November 10, 2005

Baba Watches Oprah?

That’s right…I watched Oprah. But I didn’t just watch it–I TiVo’d it. That’s right…I made sure I saw Oprah.

Why? Because Terry McMillan was gonna be on.

And she was.

And she reaffirmed one of my confusions with the universe–why go on television to look foolish?
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November 8, 2005

An Exposition in Great Writing

To all things holy, I swear that I’d do anything to write this well. At Virtual Bomaniland–and the real one, too–we will always miss R-Dub.

November 8, 2005

Rut-Roh…

Here’s some proof that things will get worse in Paris before they get better. When cops start dying, the game changes. And that ain’t good for the rioters or the situation in general.

Then again, when is it ever good when people get shot?

November 8, 2005

The Boondocks

So Alia asked if I’d watched The Boondocks. I just peeped it on the TiVo, and I’m a fan.
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November 7, 2005

Long day…

…and it ain’t even 1pm.

Anyway, nothing like having one of those days that makes you seriously question whether hard work has any real correlation to professional mobility and then reading about this sorry sumbitch.

Clearly, I should have made better friends. If I had, I’d be rich. Or at least not broke. Or at least at a point of stability.

November 4, 2005

Top 25 - U2

Continuing in the Friday series of lists of Top 25 songs of some of my favorite groups, here’s a rundown of U2 classics. This list comes from Ben, who knows his U2.

Sooner Kip has asked why someone else is putting something on my blog. Well, because it’s mine and I can put anything on here. Also, I’ve been ridiculously busy lately and am sitting here on an ASAP deadline.

And should anyone else have a list they’d like to contribute, just let me know. Might be able to make that work.

And FYI, Ben’s list is very similar to my own. Songs I have a particular fondness for will be denoted with an asterisk. And now, I turn it over to Ben.
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November 3, 2005

“Gee Baba, Why Don’t White People Write About Racism?”

Preview…continuing in the tradition of these fancy lists, tomorrow’s will be on U2. However, since my U2 knowledge isn’t as strong as it should be, it will be contributed by Ben, the former five-time Red Stripe Reader of the Month. Most of you know that Ben is my favorite reader–of the people I didn’t know and love before this site–and I just gave the list a good read. Great stuff. And if you don’t know much about U2, you need to check his list and start reading up. Probably the most important rock band of the last twenty-five years.

Continuing with reader contributions, I got an interesting e-mail from Decker in Charlotte. It read as follows…

I just read Phil Taylors joint on CNNSI and read Jason Whitlock’s joint on ESPN Pg 2 about the huge contract Weis got….

My question is why do black columnist have to write what white columnist should be writing….instead of Jeremy schaap or some other PTI/Sports reporter like dude saying…. “you know, you have a point” -

Decker raised one of those points I always intend to write about but never get around to.
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November 2, 2005

Hip Hop Boot Camp Photos

A while ago, I posted a link to something about Joe Jackson’s Hip Hop Boot Camp. Many people thought it was false.

Here are photos to prove that it was, in fact, real.

If you give me a little while, I might be able to find the audio from Joe’s interview on Hot 97 about the boot camp. I was not able to listen to it, but Josie tells me it’s priceless.

And really, who expected anything less?

November 1, 2005

Yeah, I’m Gettin’ Old…

I was getting ready to blog about the Supreme Court or how Scooter Libby may have been the victim of a G-Code violation–or he might be the ultimate G–but something more pressing came up.

Went to the mirror and realized that I’m starting to get a little thin at the temples.

Rut-roh.
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