Previously, while discussing about 5 tips to lower your broadband usage, we have emphasized on the fact that, we should keep the majority of our download during the unmetered time only. While, this is the easiest method to avoid excessive usage, can also be hectic because of the timing of the Happy Hours. For example, in India, BSNL Broadband provides 2.5 GB of daytime along with night unlimited [0200 – 0800] usage on a standard 2mbps connection. So turning the download on in the middle of ... Read Full Story
Tiger Woods has been released from the hospital in Florida. His injuries were not as serious as an early police reports indicated. But, he's a celebrity, you know, and the public, egged on by gossip sites like TMZ, is ready to dissect his marriage. It's fishy that he was out at 2:25 in the morning, folks say, and if no alcohol was involved, then how did he crash his 2009 Cadillac SUV into a fire Read Full Story
Guess Who I Saw Today, Nancy Will sings this song about a wife who catches her husband cheating, but lays it out that only a naive woman would be this calm and stupid confronting a husband about adultery. I've always loved this song. Read Full Story
I'm busy trying to finish NaNoWriMo, but am taking a three minute break to post some of the music that's getting through to the finish line, for the moment, it's pieces like Erykah Badu's "Next Lifetime" and put that next to Sting's "Thousand Years" and imagine that pair in contest together. I've also been listening to Pursuit from Cirque du Soleil's Ka. Over and over and over again. Great to Read Full Story
"Excuse me? Thanksgiving is just for turkeys."I want to wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Anyone can celebrate it. There is no gift buying involved. You get to eat tons of great food and visit with loved ones. Your family from out-of-town comes to visit. The wine and coffee flows freely (in our house at least). And you stop and think about everything you should be thankful for in your life. Including your blog readers!Thanks to all of you who purchase... Read Full Story
This poem is about a different kind of giving thanks. Don't say I didn't warn you.A Long Week of ThanksgivingBy Nordette N. AdamsWe sank onto the couch with Miles,Kinda Blue, into brown leaves of autumn.I am the muse who fell with you into this bruised evening, purple with blues.Each day I've pulled on a sunny poem,but it flees. Each night, I stroke the fuzzy hairs of your broad chest, wondering, Read Full Story
What to say, what to say. I just learned about the Google image search flap over an offensive Michelle Obama image coming from a blog called Hot Girls. The blog has removed the offensive image and posted an apology in Chinese (don't know if the blog owner is Chinese or making another statement, but here's the screenshot.), and Google has apologized. In the meantime, the Hot Girls Blog has more Read Full Story
Lisa Durden is a New Jersey talk-show host. I met her when I lived there and interviewed her once. I plan to get that interview back online at some point. It dealt with black men on the down low. I decided to post this clip of her talking about interracial dating because I may be writing on this topic later at the African-American Books Examiner.She is outrageously funny at times, and in this Read Full Story
Other Side Of The Game - Erykah BaduAnd then, Danger. Telling the story in order. Somebody should do a movie of these just to use the music.Danger - Erykah Badu Read Full Story
Here are New Orleans literary events (book signings, writers' groups meetings, poetry readings, book sales, book discussions) for Tuesday, November 24, through Saturday, November 28. ... Read the list at the New Orleans Literature Examiner. Read Full Story
