I am up early again, w/ coffee. In the kitchen, I keep one radio station going non-stop. I turn it up when the crazy man downstairs starts stomping or banging. This is Sunday morning - time for gospel music on that station. A male choir is singing, "He touched me! He touched me! And now I am saved!" It is bizarre that they don't have a clue as to ( Read more... )

I have been having one of my central/front mega-headaches that is intractable as a giant tree-stump. I have been sleeping a huge amount, trying to shake it, but no ducks. Lucky that I have actually been able to sleep, though - that helps in other areas. I believe these rare headache gems, which feel like dead cells, might sometimes result when I ( Read more... )

White people should go back to Africa

I watched, "Pirate Radio," (movie), last night.  Not a blockbuster.  Quirky and silly and right on the edge of being boring.  But good enough to watch.  I have an interest in the subject of pirate radio.  As of 5 years ago, there actually was or has been a "pirate" radio in the North Sea, although the revolutionary enterprise ended in 1967.  Cute ( Read more... )

On MLK Monday, NPR's "World Cafe" did the first hour with a good feature of blues legend, Bobby Rush. They did the second hour as a compilation of songs honouring MLK. The second hour was excellent - worth keeping as a CD "mix tape". So, I tried to track down the playlist for you, but apparently they no longer put their playlists, (w/ mx links ( Read more... )

My heart has been consistently painful for a few days. I don't know when I will have a heart attack, because I have never had one before, but I feel it will be soon. These neighbours are crap. Oh - maybe that is a racist thing to say - so I should just lie down and fucking die, right? Not. I retaliated last night. Incrementally. But, still, ( Read more... )

[INFOGRAPHIC] Uninsured and Unhealthy: The Health Insurance Woes of African Americans

Health care is on the front pages once more as the controversial Affordable Care Act develops into one of the critical pivots on which the success of President Obama’s second term is expected to turn. At stake is not only Obama’s place in history; it’s the entire ( Read more... )

(I will chop this into bite-sized paragraphs later).

( Things Fall Apart - a PART 2 )

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( Some personal thoughts related to the Florida Shooting )