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Beautiful: Yulia Tymoshenko

2008-09-08T12:57:00.008-04:00

The Prime Minister of Ukraine. A woman in politics who dresses like a woman. Any thoughts?

I Just Saw This Photo of James Brown and Loved It

2008-07-03T12:34:00.005-04:00

It is rare to see the Godfather of Soul with the afro. I think it's bad...what about you?

Any Thoughts?

2008-06-16T13:46:00.003-04:00

I saw this t-shirt on American Apperal's website and laughed, what do you think about it?

I Recommend: Iron Man

2008-05-19T20:45:00.009-04:00

Today I was surprised by this:

2008-05-14T14:43:00.006-04:00

A retailer in the Atlanta, GA area is selling these t-shirts. The retailer said, per CNN, that he sees a resemblance between the cartoon monkey and the hairline and ears of Obama, and it is not intended to be offensive. Any thoughts?

Today I was surprised by tears

2008-05-08T14:57:00.011-04:00

It happened as I watched news coverage that captured Barack Obama in the capital today surrounded by a sea of white of superdelegates. He is at a place that no black man or woman has ever been, on the verge of capturing the nomination for President of the United States. I felt overwhelmed with emotion and sat down and began to cry. I am of a younger generation, not the one of my parents who were born in 1938 and 1948 respectively. My sense of my self and the world around me has been shaped by America 2.0, a kinder and gentler place for my people, even so I saw something today that I never thought I would. I wonder how my parents must feel.

If you have not seen this movie do so, if you have see it again

2008-04-21T16:15:00.002-04:00

DBBDAY31!

2008-04-14T15:44:00.002-04:00

On April 4th, 1968 America's greatest citizen Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed

2008-04-04T11:40:00.010-04:00

eHarmony

2008-03-12T12:04:00.013-04:00

While watching tv the other night I saw a eHarmony commercial and I noticed that all of the couples on it were of the same race. Then I thought about all of the eHarmony commercials I have ever seen and I could not recall seeing any interracial couples. They are always brown+brown or white+white or black+black. That started me thinking as to why this is the case, is it just me or do their commercials contain none such relationships?

So I went to their website and viewed all of their commercials and saw none where a couple was comprised of different races, to eHarmony's credit they do have a section of success stories of about 25 couples and 2 of these were of IR couples or 8%, but none of them were of the black+white persuasion, and in their media kit their appears to be 1 IR couple. There is no doubt that I just could not decipher from the commercials who was of what background. Nonetheless, here are a list of potential reasons, and there are many more I'm sure.

1. No one dates outside their respective races anymore and I just haven't noticed. 2 People on eHarmony do not date interracially. 3. eHarmony interracials just don't work out. 4. The couples that are dating interacially just happen to be not as visually + audibly compelling as the highlighted couples. My guess is #4.

My sense in their attempt to be appealing to the highest amount of people, the point of marketing right, they highlighted only the couples of the same race because they believe this will compel more people to utilize their service. But why would this be more compelling? My guess is that eHarmony is not wanting to turn-off those of us that still don't take kindly to interracial dating. Any thoughts let me know?

Whoa Cadillac!

2008-03-09T23:50:00.031-04:00

Below is the Audi R8 part of the the gold standard of automotive design, ain't she fine, above is the fast rising CTS coupe of the newly rebirthed Cadillac. Historically my favorite cars have been BMWs, particularly the M3, but with the last couple of years Audi has built more aesthetically compelling cars. But this Cadillac is starting to woo me.

I grew up with little respect for cadillacs, they ride nice, but compared to rest of the luxury/sport market they were greatly lacking. It was like they didn't get it, or maybe they thought that brand loyalty would continue to fill their dealerships. Nonetheless they built subpar cars for two decades, until recent years. Their rebirth has come under the umbrella of their art+science design philosophy, where the are utilizing edges as a primary element. Finally they have begun building cars that inspire, maybe in a few years they will have overtaken Audi in my book

I just saw The Darjeeling Limited and...

2008-03-06T00:45:00.017-05:00

I liked it. I had not wanted to see it for a variety of reasons, even so it was much better that I had anticipated. I recommend it.

