“Jesus wept.” John 11:35
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Models Monday: Claiming
When I am offering a description of myself as someone with an illness, my blood pressure begins to rise when someone tells me not to “claim it.” I find this paternalistic intrusion troubling in its presumption of my recklessness in describing my life’s circumstances. There have been times when I’ve experienced coughing fits that haveContinue reading “Models Monday: Claiming”
Luggage
I went to Kohl’s today (7/8/15) and bought a 20″ Samsonite spinner for $23! Kohl’s isn’t pushing this clearance deal; instead, they’re promoting another good deal where you purchase one piece of luggage and get another piece for $1. …of course, I’m not being paid to endorse ANYTHING 🙂
Poorly Crafted Complexity
The New York Times has once again provided us with an example of fallow civic discourse in the United States…
Maybe Lightening Did It…
As authorities “investigate” whether lightning or hate accounts for the fire that destroyed Mount Zion A.M.E. early Wednesday in Greeley, South Carolina, I have my doubts about nature being the cause. This fire looks just like the other ones that consumed black churches in honor of white supremacy. Hatred lacks imagination.
Resonant
Jon Stewart offers a resonant reading of U.S. history. Simply put, the massacre at Mother Emanuel constitutes racial terrorism. Denials issued across social media, through conservative news outlets and the cautious language of liberals concerning the potency of racism in the United States conveyed through Dylann Roof’s heinous act confirms Stewart’s pessimistic conclusion: https://youtu.be/GbQwJ3huoIk
Models Monday: Meaning
I have become a Pinterest fanatic. I have over 30 Boards and more than 960 Pins. Pinterest helps me visually reify abstract ideas into neat categories. Many of the ideas conveyed here on this blog also appear on my Boards. Thus, I have categorized images according to themes of beauty, reflection, mourning and loss, kindness,Continue reading “Models Monday: Meaning”
Story of a Memorable Photograph
Although the man in the video is identified as “Gordon,” he’s Mr. Gordon to me: http://youtu.be/62FXvUflkLc
Remixing a Rockefeller
Models Monday: Commentary from the Curb
I read the news throughout the day and I rarely watch it on television. Most recently, I’ve started reading traditional news sources while also reading posts on Twitter and Instagram. For all that mainstream, ostensibly respected news sources have alleged about the “thugs destroying their own communities,” I’ve been impressed by how trenchant the hooliganContinue reading “Models Monday: Commentary from the Curb”
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