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Continue reading →: Money Pit, Part II
The second major project for my house was a new roof. I reaaaally wanted to finish the basement, but I had to prioritize and the responsible choice won. It was a hefty investment but one that was long overdue. I was very lucky that my flat roof withstood the record…
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Continue reading →: The Reality of the Situation
Ward 8 in Washington DC has the highest unemployment rate in the city. This should not be news to anyone who gives a damn. It is usually (one of) the highest in everything: violence, HIV infections, illiteracy. So to hear that there is a 25.2% unemployment rate in my Ward…
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Continue reading →: Landscaping Woes
It’s me again with my “Money Pit” adventures! So, my first project was my yard…ohhh, I wish you could’ve seen the “before”; my intent was to take a picture of that urban jungle but my new friend and landscaper, Manuel, had it cleared by the time I was back from…
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Continue reading →: High Erasure Rates?
Did DC Public School administrators and teachers cave to pressure to improve test scores? A hearing will be held on April 6 to investigate the integrity of student test scores. Last years’ tests seem to have a high level of erasing that changed wrong answers to correct ones. DC teachers…
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Continue reading →: It’s Totally Bloggable.
I get inquiries all the time about blogging. People are unsure if they should create a blog, if so what they should write about and what the focus should be. To blog or not to blog, that is the question! Here are a few quick tips. Your blog is not your website.…
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Continue reading →: Is Mother Nature Angry?
I read a status update on Facebook yesterday of someone pointing out that recent disasters have all occurred on the 11th day of months (World Trade Center, hurricane in Haiti, earthquake in Japan) and quoted a scripture passage about the end of days. Now I don’t know about that, but recent events have…
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Continue reading →: God Bless America
The House Committee on Homeland Security’s hearing on The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and That Community’s Response began today.
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Continue reading →: Do My Breasts Offend?
In Manhattan, a small-business owner is battling the condo board of the building from which she leases space. The complaint? Technically, a door left a few inches ajar. But at the heart of the complaint are breasts, breast-feeding that is. Upper Breast Side provides support to lactating mothers via workshops, products…
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Continue reading →: Rihanna v. Farrakhan
I don’t know about anybody else, but my daughter is definitely not “swine” nor am I. Especially given the loaded meaning it has within the Muslim faith. She is a HUGE Rihanna fan and I enjoy some of her music. I have a complicated history in my feelings for the…
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Continue reading →: Are We Still Discussing the “Soda Tax”?
Of course we are. Do you know the strength of this industry’s lobby and the size of its ad budget? I have to say, the way they have twisted the logic is almost admirable…almost. The ads that run here in DC have a mother in the grocery store talking about…
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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.”