All Those Bugs

2007-10-26T16:34:00.000-04:00

Monica Linde was in town a few weeks ago and we went for coffee or whatever at Rembrants. And that thing in the photo landed on my light purple shirt, very light. I thought it was beautiful, I have never seen this kind of bug before. During the summer of 2004 I fell in love with bugs as I started seeing different bugs I began to wonder what was God saying by himself through the design qualities that they exhibited. The way the dragonfly(my favorite) moves, it just starts and stops so rapidly, and those wings...breathtaking and everybody's favorite the butterfly, its evolution, its wings, its flying style...mondo. The varying patterns and colors, and the sheer number of different species. What an interesting being he must be.

Did You Hear This

2007-10-25T16:06:00.002-04:00

If you have not already than you will now, Radiohead released their new cd a couple of weeks ago online, and the price: pick your own. I could not believe it. If you want it go to www.inrainbows.com. These guys have taken an evolutionary risk, and for that I am very thankful. The album itself sounds to me as pleasant and sweet as an old friend, I think I am going to have them over for dinner next week.

Thank You Jesus

2007-10-24T16:29:00.000-04:00

About 6 months ago I left my ipod, It's Blackman, at my parents house, and when I went back several days later and found it sound only consistently out of one of the earphones. I thought that it may be the earphones, so I bought a pair of overpriced Apple one's and I had the same problem, well actually two, the expensive earphones which I did not need is the second. I was so saddened for I had had many good walks with Blackman, but after that the strength of our relationship was significantly impeded.I finally arranged for apple to service it a few weeks ago and last week I noticed that a box had been brought into my home, it resembled the style the style of packaging that I sent it off in, the colors of red and yellow of DHL. I could not believe it, I quickly opened the box and it was a shiny new 5th generation black ipod, I thought though I may get lucky and get a the newest generation. Nonetheless I am very thankful and the joy of walking has returned thanks to Blackman II, I have since been on at least 5 walks. See you around town.

Look What I Found

2007-10-12T12:59:00.000-04:00

A few minutes a go I went to my former highschool's website to locate schedule information about the football team because I want to go to a game. I went on to peruse to website when I found this picture of me and Jeff Gore circa 1993, back when we were both sophomores. I couldn't believe it, I actually remember taking this picture...funny. Unfortunately they did not get my good side though, just kidding. By the way that was not my jacket, I never had the bravado to get one. Go Eagles!

It's Already October...Dang

2007-10-08T16:52:00.000-04:00

I can't believe it's October...again, not that I have a problem with October, I love it, especially halloween, but it just came so fast. Time...as I look at my face on a semidaily basis and see the growing amount of conversions, see my gray hairs are evangelizing the black ones and turning them gray. They are quite successful. In all honesty I don't mind the gray hair, I like them, but its the process I find difficult. I have no control over it, I'd chose a different pattern for their expansion, oh well. Perhaps at 30 I am entering the winter of my life, just kidding I'm so young. By the way, don't you like the suit and the look on Will Smith's face? I was looking for a picture of gray hair and this came up in the google search. Well I'm done, godspeed and welcome to fall.

Oh...Facebook

2007-09-20T13:37:00.001-04:00

After initially only seeking to limit my facebookness, I have simply come do adore it. I have been in contact with people that I have not seen or heard from in years, its great. Its like my whole world has changed, well that's an exaggeration, but I have found my old college roommate, other friends from school, and many that have since come and gone. And in honor of my new relationship with it I have updated my profile picture as well so its bye, bye Webster, hello Brown. Not at all cute like the young Emmanuel Lewis, but at least its me. With the help of Ben Horner I worked hard to capture the spirit of Mr. Lewis, but of course we were working with at completely different palette. We did all we could do.

P.S. Thanks Ben for your help.

Today I Did The Unthinkable

2007-09-10T18:10:00.000-04:00

A special welcome to all of ye who may be new to dbloggable. After months of battle within my soul over my relationship with facebook, facebook has won. I decided today to leave my account open. Originally I had opened it just to view a friend's page and then I was going to deactivate it. However I had contacted by friends, for those friend's requests, and did not want to be impolite, but just saying no, but I did not want to try to maintain a blog and be active on facebook as well. By the way the word "facebook" is considered a misspelling in facebook. Above is the photo I decided to use for facebook, it is of Emmanuel Lewis, the famed '80s actor who starred as the beloved Webster, on the sitcom "Webster." We bear a slight resemblance, especially the older and chubbier Mr. Lewis. I want to give a special thanks to Ben Horner, for if it were not for you this day may never have come. Game...Facebook.

