Women Reclaim Your Joy: Dance Alone
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
This year marks the 15th anniversary of Chubby Checker's mega-hit, "The Twist." Checker himself is celebrating by performing in venues across the country. "The Twist" is the only single to hit number one TWICE -- in 1960 and 1962. Other than being...
Too Much? Obama Tackles Health Care
posted over 2 years ago | 4 comments
Those who say the President is taking on too much, remind me of a group of parents from my kid's school a few years back. They complained that the third grade teachers were assigning too much homework because they expected the students to spend at...
My Life's Better than Your Life
posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
What if folks told the truth on their online posts? We would read things like: “Can’t pay my mortgage this month… My wife left me for a younger guy…. My kid can barely tie his shoes and probably won’t be going to college… I haven’t had a date in t...
Friends and Other Strangers
posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
Can a person really have too many friends? I mean come on now…why only have a hundred friends when you can have a thousand or ten thousand. And, if friends aren’t good enough for you, how about fans? Your own private fan club!
Social Media (SM) s...
Social Media (SM) s...
Social Media or Social Malaise
posted over 2 years ago | 2 comments
I have friends who refuse to use Facebook or any of the so-called Social Media (SM) sites. They don’t twitter or tweet, and could care less about being linked in. If they “dig” something, they don’t feel compelled to tell the world about it.
I ha...
I ha...
Coming Soon to a Town Near You - a Tent City
posted over 2 years ago, updated 6 minutes later | 0 comments
The People's Business
posted over 3 years ago | 2 comments
I voted for change, and so did most of the people around me. Here in Western Riverside County California we have been hit hard by the economic crisis – with some of the highest foreclosure and unemployment rates in the country. We want change and ...
The BIG Tree
posted over 4 years ago, updated 1 day later | 0 comments
My kids decided they wanted to GO BIG this year with the Christmas tree. "Let's get a 9 to 10 foot tree this year!" they begged. "It'll be fun to decorate and we can use ALL our ornaments!"
The thought of getting out all of our decorations didn't...
The thought of getting out all of our decorations didn't...
Boomers Are Back
posted over 4 years ago, updated about 1 hour later | 9 comments
There is a discussion on the BarackObama.com web site over whether the activist baby boomer generation got stuck in the 60's.
I think the boomer generation didn't get stuck...we just abandoned a lot of our principles in favor of the rampant mater...
I think the boomer generation didn't get stuck...we just abandoned a lot of our principles in favor of the rampant mater...
When a Woman Runs for President
posted over 4 years ago, updated about 19 hours later | 1 comment
After watching the Iowa debate, my eight-year-old daughter informed me she might decide to run for president one day. She said it nonchalantly, as if there was no question that she, as an African-American female, could someday be a serious contend...
