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Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Madison’s Snuggle House Goes Out of Business Amid Fear…and Loathing

• December 11, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Rape/Sex Crimes, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Associated Press, Boulder Colorado, Business, California, City of Madison, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Cuddle Party, Governor Walker, Healing Touch, Hurtado, Jennifer Zilavy, Lt. David McCaw, Madison, Madison WI, Masseur, Masseuse, Matthew Hurtado, Montgomery Alabama, New Age, Non-Sexual, Prostitution, Rochester New York, Samantha Hess, San Francisco, Sex, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Snuggle House, The Bay Area, The Midwest, The Snuggery, The Snuggle House, Touch Therapy, Wisconsin

I’m Not Gone, Just Writing and Job Hunting and…

• September 26, 2013 • 1 Comment

Posted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, American History, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Facebook, Fiction Writing, Gun Violence, Health, History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Business, California, Death of Trayvon Martin, Facebook, George Zimmerman, Love, Madison, Murder, Racism, San Francisco Chronicle, Scott Walker, Trayvon Martin, United States, Vegetable Garden, Wisconsin, Writing

Friday Night Music, December 22, 2012: “Blue Christmas/Xmas (To Whom It May Concern),” Miles Davis and Bob Dorough, 1962

• December 21, 2012 • Comments Off

Posted in Class, Cultural History, Holidays, Love, Miles Davis, Music
Tags: "Blue Xmas", "Mad at Miles", African Americans, Black Relationships, Black Women, Blacks, Blue Christmas, Bob Dorough, Business, Carmen McRae, Christmas, Facebook, Gil Evans, Herbie Hancock, Holidays, Love, Miles Davis, Music, New York City, Pearl Cleage, Santa Claus, Schoolhouse Rock, SGI Buddhism, Small Day Tomorrow, The Holidays, Wayne Shorter, Xmas

No, I Have NOT Gone For Good

• October 6, 2012 • 3 Comments

Posted in Who I Am
Tags: Business, California, Emotion, Health, Healthcare, Support Groups, United States

Meanwhile, Back in Madison, WI: The Murder of R Place on Park

• October 7, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Discrimination, Drug Culture/Industry, Gang Violence, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Who I Am, Wisconsin
Tags: African Americans, ALRC, Annie Weatherby-Flowers, Blacks, Business, California, City Council, Constables on Patrol, Crime, Derrell Connor, Drugs, Fillmore District San Francisco, Funk, Gangbangers, Ignoble Wray, Improvisation, Jazz, Louisiana, Madison, Madison City Council, Madison WI, Madison Wisconsin, Madisonians, New Orleans, Noble Wray, R Place on Park, Racism, Rick Flowers, San Francisco, Shootings, Small Businessman, Soul Music, The Madison Police Department, The Sixties, Wisconsin

That “That’s For Babies” Cheerios Commercial

• July 14, 2011 • 3 Comments

Posted in Class, Commercials, Food, Love, Television, Television Series, Women
Tags: "That's For Babies", Artificial Sweetener, Big G, Business, Cheerios, Children, Fake Sugar, General Mills, Growing Up, Hanna-Barbera, Honey Nut Cheerios, House, Kayla Colbert, Mother, Motherhood, Parent, Pat Benatar, Rylie Colbert, Saturday Morning Cartoons, Single Parent, Sugar, TV Commercials, Twinkles the Magic Elephant, Yogi Bear

Whoopi Goldberg Fumes at Trump’s “Birther” Charges

• March 24, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in African American History, Africans, American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Democrats, Hoaxes, Journalism and Ethics, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Whoopi Goldberg, Women
Tags: 2008 Presidential Campaign, Barack Obama, Birther, Birthers, Black Man, Black People, Blacks, Business, CEO, Common Sense, Conspiracy Theories, Dictator, Disbelief, Donald Trump, FactCheck, Hawaii, Poll, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, Racists, Republican, The Sixties, The View, United States, Whoopi Goldberg

Well, There’s WiFi on the Eighth Floor Tonight

• October 16, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Class, Education, Fiction Writing, Holidays, Joblessness, The Economy, Who I Am, Wisconsin, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Apple, Black Women, Blacks, Boohooing, Business, Cali, California, Cisco Systems, EBT, EBT Card, Joni Mitchell, Lake Mendota, Life Goes On, Madison Metro, Madison WI, Michelangelo's Coffeehouse, People, Retraining, Self-Respect, State Street, The Bay Area, The Big One, The Eighth Floor, The Eighties, The Great American Black Woman's Novel, The Madison Children's Museum, The Yellow Brick Road, Unemployed, Unemployment Insurance, United States, Web Design, Wi-Fi, Wisconsin, YWCA, YWCA Madison

That American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning “Tongue” Ad Spot

• September 27, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in Class, Comedy, Commercials, Cultural History, Natural Disasters, Television
Tags: Boilers, Business, Children, Cold, Construction and Maintenance, Earth Science, Floods, Furnaces, Ice, Indian Summer, Materials and Supplies, Mechanical, Mother, Natural Disasters and Hazards, Parents, Snow, Tongues, Wisconsin

Sometimes I am Just Tired, and Then Sometimes Things Happen…

• September 21, 2009 • 5 Comments

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Education, Love, Memoir, Michael Jackson, Music, Music Videos, Religion, Sexuality, Television, The Kennedys
Tags: "Fingertips", Academe, Business, Capitol Building, Desire, Gay, Job Hunting, Job Search, Laptop, London, Loss, Madison Central Public Library, Michael Jackson, New Orleans, Stevie Wonder, Straight, Ted Kennedy, Television, ThisBlksistasPage, Time Out, UI, Unemployed, Unemployment Check, Willy Street Co-op, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Capitol Building

Altovise Gore Davis, Sammy’s Widow, Dies

• March 15, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Stroke, Women
Tags: Altovise Davis, Altovise Gore Davis, Associated Press, Business, Dancer, Frank Sinatra, Golden Boy, Kim Novak, Lola Falana, Rat Pack, Sammy, Sammy Davis, Widow

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