July 21, 2005

Funny, and maybe true…

This comes courtesy of Red Stripe’s favorite reader. Now, I’m not sure this is real, but it’s damn sure funny. If this is real, these people must not be satisfied that this generation is better at taking the lids off jelly jars than any that preceded it. That may be because of steroids, but I attribute that to everyone’s favorite calisthenic.

My original plan for today was to talk about the Kobe Call and a discussion Crawford’s got on Paid in Full vs. Nation of Millions. Considering it’s 6:30a and I’ve been up since 4, who knows what else will happen today.

July 21, 2005

GTA Off Shelves

So Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has received an “Adults Only” rating.

I guess that makes some sense, but lemme get this straight…
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July 20, 2005

Classic Boondocks

Stuff like this is why The Boondocks remains essential reading. Check yesterday’s and today’s.

I’m also starting a comic novel he did with Reggie Hudlin called Birth of a Nation. Should be a blast. But while I was at the bookstore, peep this here joint that I found. I cant find the link, but I’m pretty sure it was called “Moving Out, Moving On.” Basically, it was a workbook for women who need to get financially prepared to drop their men.
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July 19, 2005

Radio is always hiring

Rod, we’ll get on the Kobe call tomorrow.

Here’s today’s question–can we institute a law requiring all hosts of morning radio shows take some sort of test on current events or something, please?
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July 18, 2005

Happy Blogday to Me…

One year ago today, I posted for the first time. While the world’s axis is still tilted from this earth-shattering, almost apocalypti event, everything’s still spinning like normal. Either way, I figured I’d do a brief synopsis of some of the interesting things that have happened in the last year, and Luther and I will do so using some old posts. If you’re new to Virtual Bomaniland, welcome to my lil’ time machine.
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July 17, 2005

A Report from Africa

One of my best students has spent the summer in Uganda, and he has kept me apprised of his trip. He’s a hard working cat, definitely dedicated to helping folks out across the globe. One of those folks that makes you wonder what the hell else you could be doing.

Right fast, here are two interesting things he shot me.
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July 15, 2005

Nike Misses the Point

First, those of you who have been down with the site from the jump–the first anniversary of the site is tomorrow, I believe–may have noticed I update more now than I used to. Well, I don’t write as many columns as I did then, so this is a great way to keep sharp. That lack of columns will change soon, though.

Business preview–my buddy King Kaufman at salon.com is about to have another baby, bringing someone for his son, Buster, to either play with or antagonize. Congrats to Buster on becoming a big brother.

Anyway, around the time of the birth, he’ll need to take a couple of weeks off, and he’s going to have some guest columnists, and I will be one. I’ve done some things for Salon before, but nothing in more than two years, so this will be a reunion of sorts. That should be interesting. Also, as a fan of King’s column, this is an honor for me. One of my great joys in this game is when folks I’ve been reading for years see me as a colleague. Kinda like going to the Y and some hoopers whose poster is on your wall asks you to run with him. Just makes you feel good.

Next week, we should have something up on the BSN. Probably another open letter to LeBron James. As always, thanks to David Cole.

Okay, now the fun. So Nike’s doing Kobe advertisements again. Frequent readers of this site know what I think about Kobe–that he’s a flagrant G-Code violator(see violations one and two), something that makes it impossible to see him as little more than a sucker that’s really good at basketball. Being a sucker trumps all.

But if anyone believes that Kobe’s going to be a good endorser, they’re smoking rocks.

That’s right, I said it.
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July 14, 2005

Tupac Vs. Biggie

Kevin Cott, Bill Simmons’ intern at ESPN.com, has been getting a lot of e-mails about what he wrote in praise of Tupac. He’s been getting roasted for saying that Pac was the first rapper to bring social awareness into the mainstream. That was erroneous, and he has even admitted as much. Here’s hoping the e-mails have stopped.

Well, that got me thinking about this Pac vs. Big debate that has been omnipresent for about ten years now. Where do I stand?

Wait, why do we even keep having this damn discussion?
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July 13, 2005

The Godfather of Dope

Okay, people that know me have watched this a million times, but this is the single greatest thing ever. Click here, and enjoy the bounty that is James Brown.

You gotta have comments. You just have to. Also, if you think that’s funny and want the file, I have it. It was too big to upload onto the server I use, though.

July 12, 2005

Are the Joneses a Writing Family?

My good buddy–and former student, one of the best I had at Carolina–James said that my entire family can write. That’s a fairly interesting observation. My brother’s good with it. He needs to do it more on the comments, but he’s good with it. My mother is, too, and she probably was my best writing teacher, explaining to me that writing like a high school student wasn’t the best I could do (at the time, I was in middle school). The old man’s probably the best writer of us all.

How did it work out like that? Interesting question…young writers, take notes.
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