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460 Grand Avenue is a planned development at a prime real estate address near Lake Merritt that, when finished, will offer 78 apartment units in a brand new five-story building. About 30 percent of the apartments will be Section 8. “Section 8” is a “Housing Choice Voucher Program,” that provides rental help to private landlords. […]
Jameis Winston, the great Florida State University (FSU) Quarterback, won the 2013 Heisman Trophy, but from social media’s view on Twitter, Winston has been proven guilty even as the law has said he’s innocent. Indeed, while this blogger was not shocked to see him win, my own Mother, who I travel to spend time with […]
The 2013 Heisman Trophy competitors are Jameis Winston of Florida State, Alabama’s AJ McCarren, Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel, Jordon Lynch of Northern Illinois, Auburn’s Tre Mason, and Andre Williams of Boston College. While Tre Mason and Andre Williams had incredible years, and Mason gained over 300 yards rushing in the SEC Championship, the Heisman Trophy […]
Damon Bruce is a previously pretty-much not-well-known sports broadcaster who toiled with pleasure for KNBR Radio until being reportedly suspended, indefinitely, for saying that a woman’s place is not in the sports broadcasting room. Then Keith Olbermann made him famous. Here’s what he said in audio, peppered with my rather heated response in this video: […]
Cory Booker tweeted with stripper Lynsie Lee for a politically calculated reason. Cory Booker’s got a gay problem that some in his camp think is a kind of weight around his campaign for Senate. And no, it’s not making the ones concerned happy. It’s not that they have anything against any homosexual in politics, and […]
Aaron Alexis, the Navy IT specialist who went on a rampage and killed 12 people at the Washingon Navy Yard on Monday, is part of a new, emerging breed of black male: one I called weak-minded, and willing to take extreme action against others over small issues. In the past, mass killings were considered something […]
Sarah Slamen decided to go to the Texas Legislature and give them a piece of her mind a month before she relocates to New York, a state that respects a woman’s right to choose – among other things. Tired of Texas’ conservative and white-male dominated (well, there are some conservative black men in there too) […]
Fast And Furious 6, the action movie starring Vin Diesel and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, has topped the $100 million mark, already, and it was just released last week, on May 24th. The sixth installment of the fast cars battle between cops and criminals, also has two African American entertainment stars Ludacis, and Tyrese. I […]
Jason Collins came out as gay in a well-presented column released in Sports Illustrated today. This blogger’s initial reaction was “so what?” Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area makes one take what is an earth-shaking revelation to others, with a “Right on,” and “That’s cool,” reaction. But what went through my mind and […]
On Twitter, San Francisco blogger Violet Blue issued this tweet: Just told Ada courted Marie Claire for feature saying hacker culture is hostile to women. (I saw a MC press @ BSides) Anyone confirm/deny? — violet blue ® (@violetblue) March 12, 2013 So, I felt a response, a take from my unique perspective of being […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KavKPY-bfKo In LA, the Los Angeles Police $1 Million reward for Christopher Jordan Dorner has caused about 600 tips – none right to date. Dorner looks like any bald, husky, black man – like Grammys host LL Cool J or Michael Lynch, the American Idol castoff. Now the LAPD has made it dangerous to be […]
This has to be noted. Between Herman Cain, the black GOP business exec who ran for President, Alan West, another black GOP man who made it to Congress in 2010, only to lose in 2012, Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo who turned out to be a closet gay man who had more than one […]
This is how my weird life works. And I’ve made the decision to blog and vlog more about it, as much as news, events, or anything else. It all starts with Thursday night and Jessica Mann. I met Jessica Mann, who’s the new Zennie62 vlogger, at the Oakland Bar Make Westing late Thursday Night, and […]
As of today, the watchword is “Movemember.” Movemember’s where you grow a mustache to bring awareness to prostate cancer and to overall mental health. But this blogger’s already got a constant reminder both to myself and to the educated World about those issues: I’m a black male. Black men are more likely to suffer from […]
Ian Fleming’s James Bond and this blogger have something in common: we’re both 50 years old. Since I grew up as Bond’s brother, for all practical purposes, I have a unique view of why the character is popular: James Bond represents the Western Industrialized idea of what a man should be. Confident, decisive, intelligent, stylish. […]
Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio’s made some post in the past that I questioned from a racial perspective, but he seemed to be a really cool person – albeit one who stopped answering my emails when he got his deal with NBC. This blogger first connected with Mike via email on the matter of Cincinnati […]
It’s hard enough to be a TSA Agent without folks like the one I’m about to rag on present. Last week, my Mother and Stepdad were the victims of a robbery by two young black men in South Chicago, one who goes around in a mask that’s from the movie Scream. At any rate, they […]
Can CBS San Francisco, which consists of KCBS and KPIX, lay off the black male misery stories? If it’s not murder, or drugs, it’s this one that popped up in my Google Alert about Oakland, which is titled “Special Ceremony Held In Oakland To Honor African American Students.” Here’s a taste of an online post […]
That has to be the most shocking title you’ve ever seen me post. Come to think of it, it’s shocking even if you’ve read my blog for the first time. Let me get to the second part of it first: the gang-rape mention. I was told this by someone who regularly attends The Alley on […]
It was inevitable that Linsanity would morph into the celebrity stratosphere. Two weeks ago, Jeremy Lin was a nobody, practically the last man on the New York Knickerbockers’ roster, reportedly days away from getting released (again!) from his third National Basketball Association (NBA) team in less than two years as a professional, after starring at […]
NBA NY Knicks Star (or ‘sudden star’) Jeremy Lin has become the focus of attention since he exploded into the pop culture scene helping to propel the Knicks to exciting wins over traditional rivals like the LA Lakers, and new ones like the Toronto Raptors. In fact, it was against the Raptors last night that […]
CES 2012 Las Vegas is a (white and Asian) male-dominated consumer electronics industry environment. So much so that an organization like “Women In CE” – which serves as a networking and mentorship platform for women in the business, was needed some time ago. As a member of the San Francisco Chapter of Women In Sports […]
Well, Yvette Prieto was so sold on Air Jordan, she dated Michael Jordan. Now, she’s about to become Mrs. Michael Jordan. The 48-year-old NBA and Chicago Bulls legend proposed to his 32-year-old girlfriend of three years on Christmas Day, according to a widely quoted spokesperson for Jordan. This is Mr. Jordan’s second marriage, after his […]
That Ndamukong Suh managed to take the NFL by storm comes as no surprise to anyone who’s seen him play while he was a student at Nebraska. And to be frank, Ndamukong Suh is one of a new breed of black NFL players – a new generation that defies age-old stereotypes by speaking great English […]
Ok, you know you saw this – Conrad Murray Guilty Of Involuntary Manslaughter In Michael Jackson Death – coming. As this blogger stated, Mr. Murray got too caught up in the celebrity of working for Michael Jackson, and forgot that he’s responsible not for maintaining him as a machine, but for keeping him healthy and […]
The Occupy Wall Street operation that started over a month ago has turned into a movement, in part thanks to the awful actions of the New York Police Department of two weeks ago, and thanks to a healthy abundance of attractive, or dare this blogger say, “hot” women. So many that this space ran a […]
Other than cancelling the Flip Video Camera, and having me fly across country for a meeting only to have the rug pulled out from under me when I landed and learned the Flip Video PR meeting was cancelled, this blogger has another reason to be be wary of Cisco: a very traumatic experience that happened […]
The nightmare that has been the Oscar Grant Murder, while it occurred on New Year’s Day Morning two years ago at Fruitvale BART Station, is not over. Former BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle is due to be released from jail on Monday, getting a release for “good behavior” after what seems to have been a […]