Its That Time of Year Again, Thankfully

2007-09-05T21:17:00.001-04:00

Last week marked the beginning of the 2007 college football season and for me that means happy times. My team is the Fightin' Irish of Notre Dame. Unfortunately they lost last weekend at home to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 33-3. It was very disappointing, we were expected to play much better than we did, but much credit must be give to Tech for their play. Their defensive schemes were not handled well by the Irish, the Jackets blitz galore. It must also be noted that we have left only 4 offensive starters and 5 defensive from last year. A shaky start or even a bad season isn't enough to shake me, I am commited Irish fan.

It happened in just one night. It was the fall of 1989, a Saturday night it was, when my older brother was watching Notre Dame play on ESPN. I was struck by the powerful and beautiful contrast of navy and gold in the evening lights. I was converted, plus my big brother was a fan, of course I looked up to him, and they were good. They had won the national championship the year before, and were winning that night.

My relationship to them has seen many highs, but mostly lows. One of the many highs include the upset of #1 ranked FSU in 1993, one the lows came from the loss of or 1990 bowl game against Colorado, when a touchdown off of a kick off return was called back due to a penalty, that touchdown=national championship. Throughout the second half of 90s and the first half of this millennium we have struggled rarely fielding good teams. There was a time in my life when I would cry when they lost and would cry when they would win, oh the days. We are on the road back to glory and I will be here to watch even after 18 years. Go Irish!

I Love Politics!

2007-08-24T03:23:00.000-04:00

I am up in New York at 3:45 am not wanting to go to bed yet and thought that this post was long overdue. I don't get it, there is something about seeing the candidates standing before us and asking us to believe, in both them and in the policies. "It just gets me so amped," to quote Dave Chappelle. It just hit me that I believe in them all of them, for taking the risk to try lead and to rally us, although I am hardly a fan of any of their policies. This is new to me, this awareness of my deep appreciation every single person who is willing put themself and their ideas forth for the scrutiny of our people. This is not going the way that I thought it would. I expected I would talk about how all of these debates, and pundit peddling, how it is so much like Christmas to me. Hmh... I am acutally am going to say thank all of you so much for running for office. By the way this is a photo of a young Dennis Kucinich.

Ligne Roset

2007-06-01T16:58:00.000-04:00

Correction. The woman I met Françoise Theise with her partner Richard Grossman own FR Resources and they own Ligne Roset's stores in NYC and Boston. They did not start the company Lignet Roset. For more information see:
http://www.lignerosetny.com/aboutus.htm

New York, New York!

2007-05-31T16:37:00.000-04:00

About two weeks ago my best friend Nyasha graduated from graduate school in New York City and it was a splendid occasion. Two of my other best friends also made it to the city, Jeff who is currently in Denver and Dariusz who is currently in Grand Rapids, for what was our first meeting since Chicago in February 2004. That meeting included Jeremiah Martin and was the first time that we had all been together since 1998. These guys are like brothers to me, we became friends back in 1997 each being past or present Moody student, also each having philosophical and artistic dispositions. Blouses. The graduation was short, but afterwards was a fabo reception where we sipped champagne before noon. Nyasha wore this great navy and light orange plaid blazer, with shirt/tie/sweater combo, and ChuckTayloresque shoes, it was nice, very nice. The 5 days we there were rife with debate, we argued about theology, philosophy, politics, and the current state of hip hop. We also laughed a great deal, and walked a tremendous amount of steps. We went to this hipster bar/club in Brooklyn and danced til nearly 4 am. It was sooo much fun, and the dj played some nice stuff. My respect for the hipster is at an all time high. I also got to kick it with Adan Rodriguez and Luke Herron.
While at our post graduation lunch one the parents of one of Nyasha's fellow graduates was explaining that during the early '80s she was interested interested in starting a furniture company. She wanted to do something that no one was doing at the time, importing modern French furniture. I asked for the name of her stores and she said Ligne Roset. I have seen her ads in dwell magazine for years, I appreciate their furniture and was nearly moved to tears, out of appreciation. It was great to be in the presence of these men. We all expended a lot of energy, but it was energizing and life giving, Congratulations Nyasha, I know that it was one of the most grueling times of your life. And for anyone who read all of this, thanks.

Thank you BH!

