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Continue reading →: Won’t Back Down: An Initial Flop
This movie’s Oscar-caliber cast and critical message did not salvage its opening weekend. First I’ll tell you why, then let’s talk about why this is so relevant. People don’t wanna see movies that are so REAL about such a critical issue. It’s too gritty and it is unbelievable that we…
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Continue reading →: Life Imitates Art
Remember the movie, The Core, with Hilary Swank and DelRoy Lindo? Well, the real-life version is coming (minus the Sun frying the Earth part). The $1 billion japanese drill Chikyu will perform the job. A team of international scientists are giddy for samples although the endeavor will be very difficult.…
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Continue reading →: CD Turns 30
Happy Birthday to the compact disc! Are yours collecting dust? I still listen to them sometimes, in the car, in the kitchen (one of those under-the-cabinet remote control deals).
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Continue reading →: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of…
What? I think it boils down to these words that we had to memorize in elementary school. This morning, I recalled a conversation that I had with an old friend and colleague. Her family was experiencing financial woes and I empathized; she and her husband had to decide if they should…
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Continue reading →: You’ve Been Warned
The note on the door read: Have respect. We have five small children…Trespassers will be WET.
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Continue reading →: Oh Sweet Irony
I don’t think she was being ironic. I’m not sure what the hell she was doing…Madonna, in her DC Concert. Yes I know Obama is not a Muslim…And what if he were? The point I was making is that a good man is a good man no matter who he…
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Continue reading →: SAT Scores Down in District
SAT reading scores are down in DC. This new crop of students has an average of 407; counterparts in MD and VA scored 496 and 508, respectively with only VA making the national average. Arguably, this test does not predict one’s college performance, however it is still an admissions prerequisite.…
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Continue reading →: iPhone 5?
Appsolutely…for many… however the ongoing battle between Google and Apple finds the latest edition a few apps short. The Maps app is causing the biggest grumble. When Apple pioneered the strategy of creating an all-inclusive product filled with proprietary content, it changed the digital game, everyone followed suit. What does…
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Continue reading →: 50 Days and Counting…
Mitt: “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the President no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who…
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Continue reading →: Voting: Our Collective Responsibilty
When I think about the state of education, gun violence, employment, pollution and injustice in this country, I am astounded when I hear the numbers of people who are not registered to vote- or are and just don’t go to the polls. (I suppose I am in a bubble because…
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I’m Ayoka
Welcome to Mule Of The World. Musings and rants from this Black woman. Zora Neale Hurston called the Black woman “the mule of the world.”
