As a liberal and democratic socialist, the topic of welfare is a hotbed one that most people will disagree with me on. First of all, I have little tolerance for those that berate the welfare system. Sentiments like the ones expressed below, strike me as both cruel and socially short-sighted: As Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich writes in his essay “Renewing America,” “The welfare system has sapped the spirit of the poor and made [...]

About two months ago, I opened a Pinterest account. At first, I really didn’t get it. However with all of the recent buzz about the site, I decided to give it another go about 3 weeks ago. This time, I created some of my own boards and started following some of my friends from Facebook and Gmail. All of a sudden, Pinterest seemed to come to life — with lots of visual eye-candy of things [...]

As a present, my wonderful BF brought a new Coach purse for me. I’ve never considered myself a fashionista, nor do I care so much about impressing people (via whatever happens to impress them). However when we first started dating, my BF noticed that I was admiring some Coach purses in Macy’s (where he eventually brought my purse). When he first mentioned that he wanted to buy one for me, I scoffed. But after taking [...]

Today if you want your own personal zone in cyberspace, it is easier than ever. You also have no shortage of choices in regards to “how” you want to be online and “what” you want to do online. But before you make the leap to start building virtual cornerstones, it would be wise to sit down and do a personal reflection of what you actually want to accomplish in cyberspace. All done? Ok — let’s [...]

Do you “collect” social media and networking accounts? You know what I mean — you’ve created an account on Twitter, Google +, etc., but you are unsure about how or why to use it. Or perhaps you do use it, but you are losing sight of its effectiveness or its overall purpose; which leads to an unfocused and unfulfilling experience with social media. The truth is it is not wise to jump into anything without [...]

Today, I am blogging from my Linux laptop because my regular Windows XP laptop has some sort of nasty virus on it (and come Monday, I’ll be taking it to the IT department where I work). It’s pretty amazing at how fast, reliable and beautiful my Linux laptop is to use…even after 4 years (although two years ago, I did install the latest version of openSUSE; but since then, I’ve done no updates). However I [...]

Those who really know me understand my deep love and appreciation for music. I was 3 years old when I got my first record player. Some of my best childhood memories stem from trips to the record store and making mixtapes. Oh, and my Dad was in a reggae band. So I got my “groupie” training early. While I own (and still listen to) vinyl records and find myself drawn to more retro sounds than [...]

As the national president of the Delta Gamma Pi Multicultural Sorority, Inc., I always had my eye on the infamous “bottom line”. You know, basically, how much money did we have in the bank account every month. While dues were our main source of income, I also wanted to diversify our revenue stream and establish a vibrant fundraising program. Well we had a lot of ideas, but most of them didn’t work out in the [...]

Thanks the the Blackfolk Community on LJ, I’ve come across some great animated gifs. You know, those annoying little pictures that move around on webpages? Well I happen to think that some of them are pretty cool. Unfortunately they don’t work everywhere (like on Facebook…the devil…). Here are some of my favorites:     LOL, happy “hump” day everyone! Tweet This Post

The number one thing that almost guarantees that I won’t comment on your blog is Facebook Connect. Why? Well it’s simple: I do not want to use Facebook the way that you want me to use Facebook. I realize that this is not your intention. You probably just wanted to make things nice and easy for your blog readers. One click…and they are signed in, a face and name instantly attached to their comment. Well privacy [...]