2007-05-28T01:50:00.000-04:00

Checka, check-it out! The Chappelle show skit that started it all. Game Blouses. Remember the above has some objectionable material. I am still learning the ins-n-outs of the blogosphere, but here it is on my blog! Or click on this link: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/79088/dave_shapphelle_prince/

I had to take it back

2007-05-25T15:49:00.000-04:00

I found this photo on flickr several months ago and was thinking I should show an old photo of me and J.P. Wilson. Here it is. This is from 1998 in Chicago when I used to live in Chinatown. Everyone is so thin, blouses. In the photo are Maribel, me, Rick(the owner of this photo), and J.P.

Game...Blouses.

2007-05-16T15:15:00.000-04:00

I have recently been asked why I so often comment on blogs using the words, Game Blouses. I suggest to all, get a copy of Chappelle's show season 2 and watch the Episode featuring Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories, where Mr. Chappelle stars as Prince and you will see why (however, I must warn you that Mr. Chappelle's show's content can be objectionable). Plus it can be used in so many different ways, a greeting, an exclamation, to express deep calm, or if you happen to win a basketball game while wearing a blouse, Game Blouses will do. Game Blouses.

The Wilson's are coming!

2007-05-11T17:01:00.000-04:00

My good friend JP Wilson and his family will be moving to Chattanooga. Its incredible, I am so excited. I have known JP since October 1995, we met on the campus of Moody Bible Institute he was a sophomore or junior, and I was visiting the campus for the first time, just months after I had been accepted. Ifriends. J is a rare individual he has such love for people, if you are next to him he is your friend. God has blessed him with wisdom, intelligence, love, zeal, energy. He has the ability to draw anyone out, he is an asset to any community and soon here will be in Chattanooga working with Reconciliation Ministries Inc., pursuing his calling and passion of mobilizing African Americans to global missions and making Christ known. He comes with his wife Daisy, man how they met and eventually married is quite a story, and 3 kids Kedjiah, Jesu, and Shekinah. Welcome!

The results are in!

2007-05-04T12:32:00.000-04:00

From my personality exam. Mary Higgins carefully entered each of my answers into the site and above is the result. She and I actually got the same. Hmh.

I was wondering...

2007-04-25T19:17:00.000-04:00

If ebay were to sell ebay, would ebay sell ebay on ebay?

By the way...

2007-04-25T05:50:00.000-04:00

For those of you who may not know me well the look of pinkness of the last dbloggable and the current title: The Emancipation of MiMi are jokes. Ha! I am not trying to say anything deep by these things. Another by the way, thanks for taking your time to view dbloggable.

dwell

2007-04-25T05:14:00.000-04:00

After 6 years of buying nearly every issue at bookstores I have finally subscribed to Dwell Magazine. I love this magazine because they highlight buildings in all cities, whether it be Nashville, L.A., or SaoPaolo,Brazil.
They also ask such good questions, the first issue I bought in February 2001 posed this question: what is the house of the future? One was a 900 sq ft cube just outside Portland, and the other was a shotgun house in Houston's fifth ward, one of the countries most violent neighborhood's. Neither house cost over was over $120k. That was very unlikely, if at all to be found in any other American architecture magazine at the time. I like many others believe that good design should not just be for the wealthy.
Beautiful, they are also very concerned about our planet, and essentially every home that they include has features that reflect that. Solar cells, and perhaps my favorite, recycled building materials, and energy efficient everythings. If you have not yet read an issue, please do so. Believe it or not I am nearly in tears writing about this magazine, I so appreciate it and those that create it.

Can You Believe It?

2007-03-31T00:43:00.001-04:00

It has been a year since my inaugural post, and so much has happened since then. I got a cool new ring tone featuring Miles Davis, I shaved my beard in some new patterns, I finally got my brakes fixed, and started riding my bike again. Also, a whopper, I found out a couple of weeks ago out that when I was a kid I used to be left handed but my mother forced me into right handed blahness, so over the last two weeks I have be using my left hand for everything, eating, conducting, passing the football, praying, listening, laughing, gesturing, sharpening my pencil, firing my rifle, bow hunting, cross stiching, picking my banjo, turning the tv channels, fruit planting, and trying to write Sarah Dorris' name with it. That is the truth, Ha! I will post a photo of my face so that you may see its new newness. So long, til next year.

Good Morning Donivan

2006-03-13T10:53:00.000-05:00

Good Morning