A few weeks back, a friend of mine posted a link to a link to a youtube video that was a clip from one of my favorite TV shows in recent time. In fact it may be my favorite moment of that series. It is a clip from the first episode of Aaron Sorkin’s newsroom, wherein…
My friend Rod posted a link today to this story of a high school teacher in Texas who resigned after she was suspended by the administration for using “the N-word” when chastising a black student. Now, if your first response is “good, that’s uncalled for. She should never work around children again,” then good. Welcome to…
Hey, do you remember that time when there was that Grand Jury convened to decide whether or not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and the GJ decided not to and in response the people of Ferguson rioted and burned their own city to…
top: Tamir Rice, Micheal Brown, Eric Garner, John Crawford III. bottom: Darrien Hunt, Ezell Ford. Compliments: LiberalAmerica.org You know how I ranted a whole bunch about the Michael Brown incident over the last couple months? And a year ago, I ranted a bunch about Trayvon Martin? So you’d think I would…
Photo Credit: New York Times As I begin writing this, it is 5am and I have spent nearly 12 hours watching around the clock coverage of the Michael Brown/Darren Wilson/Ferguson, MO situation. I thought about writing about it yesterday before the decision came down (I’ve written about it a couple times before,…
Day 119 – by PhotoKat So I have email from my niece, (or at least a server somewhere pretending to be her and sending me a nice form letter) asking me to help her girl scout troop by buying nuts or magazines… Ummm… what the fuck? Magazines? Nuts? Where the fuck…
Sometimes, I’m just ashamed to own a camera… So I like photography. In fact, I love photography, and as a heterosexual, red-blooded, American male, I have kind of a thing for erotic and glamour photography, hence all the random sexy girl photos that I have to accompany these little blog posts I do. They’re all…
I live in Pittsburgh, Pa. It’s a football town. As a resident here, I am required by law to worship the Pittsburgh Steelers, forsaking all other gods before them. Football is a religion here. Do you understand the level of sacrilegious gumption it takes for a city to pronounce a football play as “immaculate” and continue…
If you hadn’t picked up on it now, I’m kind of a comic book geek. I LOVE superhero movies. I really do. What you might not also know is that I also love Ben Affleck. There are many Ben Afflecks in Hollywood. There’s the Ben Affleck that everyone thinks is awesome who makes amazing films like Good…
The world is not perfect. Neither is the justice system in this country. Sometimes, guilty or innocent, people go to jail. Sometimes, guilty or innocent, people go free. What I’m looking to do here is address everyone in the latter group, guilty or innocent, and in particular you, Mr. CeeLo Green. Now let me preface this…
Siren’s Song #25 (of 42) Models: Melanie & Jordan. Photo credit: Christopher Maverick ©2012 So initially I was going to write something entirely different here. I was going to complain about people complaining about sports. I was going to complain that people who complain about sports are being stupid. I was…
Oh for fuckity fuck’s sake! Are you fucking serious. Ok, so The Washington Post reports that a 17 year old boy in Manassas, VA was arrested for sexting videos of his penis to his his 15 year old girlfriend. The cops have charged him with producing child pornography. Now in the name of “gathering evidence” they have…
I should have become a southern lawyer. It clearly isn’t that hard. One doesn’t need a working knowledge of the law or common sense or anything!!! “You honor, you don’t understand. Yes the young woman was unconscious, and yes it is clear that in retrospect she didn’t want the sex. But you see, your honor,…
This guy makes a great point. I *HATE* the idea that “everybody is beautiful.” It’s disingenuous. I’m not sure I’m 100% with him, but I do think he opens an interesting discussion. Part of it is I don’t like the insinuation that the media “creates” beauty. Not only is it a gross simplification, but it…
Dear All Police Ever, Seriously… its 2014. If you’re a cop, you’re being recorded by someone with a cell phone. Just assume this at all times. If you’re going to exercise police brutality, maybe pick someone who at least LOOKS intimidating. Maybe a 6’4, 300 lbs. black man (sprinkle some crack on him, call it…