InkogNegro 2.5

If it’s mid January…then it must be time again for The Black Odd Couple

inkognegro — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:39:22 +0000

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/tboc/2012/01/14/tboc-30-black-and-elegant-even-on-saturday

The Grinches That Stole Football

inkognegro — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:24:12 +0000

In Eleven Seconds…It all fell apart. I have been watching the Steelers since they had ZERO Rings. That is the single most Frustrating Loss I have ever witnessed. EVER. After I sat in Stunned silence and watched Demaryius Run down the I will forever call it Mile High Stadium (Used to be Invesco [...]

Beginning at the Beginning… (Or the beginning of the End, to hear the Mayans tell it)

inkognegro — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:30:32 +0000

So, you’re a philosopher? Actually, no. I am an intermittent blogger and non-custodial father…BUT… Yes. I think very deeply. (Paraphrased from the opening to My Philosophy, 1988) Now that we have puttered around and disposed of the 2011 holiday season, it is Tuesday January 3, 2012. Today is the first functional day of the new [...]

Mail Bonding

inkognegro — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:26:55 +0000

I wrote my 3.0 a letter last week. It was for his 13th birthday. Which would be cool if his birthday was in December. His Birthday is October 14. I was homeless on October 14, and writing a letter to my son was the exact last thing I could do at the time. I called [...]

On: The Public Spinning of Ones Wheels

inkognegro — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:24:21 +0000

Yesterday was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was a day where I accomplished everything I set out to do, it was a day of utter and complete failure. It was a day of innocent two year old black children with Cars Shaped pretzels and Apple Juice Boxes and 74 [...]

21 Day JFC: Day One Recap

inkognegro — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:51:35 +0000

The hardest part of disciplining yourself food wise is to resist your instincts. As a creature of habit who consumes mass amounts of Carbs and grains I had to go out and buy all new stuff. I had to throw away stuff I hadn’t planned to not consume for 3 weeks, because I KNEW that [...]

The 21 Day Junk Food Challenge: Prelude

inkognegro — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:32:01 +0000

At This very moment I am Simply Obliterating This #4 Single Baconator Medium combo with Natural Lemonade and a Big Al’s Fudge Cake White Chocolate Sauce. Tomorrow? I begin the 21 Day Junk Food Challenge. Not so much because Junk Food is Bad, but because I need change in my life. I need to be [...]

Flowers for the Living

inkognegro — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:30:54 +0000

As Monday’s passing of Nick Ashford gave way to today’s tenth anniversary of the tragic death of Aaliyah I find it instructive to do what my father always taught me “Make sure you remember to connect the dots so you don’t just end up with freckles” – Inkognegro Beta (my father) One [...]

Viola Davis really wants me to see The Help. This is why I will not.

inkognegro — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:07:16 +0000

“It’s not an issue of Hollywood, it’s an issue of culture. I mean, I am a Black woman from Central Falls, Rhode Island. I’m dark skinned, I’m quirky, I’m shy, I’m strong, I’m guarded, I’m weak at times, I’m sensual, I’m not overtly sexual. I am so many things in so many ways and [...]

The Part where we realize Mark Halperin was better off Calling POTUS a Dick

inkognegro — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:30:33 +0000

“I miscalculated a fair amount about what would happen with debt talks. I thought, for instance, that there’d be a big signing ceremony. I thought the president would stand with the Republican leaders, and they would announce together, we’ve solved the problem, even if we didn’t do everything everybody wanted. That didn’t happen.” – Mark [...]