Jim Kelly on Enter The Dragon, Bruce Lee, discrimination – WonderCon SF
Jim Kelly is an American and Worldwide Martial Arts Star, who gained fame starring as “Williams” in Enter The Dragon with the legendary Bruce Lee. Enter The Dragon was the first American produced...
View ArticleOld Spice Man Makes Shirtless Brothers Cool
YouTube , Yahoo, Metacafe, DailyMotion, Blip.tv, StupidVideos and Viddler Another Old Spice Man? On Wednesday, August 25th, The San Francisco Chapter of The American Marketing Association announced...
View ArticleMC Hammer vs Jay-Z?? An Open Letter to Hammer as He Sets Oct 31st Deadline
A lot of buzz around this ‘beef’ between Jay-Z andMC Hammer. For those who don’t know Jay-Z took shots at Hammer last month about his past financial woes. He did a song where he spit a verse about...
View ArticleOscar Grant Protests Come As Johannes Mehserle Is Released – Oakland’s Word
The nightmare that has been the Oscar Grant Murder, while it occurred on New Year’s Day Morning two years ago at Fruitvale BART Station, is not over. Former BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle is due...
View ArticleCisco: Another Reason For This Blogger To Be Wary
Other than cancelling the Flip Video Camera, and having me fly across country for a meeting only to have the rug pulled out from under me when I landed and learned the Flip Video PR meeting was...
View ArticleOccupy Wall St Women Are Hot – Deal With It Jezebel
The Occupy Wall Street operation that started over a month ago has turned into a movement, in part thanks to the awful actions of the New York Police Department of two weeks ago, and thanks to a...
View ArticleConrad Murray Guilty Of Involuntary Manslaughter In Michael Jackson Death
Ok, you know you saw this – Conrad Murray Guilty Of Involuntary Manslaughter In Michael Jackson Death – coming. As this blogger stated, Mr. Murray got too caught up in the celebrity of working for...
View ArticleNdamukong Suh Issues Apology, Deals With Media Racism
That Ndamukong Suh managed to take the NFL by storm comes as no surprise to anyone who’s seen him play while he was a student at Nebraska. And to be frank, Ndamukong Suh is one of a new breed of black...
View ArticleYvette Prieto: Michael Jordan Engaged To Hot Cuban-American Model
Well, Yvette Prieto was so sold on Air Jordan, she dated Michael Jordan. Now, she’s about to become Mrs. Michael Jordan. The 48-year-old NBA and Chicago Bulls legend proposed to his 32-year-old...
View ArticleWomen In CE Event Honors Women In Consumer Electronics, But…
CES 2012 Las Vegas is a (white and Asian) male-dominated consumer electronics industry environment. So much so that an organization like “Women In CE” – which serves as a networking and mentorship...
View ArticleJeremy Lin: Floyd Mayweather Right About Race Factor
NBA NY Knicks Star (or ‘sudden star’) Jeremy Lin has become the focus of attention since he exploded into the pop culture scene helping to propel the Knicks to exciting wins over traditional rivals...
View ArticleWill Jeremy Lin (‘Friend’ of Barack Obama, Donald Trump) Be Ruined By Fame?
It was inevitable that Linsanity would morph into the celebrity stratosphere. Two weeks ago, Jeremy Lin was a nobody, practically the last man on the New York Knickerbockers’ roster, reportedly days...
View ArticleDr. Boyce Watkins: Slowing Down the Death March of Commercialized Hip Hop
While I stand as a man who is truly a fan of hip-hop, I personally argue that we should place boundaries on the messages that we allow artists (and networks) to give to our children. The post Dr. Boyce...
View ArticleOakland News: Wild Nightlife Scene, Gang-Rape Of Alley Patron?
That has to be the most shocking title you’ve ever seen me post. Come to think of it, it’s shocking even if you’ve read my blog for the first time. Let me get to the second part of it first: the...
View ArticleHey CBS San Francisco, Enough With The Oakland Black Male Misery Stories
Can CBS San Francisco, which consists of KCBS and KPIX, lay off the black male misery stories? If it’s not murder, or drugs, it’s this one that popped up in my Google Alert about Oakland, which is...
View ArticleTSA Agent At United O’Hare Airport Terminal Should Be Removed
It’s hard enough to be a TSA Agent without folks like the one I’m about to rag on present. Last week, my Mother and Stepdad were the victims of a robbery by two young black men in South Chicago, one...
View ArticlePro Football Talk’s Mike Florio’s Classless Maurice Vick Post
Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio’s made some post in the past that I questioned from a racial perspective, but he seemed to be a really cool person – albeit one who stopped answering my emails when he...
View ArticleJames Bond: Happy 50th Birthday!
Ian Fleming’s James Bond and this blogger have something in common: we’re both 50 years old. Since I grew up as Bond’s brother, for all practical purposes, I have a unique view of why the character is...
View ArticleMovemember: I Have A Built-In Symbol In Prostate Cancer Fight – I’m Black
As of today, the watchword is “Movemember.” Movemember’s where you grow a mustache to bring awareness to prostate cancer and to overall mental health. But this blogger’s already got a constant reminder...
View ArticleStar Trek, Celeste Yarnell, Nichelle Nichols, Michael Dorn, Denise Crosby,...
This is how my weird life works. And I’ve made the decision to blog and vlog more about it, as much as news, events, or anything else. It all starts with Thursday night and Jessica Mann. I met Jessica...
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