THIS JUST IN: ‘ELMO’ IS BLACK
Ok, Elmo is actually red. And he has been around for about 20 years. However, I just found out yesterday from a Newsweek article on MSNBC.com, that the person that gives life to Elmo is [...]
FROM GIFTED & TALENTED TO PRISON
I've been thinking about this all week. A young man that I went to junior high school with was arrested on gun possession charges linked to the murder of a popular NYC sanitation worker. The [...]
THE MAYOR OF ‘SODOR’ IS BLACK!
Have you noticed that black actors often get the roles of the most powerful characters (the person in charge) on many television shows, but the roles are typically "supporting" and not "starring?" Fox Broadcasting Co. is good for this. [...]
“I HATE YOU, DADDY!”
It's a new phrase that my kid picked up from daycare.  (Gotta love a place where children get a chance to expand their vocabularies.) He uses it whenever he doesn't get his way, which lately seems often. Of course he says [...]
I NEED A CHINESE AU PAIR(?)
First of all, I don't have anywhere to put an au pair, Chinese or otherwise (unless my wife lets her sleep in the bed with us, and my guess is that that's not an option). Second, [...]
THE ‘CROCODILE HUNTER’ WAS A DAD
Of all the things that stand out for me about the late Steve Irwin, aka the Crocodile Hunter, was the fact that at the end of the day he was a family man. He had two [...]