if california passes this, (the state that bans firearms) it will not be long till many other states follow lead. i give it around 1 year until at least one other state also joins in.

Hollywood Shuffle is a movie released in 1987 that depicts the stereotyping of African Americans in both film and television. It was directed and produced by Robert Townsend, and written by Robert Townsend and Keenen Ivory Wayans. Comedians featured in this film include Robert Townsend, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans, Dom Irrera, Don Reed, and [...]

WASHINGTON — A dozen civil rights pioneers take their places of honor on U.S. postage stamps Saturday. The six 42-cent stamps are being dedicated in New York and are going on sale nationwide. The stamps honor the achievements of Ella Baker, Daisy Gatson Bates, J.R. Clifford, Medgar Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer, Charles Hamilton Houston, Ruby [...]

Apparently (news to me!) poet laureate Billy Collins will be participating in my University’s annual writer’s conference. He’ll be doing a reading in the PAC at a time conveniently scheduled at the same time as my Humanities class, where I’ll be learning about… something. Damn. Word is he’s also scheduled to give a workshop to [...]

Consider the following passages (neatly transcribed from my textbook). Duties are universally measured by reations. Is a man a father? The [duty] is to take care of him, to yield to him in all things, to submit when is reproachful, when he inflicts blows. But suppose he is a bad father. Were you then by [...]

HUD the dud: Ms. Hughes and her son, who were homeless, asked our messianic president to help them since they’ve been stuck on a two-year waiting list at the Fort Myers, Fl., public housing authority. Using the government’s own numbers, I was able to determine that Fort Myers and surrounding Lee County received almost $70 [...]

Finding ‘Weird Life’ On Earth: The question Davies is asking is profound, for if life did get its start multiple times on our planet, we can assume it’s far more likely to have appeared elsewhere in the universe. The case for life on those trillions of habitable planets Alan Boss talks about in yesterday’s entry [...]

Ok. It happened. The Onion’s AV Club released the Worst Band Names of 2008. Many of which I find great. But not as great as last years. Those Fucking Unicorns!

It’s the name of the book I have for the poetry section of my Creative Writing course. While I’m not a particularly huge fan of poetry (my poetry collection is limited to some Billy Collins, the collected works of Lorca and two or three Bukowski books) I’ve found the book to be useful. I actually [...]