loss, press 9.<br /><br />If you have low self-esteem, please hang up. Our operators are too busy to talk with you.<br /><br />If you are menopausal, put the gun down, hang up, turn on the fan, lie down and cry. You won't be crazy forever.<br /><br />If you are blond, don't press any buttons. You'll just mess it up.<br /><br />This coming week is National Mental Health Care week.<br /><br />You can do your part by remembering to contact at least one unstable person to show you care.<br /><br />(Well, my job is done . Your turn!!)Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-35243901192936150462008-09-19T16:50:00.001-05:002008-09-19T16:51:56.152-05:00Okey Dokey Friday Jokey<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0YOh-rpvjYg&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0YOh-rpvjYg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-85992689809723383552008-09-14T18:52:00.005-05:002008-09-14T19:00:57.349-05:00Art Imitating LifeFormer 'SNL' alumni Tina Fey nailed her impersonation of Gov. Sarah Palin during last night's opening. This is way too funny (and scary)!<br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://widgets.nbc.com/o/4727a250e66f9723/48cd3b64ddb82bd0/48cd0cf97d529c95/be940ef3" id="W4727a250e66f972348cd3b64ddb82bd0" height="283" width="384"><param value="http://widgets.nbc.com/o/4727a250e66f9723/48cd3b64ddb82bd0/48cd0cf97d529c95/be940ef3" name="movie"/><param value="transparent" name="wmode"/><param value="all" name="allowNetworking"/><param value="always" name="allowScriptAccess"/></object>Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-75949593723586977242008-09-12T07:45:00.008-05:002008-09-12T08:35:49.148-05:00"The Twist" top song of Billboard Hot 100 era<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIh-nTcWWCYn4jSmaKTCUlcd8gu-U7fr5FwN5ePczVBbLKtdqFmNcP-7c9RKR6aSIzPnkYw53w4NZCA2bPUgDfqbfA1_Pls_OVwzdIMD7MUoKdKhSifaDMyDkJLLEMdZyxwteHh2BBuwI/s1600-h/Chuby+Checker.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245117125977278386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIh-nTcWWCYn4jSmaKTCUlcd8gu-U7fr5FwN5ePczVBbLKtdqFmNcP-7c9RKR6aSIzPnkYw53w4NZCA2bPUgDfqbfA1_Pls_OVwzdIMD7MUoKdKhSifaDMyDkJLLEMdZyxwteHh2BBuwI/s320/Chuby+Checker.jpg" border="0" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Awwwwwwww</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">shookey</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">shookey</span>, now!<br /><br />Chubby Checker's "The Twist" was named the top song of Billboard Hot 100 era.<br /><br /><div>"I'm glad they've finally recognized it," said Checker of his early 1960s hit. He compared "The Twist" — named by the <a class="iAs" style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal! important; FONT-SIZE: 100%! important; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px! important; COLOR: darkgreen! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: darkgreen 0.07em solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent! important; TEXT-DECORATION: underline! important" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26657231/#" target="_blank" itxtdid="6607302">Rock and Roll</a> Hall of Fame and Museum as one of the 500 songs that shaped rock 'n' roll — to the creation of the telephone as a groundbreaking moment because he said it was the first time people were dancing "apart to the beat."</div><br /><div>The Billboard Hot 100 chart measures airplay and sales information (and more recently digital downloads) in determining the nation's most popular songs. To determine the most popular song of the Hot 100 era, Billboard used a formula to determine the top song — not always relying on weeks at No. 1 since the data was reported differently in its early days.</div>Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-14372630869189933282008-09-04T12:02:00.008-05:002008-09-04T20:48:39.100-05:00Sad Day for Detroit Politics<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrrGV3ICmJRicCmCVWe_TlQc6l4IckwomwpRs1TiG8Y1YjOl2bT4xY0KhdxfPUvk0MRTQvLYULzmuy-hGPYAnlgCsCu4Ft4C3z0e8SXVztu0WSfrvaq2aUonaVui_prxCFUybbdyL5OEs/s1600-h/mayor+guility.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242214064396839922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrrGV3ICmJRicCmCVWe_TlQc6l4IckwomwpRs1TiG8Y1YjOl2bT4xY0KhdxfPUvk0MRTQvLYULzmuy-hGPYAnlgCsCu4Ft4C3z0e8SXVztu0WSfrvaq2aUonaVui_prxCFUybbdyL5OEs/s320/mayor+guility.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div>The curtain has fallen on Detroit Mayor <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Kwame</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Kilpatrick</span>, who pleaded guilty today in a packed Detroit courtroom. The usually cocky and sometimes arrogant mayor was somber and contrite as he admitted to lying under oath. </div><br /><div>Detroit Chief of Police Ella Bully Cummings retired immediately after the mayor's guilty plea.