On-line Dating and Diabetes

Disclaimer: I know what ya’ll are thinking. “Oh, those staff writers at Afrothought.com and their bogus theories/metaphors/alternate perspectives. Do they expect us to just digest this sh*t oh, so complacently?!! ” But bear with me here on this one. And no, we don’t expect instant digestion. We actively encourage intensive mastication. And if it still doesn’t sit well. Feel free to purge. But bear with me on this one, you’ll see where it’s going…

I knew by pressing “submit payment”, after filling out the extensive “User Profile/Compatibility Survey”, I would officially become unattractive. Knowing this, I still pressed “submit”, and when the popup window asked me “Are you sure?”, I pressed “continue”. Read more

I Mean, Who’s Really Arrogant..

When did Karl Rove become the spokesperson for the Bush campaign? Can somebody please tell me? Last I checked, Rove resigned as assistant chief of staff to the President awhile back. See…this is why I despise politicians. They’re the perfect practitioners of flip-flopping in every ideal known to man. Read more

Sherrif Diesel Gets the Boot

“Kobe, how my @$$ taste?”

While I was laughing my butt off, Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, AZ wasn’t. Big Shaq Diesel’s now infamous (and slightly homo-erotic) freestyle has now costs him his honorary deputy and colonel’s badge for use of derogatory, profane, and racially invigorated dope lyrics in a freestyle jab aimed at former teammate an homeslice Kobe Bryant. Read more

Professor Carlin’s Legacy

On Sunday, June 22nd, 2008, the public received the horrible news about the death of a comedic pioneer. Now when I think of humor, many things come to my mind; one being that the Latin root word for humor is moisture. So with that, I might testify that many comedians are a breath of fresh air when it comes to their stand ups, but if there is one man who reminds me of a breath of fresh moisture, it was Mr. George Carlin.

Listening to him rant philosophically was like hearing Martin Luther King Jr. preach after a couple shots of Moonshine. Honestly, if laughter were a degree program in a university, Mr. Carlin would act as its professor. A course director eventually who would know with perfection what funny was and what funny wasn’t. A course director who could predict a student’s future based on the dynamics of his or her sense of humor. His class wouldn’t be at all difficult either. The grading rubric would simply be; you’re either the real deal, or your just another joke. “No double standards!”, as he finely put it. Those that were the real deal would pass the class with flying colors and be left alone. All other pranksters who failed miserably would be used time and time again in Professor Carlin’s comedic skits at his shows suffering from embarrassment after embarrassment.

You see, because Professor Carlin lived with a straightforward concept. This concept not only motivated aspiring comedians to step up to the challenge, but also challenged society’s obligation to stay true to reality. He preaches, “I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.” By expressing his reflections of wisdom and mocking the popularity of stupidity, cross the line he did and he did it rather well. From tackling issues of the English language to identifying America as one gigantic shopping mall, it never took much critical thinking to decipher the conveyance of his skits. As he once put it, “ I love this country and all the freedoms I used to have”, he saw the route politicians and big business were taking this country and figured one way to make a point of this is to laugh it off. Pointing out that we can’t continue to wag the finger towards another, but rather to look in the mirror and realize we are the entire problem as a whole.

The problems with health care, disease, pollution, job security, education, substance abuse, religious affiliations, lack of financial discipline, poverty, marriage, and the whole nine yards. This list could go on, but what should stop is the reliance on other people, he would stress. We’ve become so fixed into technology we forgot about civil duties and the spiritual remedies of the ancient. Professor Carlin, like many resounding public figures, continued to have a voice in the entertainment industry. Even after the 1978 U.S. Supreme court case, acknowledging the government’s right to regulate “indecent” material on the public airwaves. This being the result of the airing of one of his most famous skits “Seven Dirty Words” (which he actually got arrested for). Feel free to search for the video on Youtube if you’re at work and your feeling a little disobedient. With respect to his everlasting practical jokes, I’ll leave you with some of his classic quotes. Rest in peace you old fart.

“Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.”
“Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.”
“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?”
“ Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?”

- George Carlin

Wale - “The Artistic Integrity”

Props to Wale for breakin’ in the game.

I say “breaking” because that is the prerequisite for reaching the masses nowadays. Hope the rest of his work is on par with this here. What I’ve heard so far I’m cool with though. Peep the video. Read more

US Courts reject child rape law

Is Child rape < Death Penalty?
In a recent decision, the United States Supreme Court has banned a Louisiana law that would permit capital punishment for someone convicted of raping a child. Justices in favor of striking down the law won by a vote of 5-4. Read more

Span-glish

‘Me Speaky no Eng-rish. . . .’

(and I don’t give a f@%k !!) . . . .

When I was in high school, my Hispanic friend Marisol (name changed) and I were paired together to do one of those silly high school projects that I all too often freaked out about as if it were pivotal to my future success in life, although I still ended up gluing sh*t together last minute Sunday night while watching Melrose Place. Read more

Where do you invest your money?

Have you invested in your community today?

Investing time and money in our community is one of the greatest gifts we can pass to future generations. Economic recycling in our individual communities promotes small business, growth and stability. Every time a chain restaurant or store comes into your neighborhood it has the potential to close a family-owned mom and pop shop on your corner. Yes, the guy who knows your name and sells those amazing burritos around the block from you is scared to death at the prospect of Taco Bell moving in. Read more

Exhibitions of a Video Vixen

Pssst, they can see you!!

Lately I have begun to concede that I’m somewhat attractive. Just yesterday I was hit on twice in the span of three seconds; meaning one pair of girlfriends had to interrupt another pair of girlfriends. Never seen that happen before. I thought I was merely ‘alright’ (or ‘enough to get by’) but I guess that’s not my call to make. Anyway, I say this because these approaches occur in spurts and sure enough as I walked the subway platform (’cause parking downtown is a mutha) text-messaging my homegirl, I noticed two girls sitting on the bench at which I usually wait. Happens. Read more

Unacceptable