If dogs could have singles ads, my puppy's ad would probably say...
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
How Much Would You Spend To Save Your Dog?
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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Labels: Andromeda the Puppy, babies, healthcare, insurance, kids, Los Angeles, Money, Pets
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
No, I'm Not Nuts. I'm Just Training For The 2011 Los Angeles Marathon
Boys and Girls, Ladies and Gents, Cats and Dogs...the rumors are true.
"In case you don't know how far a marathon is, it's 26.2 miles. Right now, I clearly can't run that sort of distance. Well, I suppose if you light a fire under me or beat me with a stick, I'd have no choice, but you know what I mean."
I'll be heading out to Santa Monica every Saturday morning for a long run with my running club, the LA Leggers. It's not too late for you to sign up to do the Leggers program as well if you think you might want to take on the challenge. Trust me, if I can do it, you can do it.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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Labels: los angeles marathon, marathon training, Pasadena Marathon, Running, stress
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Five Years Later, In Honor of New Orleans
I imagine that once upon a time, in an existence not so long ago, some old lady sat on this particular porch in New Orleans' Ninth Ward. She probably admired the wrought iron on her porch railing and gazed up at the proud stature of the old oak trees that once stood everywhere. She probably spoke to her neighbors and inquired about what was going on in their lives. She might have read her Bible on that porch. I'm sure she contemplated all the dreams, desires and disappointments she'd had in her youth. I'd like to think she never got to a place where she accepted that the way things were was the way it would always be.

How could our old lady have known that the levees, merely that concrete wall in the background, would be breached and her home would be destroyed? No fortune teller could have told her that the site of countless conversations and events in life would be reduced to mere remnants. What was once her home, her neighborhood, her heart, is now uninhabitable, a ghost town of epic proportions.
Imagine what you would do if your neighborhood was vibrant and thriving, bustling with both happiness and heartache, and then became this...
I'd like to think that the strength and spirit of the people who once lived in the Ninth Ward lingers even though they're gone.
It makes me wonder, how would I react in the face of such devastation, such adversity? Could I respond with such courage? Could you?
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Sunday, August 29, 2010
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Labels: Black people, cotton, Hurricane Katrina, kanye west, neighborhood, New Orleans, ninth ward, racism, slavery
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Because I'm In Chicago...It's Time To Jack!
Ah, it's nice to be home. Let's take it back... waaay back! Oh this is my JAM. I'm about to go get on the EL and rock this on my iPod!
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
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Labels: Chicago, house music
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Happy Birthday To My AWESOME Sister
Happy Birthday to my awesome sister! I'm sure all her birthday wishes are going to come true... and one of them, I'm sure, is for me to dish all her secrets on my blog!
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Educational Shock And Awe
"BAM-POWWW!"? That's the detonation of the two major education bombs that got dropped on America this week.
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
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Labels: black children, california, Compton, Education, high school, principals, Schools, teachers
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
A Sonnet For Lovers Separated By Time And Space
Intently I feel you through time and space
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
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Labels: I'll Sue You, If You Steal This, Love, poetry, Prayer, Sonnets, Soul, Space, Sunrise, Sunset, Time







