Posts from ‘December, 2008’

On Christmas day I watched Marley and Me.  I really didn’t want to watch the movie but after I rode metro link to the Galleria it seemed like the best thing playing that was not a total kiddie movie. I watched the movie and I even cried.  I know crying at movies  it shared happening [...]

I think Sojourner Truth stated it best in Ain’t I a woman. She raised awareness about the difference in perception of femininity in regards to non white women. It is unfortunate that women of African American descent still have to chose which part of their identity to embrace.  bell hooks discusses this constantly through out [...]

This  past year the debate about the role  of women was revisited when the conservatives in the Republican political party decided to nominate a woman for vice president. It’s interesting that we question a woman’s femininity based on her decision to work  outside the home. For me personally, it has never been a question of [...]

When I was little  Paul ( My grandfather) would spend hours looking at program books from fairmount race track and writing numbers in note books. I started call it tracking. Sometimes he would win money at the race track.  My uncle on my dad’s side of the  family loved tracking just like Paul. A couple [...]

As I prepared to write my previous post looked on line to find out information about eunuchs. I knew they emasculated males. I had heard that before and that is the meaning I got from The Illustrated Everyday Bible Companion. As I searched on line the search results for eunuch in the bible lead to sites [...]

I was talking to my friend about how God uses favor in the bible. I realized in three instances were favor was shown he used eunuchs. The Illustrated Everyday Bible Companion defines eunuchs as men who have been emasculated. The function of  a eunuch would be like a modern day butler he was in charge [...]

I was watching  Beyonce Experience Live today.  I know I’m a little late. She really is a great performer and a true professional.  So many artist today don’t know any thing about professionalism. I know Beyonce is not a role model.  I do understand that she  has displayed the sensuality of  Herodias’s daughter.  I do see how she [...]

 My friend suggested I research more about Kwanza and  Christmas. I decided to post about  Kwanza frist and  then Christmas. Kwanza means frist fruits and it is a celebration that last seven days.  Each day of the celebration has a theme. The seven principles There is one principle for each of the seven days of Kwanzaa [...]

I was watching the Science the channel last night and they were showing the construction of the Science Academy in California. I thought about when they were building the new Aquarium in Atlanta. Most people that visit the Aquarium are probably not aware that a lot of homeless men and some women were on the [...]

Brief Discussion about Chrismas celebrations around the world