<br /></div><br /><div>As part of his plea, the mayor will pay $1 million in restitution, spend four months in jail, and surrender his law license. </div><br /><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Kwame</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Kilpatrick</span> is now a convicted felon. His future in politics remain unclear. </div><br /><div>The city now turns its attention to swearing in the new mayor, Kenneth <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Cockrel</span>, city council president. </div><br /><div><a href="http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage">http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage</a></div>Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-49625963981714584062008-08-31T20:53:00.008-05:002008-08-31T21:13:21.345-05:00One heart, one widow connect suicides of two men<span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:78%;">By Allen G. Breed<br /></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:78%;"></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:78%;"><strong><a href="http://www.ap.org/">Associate Press</a></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:78%;">updated 11:47 a.m. CT, Sun., Aug. 31, 2008</span><br /><br />On an overcast spring morning in southeast Georgia, Sonny Graham drank some coffee and headed out the door for another day in the family landscaping business and to take his 9-year-old stepson to the dentist. But Graham made a detour to the backyard shed that he’d built.<br /><br />There, the 69-year-old picked up the 12-gauge Remington shotgun he’d taken on so many quail- and dove-hunting trips, pointed the muzzle at the right side of his throat and pulled the trigger.<br /><br />It was April Fool’s Day, almost exactly 13 years since another man’s suicide gave Graham a second chance at life<br /><br />That man was Terry <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Cottle</span>. When he ended his life, Graham got his heart.<br />But it was not just an organ that connected Graham and the 33-year-old donor. Nearly a decade after the transplant, Graham married <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Cottle</span>’s young widow.<br /><br />And now Graham had made her a widow again.<br /><br />As word of his death spread, the Internet lit up with the story of the heart that had been twice silenced by suicide — and the woman who’d lost the same heart twice. Reporters and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">bloggers</span> waxed on about “cellular memory” and whether the organ somehow held a “suicide gene.”<br /><br />Nonsense, thought <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Cottle</span>’s sister. The brain is where the conscience resides, where love and loss are felt; the heart is just a pump.<br /><br />As far as she was concerned, Graham’s death was less about her brother’s heart than about Cheryl — the woman with whom both men had chosen to share it.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26413873/">Click here</a> to read the rest of the story.Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-74690743451626998612008-08-31T12:53:00.006-05:002008-08-31T13:04:54.820-05:00Kwame Kilpatrick to plead guilty and leave office<div>Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is believed to have reached a plea deal. He will admit guilt, resign, pay restitution, and more.</div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080830/NEWS01/80830054">Click here </a>to read the article. </div>Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-18052340526303706452008-08-31T12:20:00.008-05:002008-08-31T13:11:08.778-05:00Barack Obama's Missed OpportunityDuring Barack Obama's historic acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver last week, he missed an opportunity to acknowledge the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by failing to invoke King's name in his speech. It would seem that he left that up to the white speakers: Hilary Clinton, Bill Clinton, and Joe Biden.<br /><br />Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Julianne Malveuax suggests that Senator Obama missed a golden opportunity to link the past with the present, but instead chose to distant himself from history by targeting white centrists.<br /><br />Do you think Senator Obama's speech "appealed to the white center"? Did he fail to "connect historically" with Blacks as suggested by West and Malveuax?<br /><br />Take a listen and tell me what you think.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RdtNi_kVQd0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RdtNi_kVQd0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570761456402620082.post-38820247783417337642008-08-27T06:30:00.002-05:002008-08-27T06:51:05.391-05:00While You Were Sleeping . . .. . . here's what happened:<br /><br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080827/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_deaths;_ylt=ArE4We3bVt88gbg2R1gYXWpvaA8F">US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,147</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-08-26-dre-son_N.htm?csp=34">Dr. Dre's 20-year old son found dead</a><br /><br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080826/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/bkn_obit_duckworth;_ylt=ArV3vhHpGm4ubJvSMcpTCx8LMxIF">Former Portland Trail Blazer Keven Duckworth dies at 44</a><br /><br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080827/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/bkn_tisdale_cancer;_ylt=AqRqEONyYgY11MtBODoWwFQLMxIF">Former NBA player has part of leg amputated</a><br /><br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080826/ap_on_go_co/congress_contempt;_ylt=ApfmmrznGU5uAhwg79W29ZeyFz4D">US judge: No delay in White House subpoenas case</a><br /><br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/child_for_sale;_ylt=AlFUMjBWeJebUu2FLjDS3GMDW7oF">No bond for mother accused of trying to sell girl</a>Literate Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568626182001505752noreply@blogger.com0